Overview
Dr. Louis Y. Korman is a gastroenterologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington Hospital Center and George Washington University Hospital. He is also an instructor of the internal medicine and gastroenterology training program at the Veterans Administration Hospital/Georgetown University Residency and Fellowship program. He practices out of Capital Digestive Care’s Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group, located in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Md. Dr. Korman earned his medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He completed a residency in internal medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, as well as a fellowship in gastroenterology. Dr. Korman is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, as well as other professional organizations. He was previously a chairman of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Medical Advisory Board and a chairman of the Home Health Care Committee of the Jewish Social Services Agency. Dr. Korman has been repeatedly named a Top MD in Washingtonian Magazine and Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine, as well as a 2014 Regional Top Doctor by Castle Connolly. He also earned the American Gastroenterological Society’s Distinguished Clinician of the Year Award in 2015. Dr. Korman has contributed to numerous publications and presentations on gastroenterology topics.
Dr. Korman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. His top areas of expertise are Autoimmune Hepatitis, Stomach Cancer, Ulcerative Colitis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 28 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Barrett Esophagus.
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Locations
2021 K Street Northwest, Suite 500, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
3 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia
Marcia (Mimi) Canto, M.D., M.H.S. is a Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also the Director of Endoscopy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Canto received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Philippines in Manila in 1981 (summa cum laude). She received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1985 from the University of the Philippines and completed her training in Internal Medicine from State University of New York Sciences Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Canto completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Gastroenterology-Hepatology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and received a Master of Health Science in Clinical Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1993. Dr. Canto came back to Johns Hopkins after spending three years at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio for advanced endoscopic training. Her primary clinical interests include endoscopy, particularly the use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in detecting early pancreatic cancer and its precursors. She has recently shown that endoscopic ultrasound can be used to detect asymptomatic precancerous lesions in patients with a family history of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Canto is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. Her top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
University Of Maryland Physicians PA
Bruce Greenwald is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Greenwald is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. His top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer, Benign Esophageal Stricture, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Stephen J. Meltzer is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, Division of Gastroenterology. He is the Director of GI Early Detection Biomarkers Laboratory and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. His research interests are Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer, Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer and gastric cancer. After receiving degree in Medicine at the State University of New York Medical School, Dr. Meltzer interned at Tulane University in New Orleans and University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. He completed his fellowship training program in the University of Colorado and the Lenox Hill Hospital. He was an Assistant Professor in UCLA, Center for Health Science in 1987. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2006, he was Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Founder and Head of Aero digestive Cancer/Biomarker Program in School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore. He is an Associate Editor of Cancer Research and a member of the editorial board of Esophageal. He has published 152 original scientific papers in high-impact scientific journals. He also has 43 chapters, review articles, editorials, or letters to the editor; 1 book; and 139 abstracts to his name. He has given a plethora of invited lectures around the world, all involving his principal field of esophageal and gastrointestinal cancer research. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious national and international awards, including the Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Award in Gastric Cancer Biology and membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Special Interests: Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer. Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer. Dr. Meltzer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Barrett Esophagus. His top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- ColonoscopyDr. Korman isAdvanced. Learn about Colonoscopy.
- EndoscopyDr. Korman isAdvanced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Experienced
- Anal FissureDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Anal Fissure.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- Barrett EsophagusDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Barrett Esophagus.
- CirrhosisDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- ColitisDr. Korman isExperienced. Learn about Colitis.

