Research and scholarship

Mission statement

The goal of the ALGH Internal Medicine Division of Research and Scholarship Advancement is to provide residents with training and skill sets to appraise clinically relevant literature and incorporate research into clinical practice. Each resident has the opportunity to participate in a research elective and conduct an original research project.

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Eli D. Ehrenpreis MD has over 30 years of experience as an academic gastroenterologist and clinical pharmacologist. He has published more than 130 scientific papers, 20 chapters in medical textbooks and has written and edited six books related to gastrointestinal diseases and drug therapy. He has developed new treatments for a variety difficult to manage conditions including Crohn’s disease, radiation proctopathy, mesenteric panniculitis, oral mucositis and anal pruritis and has developed several new clinical diagnostic methods. He received his Medical Degree (MD) from the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School.

Eli D. Ehrenpreis MD
Associate Director
Research and Scholarly Activity
Chairman of the Internal Medicine Academic Oversight Committee
Professor of Medicine

Jacob Bitran, MD
Associate Director Research and Scholarship