Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Digestive Diseases and Liver Clinical Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Member, Cancer Center, Center for Cancer Pharmacology, Chemoprevention Program, University of Pennsylvania
Director, NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Director, NIDDK Year Out Program for medical students at Penn, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Program Leader, Tumor Biology Program, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
Director, Joint Center for Digestive, Liver and Pancreatic Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Member, Clinical Trials/Phase I/II Unit, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Member, Advisory Committee for the Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Education:
BS (Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1980.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University, Durham, NC, 1984.
BS (Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1980.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University, Durham, NC, 1984.
Post-Graduate Training
Medical Internship, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1984-1985.
Medical Resident, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1985-1987.
Chief Medical Resident, Beth Israel Hospital/Brockton VA, Harvard Medical School , 1987-1987.
Clinical and Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1987-1990.
Medical Internship, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1984-1985.
Medical Resident, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1985-1987.
Chief Medical Resident, Beth Israel Hospital/Brockton VA, Harvard Medical School , 1987-1987.
Clinical and Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1987-1990.
Certifications
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1987.
Diplomat, Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1990.
Permanent linkDiplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1987.
Diplomat, Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1990.
Description of Research Expertise
Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, tumor microenvironment, tumor metastasis, molecular genetics of GI cancers (colon, pancreatic, upper GI)