Aims and objectives

Our aim is to perform high quality research within the fields gastroenterology and hepatology.

Focus areas

The Department has specialised functions within:

1. Chronic liver diseaes

   a: Liver cirrhosis and its complications

   b: Fatty liver diseases with focus on bariatric surgery

        2.  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

        3.  Acute and chronic Pancreatitis

Disciplines, methods and tools

Cirrhosis and complications: Haemodynamic alterations are evaluated by catheterizatios, MRI, functional studies. New regimens are evaluated by placebo controlled randomized studies.

Fatty Liver Disease: Effects of bariatric surgery, randomised studies, pathophysiological and interventional studies including translational studies.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical and epidemiological studies. Studies dealing with the bacterial diversity.

Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: Functional, patohysiological and clinical studies.