Tanaka to focus on evaluating liver transplant disparities

Not every research question can be solved with a randomized control trial (RCT), which is held as the gold standard for producing the most valid and reliable results. But there are often ethical considerations or consequences that prevent their use. Researchers must instead construct other methods that can approximate an RCT. Organ transplant policies, particularly […]

Emerging Technology: Radiofrequency and Microwave Liver Ablation

Dr. Tomohiro Tanaka, Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is one of the only GI/Hep clinicians in the United States to offer microwave ablation of liver tumors. This emerging intent-to-cure approach is a less-invasive alternative to traditional liver transplantation or surgical resection of tumors, and is generally offered to patients with small lesions of […]