John Y. Kao, M.D., Nirmal Kaur, M.D., and Vincent B. Young M.D., Ph.D.
John Y. Kao, M.D., is Assistant Professor and Nirmal Kaur, M.D., is Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Vincent B. Young, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Within the past 12 months, Drs. Young, Kaur and Kao report no commercial conflicts of interest.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.
Release Date: 10/26/2009
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Discuss the importance of the indigenous gastrointestinal microbiota in gut health and disease
Identify new technologies for studying the indigenous microbiota
Discuss how therapeutic manipulation of the microbiota may represent a novel means to prevent and treat GI disease.
