Laura S. Chiu

Boston University | BU · Section of Gastroenterology

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and its incidence increases with age. The proportion of older adults in the United States continues to rise, making CRC prevention a key health priority for our aging population. CRC is a largely preventable disease through screening and polyp surveillance, and noninvas...

Benign conditions of the colon and rectum are a heterogeneous group of conditions that range from inflammatory to infectious to pelvic floor health conditions that affect large segments of the US population. These conditions include diverticular disease, hemorrhoids, and anorectal lesions. The initial presentation of these very common conditions of...

Background: Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) are more likely to present with advanced-stage disease than their Non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts. To further elucidate whether differences in tumor biology or disparities in access to care may be responsible, we examined the association between race/eth...

Background & Aims Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease confers increased risk for cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, for reasons that remain unclear. Possible pathways could involve an association of liver fat with cardiac structural or functional abnormalities even after accounting for body size. Methods We analyzed N=2,356 Framingham...

Lumbar artery injury is an uncommon source of bleeding in the trauma patient, however can be a rare cause of signiiicant retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Surgical intervention is almost never indicated, as endovascular transcatheter embolization is highly effective and widely accepted except during rare cases of complications such as compartment syndrom...

We report a case of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus presenting as an orbital metastasis prior to the primary diagnosis. A 66-year-old white male presented to his ophthalmologist with right orbital swelling for several months. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a supraorbital infiltrative mass. Pathology from the mass revealed findings consistent w...

Purpose: The demand for physicians in the U.S., especially those practicing adult primary care, is accelerating and will inevitably require the expansion of residencies, despite current constraints on funding for graduate medical education (GME). A previous study showed little interest in or capacity for expansion of primary care residencies in cur...

In view of the looming physician shortage, especially in primary care specialties, there have been calls for increasing graduate medical education (GME). However, the capacity for increases of GME in institutions accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has not been determined. In 2009, the authors surveyed the...