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Alan L. Buchman, MD, Receives Clinical Research Award
Bethesda, Maryland (April 27, 2005) - The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has named Alan L. Buchman, MD, the recipient of its 2005 AGA/Miles and Shirley Fiterman Foundation Hugh R. Butt Award for Distinguished Achievement in Clinical Research in Hepatology or Nutrition. This award recognizes an individual for excellence in clinical research in hepatology or nutrition and help support the clinical research efforts of the recipient. The award will be presented to Dr. Buchman later this month in Chicago, Illinois during Digestive Disease Week® (DDW), the largest international conference devoted to the science and practice of gastroenterology.
Dr. Buchman is an associate professor of internal medicine in the division of gastroenterology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Buchman received his medical degree from The Chicago Medical School in 1986. He completed his internship and residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and his Masters of Science Degree in Public Health at UCLA, where he also completed a fellowship in clinical nutrition. He also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Emory University.
Dr. Buchman's research has focused on complications of long-term total parenteral nutrition (TPN), including recognition of choline deficiency as a cause for TPN-associated liver disease. He has directed the AGA's course in clinical nutrition for the past two years. Dr. Buchman is a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and a diplomat of internal medicine and gastroenterology of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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