Carol Semrad, M.D.

Celiac and Malabsorptive Diseases and Short Bowel Syndrome

Research Summary

Dr. Semrad is interested in the medical education of students, residents and fellows in the area of small intestinal diseases and clinical nutrition. She has co-authored chapters on malabsorption and diarrheal diseases for major textbooks of medicine and developed teaching material on clinical nutrition and the short bowel syndrome for the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Semrad is involved in developing a clinical program in celiac disease and in studies to define T cell mediated intestinal injury in celiac patients. Dr. Semrad also serves as chairperson of the Nutrition Advisory Committee where she oversees hospital policy in nutrition.

Selected Papers

Semrad CE. (1999). Zinc and Intestinal Function. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 1:398-403.

Semrad CE. (2000). Bone Mass and Gastrointestinal Disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 904:564-70.

Semrad CE. (2000). Parenteral Nutrition. Clinical Perspectives in Gastroenterology. 3:307-314.

Semrad CE and Chang EB. (2000). Approach to the Patient with Diarrhea. In Kelly's Textbook of Internal Medicine, 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Publisher, Philadelphia, PA.

Semrad CE and Powell DW. (2004). Approach to the Patient with Diarrhea and Malabsorption. In Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd Edition, Saunders Publisher, Philadelphia, P.A.