Articles by Emory Department of Medicine



Focus on Research: Gut Motility Lab

High-fat diet (HFD) intake–like the average “Western diet”–can lead to gastrointestinal complications that can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Excessive dietary fat intake correlates with constipation, prolonged colonic transit times, and other complications. Emory gastroenterologists…




Focus on Research: HIV/AIDS

Carlos Del Rio, MD (Division of Infectious Diseases) is a professor of medicine in the Emory University Department of Medicine. Dr. del Rio first arrived at Emory University with an interest in cardiology in the early 1990s….




Resident Spotlight: Neil Pfister

Neil Pfister, MD, PhD is an intern in Emory’s J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program. Neil grew up in Gwinnett County, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia (UGA) for his undergraduate degree, where he…