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Research Interests
Dr. Hirano is Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He attended college at Yale University, medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and completed his medical residency and GI fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He took a faculty position at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center and Harvard Medical School working in esophageal swallowing physiology before coming to Northwestern in 1998. He is currently serving as Vice-Chair for the American Gastroenterological Association’s Esophageal, Gastric and Duodenal (EGD) section, site principal investigator for the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal disease Researchers (CEGIR) and the educational co-chair for International Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Researchers (TIGERS). Dr. Hirano has written over 150 scientific papers and textbook chapters that focus on esophageal and swallowing disorders. He has active grant support from the NIH and FDA. Dr. Hirano is on the editorial board for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He received the Northwestern University School of Medicine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Gastroenterology in 2002 and Distinguished Service Award in 2013. Dr. Hirano has been recognized as one of the Chicago area’s “Top Doctors” by the Chicago Consumer’s Checkbook and by Best Doctors in America.
Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, Swallowing disorders
Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, Esophageal motility disorders, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Swallowing disorders
Certifications and Licenses
| Gastroenterology |
Training Experience
| 1992 | Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston |
| 1995 | Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, University of Pennsylvania
… → 1990
Research interests
- Digestive System (including gallbladder and liver)
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Grants
Prot#18-0431: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Arm, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Mepolizumab for Treatment of Adults and Adolescents with Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Dysphagia-Predominant Symptoms
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, GlaxoSmithKline LLC
2/18/20 → 2/18/23
Project: Research project
Research Output
Advancing patient care through the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR)
Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR), Jan 2020, In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 145, 1, p. 28-37 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
AGA institute and the joint task force on allergy-immunology practice parameters clinical guidelines for the management of eosinophilic esophagitis
AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee & Joint Task Force on Allergy-Immunology Practice Parameters, May 2020, In : Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 124, 5, p. 416-423 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
AGA Institute and the Joint Task Force on Allergy-Immunology Practice Parameters Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee & the Joint Task Force on Allergy-Immunology Practice Parameters, May 2020, In : Gastroenterology. 158, 6, p. 1776-1786 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
2
Scopus
citations
An anti–IL-13 antibody reverses epithelial-mesenchymal transition biomarkers in eosinophilic esophagitis: Phase 2 trial results
Gann, P. H., Deaton, R. J., McMahon, N., Collins, M. H., Dellon, E. S., Hirano, I., Hua, S. Y., Rodriguez, C. & Harris, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Approaches and Challenges to Management of Pediatric and Adult Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Hirano, I. & Furuta, G. T., Mar 2020, In : Gastroenterology. 158, 4, p. 840-851 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
2
Scopus
citations