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Dr. Omary�s research interests include studying disease-related, cell biological and molecular aspects of cytoskeletal and other proteins in digestive organs. Dr. Omary is applying his research to the understanding of inflammatory bowel diseases and Barrett�s esophagus. Other clinical interests include crytogenic cirrhosis, colonic cancer and polyps. Recently, Dr. Omary�s Lab identified keratin mutations as a major predisposition to the development of liver cirrhosis. Dr. Omary has collaborated with Cell Biosciences in these studies on an early-phase, single-cell analysis instrument. Dr. Omary received his Ph.D. in Cell Biology/Immunology from UCSD and completed a Ph.D. to M.D. program at the University of Miami. After a medical residency at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Omary served a fellowship at UCSD and joined the Stanford faculty in 1989 with a lab at the Veteran�s Administration Hospital. At Stanford, Dr. Omary has served as chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and director of the Digestive Disease Center. | 