Matthew  Ciorba, MD

Matthew Ciorba, MD

Gastroenterologist

Primary Academic Title

Professor, Medicine Division of Gastroenterology Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Colon cancer prevention and treatment. Cancers arising in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative colitis)

Research Interest

Checkpoint inhibitors in gastrointestinal cancer, probiotic bacteria in cancer therapy, mechanisms of how microbiota and amino acid metabolism in GI cancer therapy and GI mucositis.

Education

  • 2001: MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Training

  • 2001 - 2004: Intern, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2004 - 2007: Fellow, gastroenterology, Washington University
  • 2007 - 2007: Fellow, inflammatory bowel disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City

Board Certification

  • 2004: American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 2007: American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

Selected Research Publications

Immunity, immunotherapy, and rectal cancer: A clinical and translational science review.
  • Otegbeye EE, Mitchem JB, Park H, [...] Ciorba MA
  • Transl Res 2021

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Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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