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May 3, 2005

Buchman Receives Fiterman Achievement Award

Alan L. Buchman, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine in the division of gastroenterology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been awarded the AGA/Miles and Shirley Fiterman Foundation Hugh R. Butt Award for Distinguished Achievement in Clinical Research in Hepatology or Nutrition by the American Gastroenterological Association  (AGA).

This award recognizes an individual for excellence in clinical research in hepatology or nutrition and helps support the clinical research efforts of the recipient.

Buchman’s research has focused on complications of long-term total parenteral nutrition (TPN), including recognition of choline deficiency as a cause for TPN-associated liver disease. He has directed the AGA’s course in clinical nutrition for the past two years. Buchman is a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and a diplomat of internal medicine and gastroenterology of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

The AGA is dedicated to the mission of advancing the science and practice of gastroenterology. Founded in 1897, the AGA is the oldest medical-specialty society in the United States. The AGA’s more than 14,000 members include physicians and scientists who research, diagnose and treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. On a monthly basis, the AGA publishes two highly respected journals, Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.