Dr. Ben Z Stanger MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
3400 Spruce St 3 Dulles Building Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Ben Stanger is a gastroenterologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Stanger specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Stanger performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 1997
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Notch signaling controls multiple steps of pancreatic differentiation.
- Direct regulation of intestinal fate by Notch.
- Dissecting the cellular origins of pancreatic cancer.
- Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
- The fringe molecules induce endocrine differentiation in embryonic endoderm by activating cMyt1/cMyt3.
- Organ size is limited by the number of embryonic progenitor cells in the pancreas but not the liver.
- Regeneration in liver and pancreas: time to cut the umbilical cord?
- Organ size determination and the limits of regulation.
- HNF4A and diabetes: injury before insult?
- The biology of organ size determination.
- Inhibition of gamma-secretase activity inhibits tumor progression in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
- Notch signaling promotes airway mucous metaplasia and inhibits alveolar development.
- Notch signaling controls liver development by regulating biliary differentiation.
- Intrahepatic bile ducts develop according to a new mode of tubulogenesis regulated by the transcription factor SOX9.
- Notch1 functions as a tumor suppressor in a model of K-ras-induced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Treatments
- Acid Reflux
- Colon Polyps
- Pain
Dr. Ben Z Stanger MD's Practice location
Practice At 3400 Spruce St 3 Dulles Building
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