Francis M. Giardiello, MD

Professor of Medicine and the program director for the gastrointestinal fellowship at Johns Hopkins Colorectal Cancer Registry and Risk Assessment Clinic.

Interests: He has focused on the study of cancer and cancer chemoprevention in the gastrointestinal(GI) tract. He has a continuing interest in the study of the genotypic phenotypic correlations in the polyposis syndromes which include familial adenomatous polyposis, juvenile polyposis and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.

Education: Graduation, Tufts University School of Medicine; MBA, Johns Hopkins University.

Fellowship: Gastroenterology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Experience: 9 years as the Director of the Division of Gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins University.

Representative Publications:
Prostanoids, Ornithine Decarboxylase, and Polyamines in Primary Chemoprevention of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 

Prostaglandin Levels in Human Colorectal Mucosa – Effects of Sulindac in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 

A new phenotypic manifestation of familial adenomatous polyposis