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Jeffrey M. Aron, M.D.
Biography
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 Currently
an Attending Physician in the
Gastroenterology Department
at the California Pacific Medical
Center on Clay Street, Dr. Jeffrey
Aron has been practicing gastroenterology
in San Francisco for 35 years.
He
was the Chairman of the Division
of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
at UCSF Mount Zion Hospital
and Medical Center for 19 years.
He was a founding member of
the Northern California Chapter
of the American Society for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition,
and served as President of the
Board of Trustees of the Northern
California chapter of the Crohn’s
and Colitis Foundation of America.
He was the recipient of the
Premier Physician Award of the
CCFA, and is an Assistant Clinical
Professor of Medicine at University
of California at San Francisco.
He is a charter member of the
San Francisco division of the
Foundation for Digestive Health
and Nutrition of the American
Gastroenterological Association,
and an Attending Physician in
the Division of Gastroenterology
at California Pacific Medical
Center.
Dr.
Aron has lectured and taught
at major national and international
conferences, and has many media
appearances, including his regular
radio segment on nutrition on
the Ronn Owens Show. He is engaged
in the education of the general
public on the central importance
of the digestive tract in health
on regional and national radio.
He has contributed many scientific
publications, and together with
his wife Harriette, is the co-author
of “Gut-Check: Your Prime
Source for Bowel Health and
Colon Cancer Prevention”.
Dr.
Aron is currently engaged in
active research in:
Irritable
Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Crohn's
Disease
Celiac
Disease
Contact research
staff, Robin
or Jamey, for further information.
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| Primary
and Secondary Education |
Los
Angeles City Schools
Graduated Van Nuys High School,
1959
Van Nuys, CA |
| Undergraduate
Education |
University
of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
B.A. in Zoology, 1963 |
| Medical
Education |
University
of California, Irvine College
of Medicine
Irvine, CA, M.D., 1967 |
| Internship |
Mt.
Zion Hospital and Medical Center
San Francisco, CA, 1967-1968 |
| Residency |
Internal
Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center, 1968-1970 |
| Chief
Medical Resident |
1969-1970 |
| Fellowship |
Research
Fellow in Gastroenterology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA, 1970 - 1971
Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology
Maricopa County General Hospital
Phoenix, AZ 1971-1972 |
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| 1970
- 1971 |
Instructor
in Medicine
University of Arizona School of
Medicine
Tucson, AZ |
| 1974
- 1989 |
Director
– Division of Gastroenterology
and Nutrition
Department of Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center |
| 1975-1986
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Assistant
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San
Francisco
School of Medicine |
| 1975-1989
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Director
– Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Services
Department of Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center |
| 1975-2006
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Associate
Chief – Department of Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center |
1981-1988
1992-Present |
Director
– Nutritional Support Services
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center |
| 1981-Present
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Attending
Physician
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
| 1986-Present
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Assistant
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San
Francisco
School of Medicine |
| 1987-Present
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Attending
Physician
Nutritional Support Services
California Pacific Medical Center |
| 1986-1997
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Chairman,
Nutritional Support Committee
University of California, San
Francisco
School of Medicine
Director, Center
for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
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| 1977,
1978 |
Best
Teacher – Department of
Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical
Center |
| 1980
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Visiting
Lecturer – Department of
Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Queen Mary Hospital, University
of Hong Kong |
| 1983,
1984 |
Visiting Lecturer – Academic
Department of Medicine
Royal Free Hospital
London, England |
| 1984
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Visiting
Clinician – Department of
Gastroenterology and
Nutrition
Central Middlesex Hospital
London, England |
| 1985
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Visiting
Clinician – Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York |
| 1992
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Honorable
Mention – Rolex Awards for
Enterprise:
“Transdermal application
of antiretroviral compound
AL-721 in HIV disease”
Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2001
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Physician
Adviser
Celiac Foundation of America |
| 2002 |
Premier Physician Award
Crohn’s Colitis Foundation
of America |
| 2003
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Member,
Bay Area Select Committee
Foundation for Digestive Health
and Nutrition
American Gastroenterological Association |
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| 1980-1990 |
Medical Adviser
HNS, Inc. |
| 1982
- 1983 |
Regional Medical Director
Northern California and Nevada
(District 19)
American Society of Parenteral
Nutrition |
| 1984-1986
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Member
– Executive Medical Council
American-McGaw, Inc. |
| 1989-present
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Member
– Medical Board, Northern
California Chapter
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation
of America |
| 1992-1993 |
Medical Adviser
Caremark, Inc. |
| 1993-1994
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President,
Chief Executive Officer
Golden Gate Home Therapeutics,
Inc. |
| 1993-1994
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Director,
Clinical Research
Golden Gate Home Therapeutics,
Inc. |
| 1992-1994
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Medical
Director
Lifesource, Inc. |
| 1994-present
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Chairman
San Francisco HIV Nutritional
Forum |
| 1996-1999
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Specialty
Advisers’ Committee
California Advantage, Inc.
A Managed Care Organization |
| 1996-1999
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Medical
Director
Northern California Coram Healthcare,
Inc. |
| 1996-2000
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Pharmacological
Consultant Committee
Gastrointestinal Disease
Astra Merck, Inc. |
| 2001-present
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Speakers
Bureau
Novartis Pharmaceutical |
| 2002-2006
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President,
Board of Trustees, Northern California
Chapter
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation
of America |
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| Publications
and Research |
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Aron
JM, Newman A, Heaton JW Jr: Torus
hyperplasia of the pyloric antrum
presenting as a gastric pseudotumor.
Gastroenterology 64:634-636, 1973. |
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Resnick RH, Cerda JJ, Boitnott
J, Aron JM, Iber FL: Urinary hydroxyproline
excretion in hepatic disorders.
Am J Gastroenterology 60:576-584,
1973. |
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Grundy SN, Duane WC, Adler RD,
Aron JM, Metzger AL: Biliary
lipid outputs in young women with
cholesterol gallstones. Metabolism
34:67-73, 1973. |
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Brodey
PA, Aron JM, Fertig F: Campylobacter
enterocolitis: Radiographic features.
Am J Radiol 139:1199-1201, 1982. |
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Aron JM:
Lipid emulsions and microembolism.
Lancet 1:767, 1983. |
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Sommers
LS, Cunningham E, Cohen EM, Aron
JM: Evaluation
of cimetidine usage in community
teaching hospital. Qual Rev
Bull J qual Assur 9:220-223, 1983. |
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Aron
JM: Nutritional support of the
hospitalized patient. Surgery
95:126-127, 1984.
Luxenberg J, Feigenbaum LZ, Aron
JM: Reversible
longstanding dementia with normocalcemic
hyperparathyroidism. J Am
Geriatr Soc 32:546-547, 1984. |
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Aron
JM: Towards rational nutritional
support in the human immunodeficiency
virus-infected patient. J Parent
Ent Nutr 15:1-2, 1991 |
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Mahavedan
U, Terdiman J, Aron J, Jacobsohn
S, Turek P : Infliximab
and semen quality in men with
inflammatory bowel disease.
Inlm Bowel Dis 2005; 11: 395. |
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Butrimovitz
G, Russell S, Patterson, Poinsett
B, Chung S, Aron JM: Transthyretin
(pre-albumin). A metabolic indicator
of surgical stress (abstract).
Submitted to J Parent Ent Nutr
in October 1985. |
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Aron JM, Chung S, Poinsett B:
Prolonged remission in refractory
Crohn’s disease from home
hyperalimentation (abstract).
Submitted to Clinical Nutrition
ESPEN, Paris, 1986. |
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Beck D, Boly L, Aron JM: Resting
energy expenditure in ambulatory
geriatric patients. Amer Geriatric
Soc 1990. |
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Mahadevan
U, Turek PJ, Aron JM, Jacobson
S and Terdiman J: “The effect
of Inflxiimab infusion on semen
quality in men with inflammatory
bowel disease.” Abstract
T1313. Digestive Disease Week,
New Orleans, 2004. |
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Aron,
JM: Response to mesalamine and
balsalazide in patients with the
Irritable Bowel Syndrome refractory
to alosetron and tegaserod. Gastroenterology
2005; 128: A329. |
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Aron
JM: Potential Benefit of Aminosalicylate
Therapy of the Irritable Bowel
Syndrome Am J Gastroenterol 2006;
101: S265. |
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Aron
JM, Askanazi J, Garcia Y, Honda
D: Long-term nutritional support
in HIV
disease. An open-label trial of
Liposyn III, 2%. Presentation
at First Research
Symposium. California Pacific
Medical Center, San Francisco,
October 1992. |
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Aron
JM: Response to mesalamine and
balsalazide in Irritable Bowel
Syndrome Patients refractory to
tegaserod and alosetron. Digestive
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