GI leader to know: Dr. Thomas Ma of Penn State College

Thomas Ma, MD, is a gastroenterologist who will join State College, Pa.-based Penn State College of Medicine, to serve as chair of the department of medicine, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

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Dr. Ma currently serves as chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico.

He is internationally known for his research on defective intestinal barriers and how they cause inflammatory bowel diseases.

Dr. Ma is the editor-in-chief of the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology.

He earned his medical degree and PhD at Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University.

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