Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

Gastroenterology Director

Gene D. LeSage, MD

Gene D. LeSage, MD Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor in Clinical Gastroenterology

Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition , Program Director, UT Gastroenterology Fellowship, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science at Houston M.D. Degree: University of Missouri at Kansas City. Residency and Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology

Dr. LeSage completed additional research training with a National Institute of Health (NIH) sponsored training grant at the Mayo Clinic. Thereafter, he became Director of Hepatology at Scott and White Clinic and Texas A & M University College of Medicine. Dr. LeSage is responsible for building both clinical and research programs in Hepatology for Scott and White Clinic/ Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Dr. LeSage joined UTHHSC May 2002, as Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Research Interest: Cholangiocytes, transport, and bile duct injury.