Carl E. Gessner

Biography

EDUCATION Medical School University of Maryland at Baltimore: 1990 Internship Duke University Medical Center: 1991 Residency Duke University Medical Center: 1993 Fellowship Duke University Medical Center: 1996 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS North Carolina Medical Society American Gastroenterology Association American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America TEACHING POSITIONS Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine Instructor, Elon University Physician Assistant Program BOARD CERTIFICATIONS Gastroenterology Internal Medicine 

Research Interest

Signal transduction pathways involved in gastrointestinal smooth muscle cells. Thin filament regulation of smooth muscle activity and provide a regenerative medicine approach to the treatment of gastric motility disorders in an ever expanding aging population. Regenerative medicine approaches to manufacture replacement parts for the human gastrointestinal tract