Faculty & Staff

Faculty
Physician Assistant
Staff

Faculty

Glenn Harvin, MD

Division Chief
Associate Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease; Reflux Disease; Chronic Diarrhea, Colon Cancer Screening
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology
Fellowships: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Medical School: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Kara Regan, MD

Director, Fellowship Program
Teaching Assistant Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Endoscopic Ultrasound and Interventional Endoscopy, Barrett’s Endotherapy, Balloon Enteroscopy, Endoscopic Mucosal Resurrection
Board Certifications: Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO (Gastroenterology, Endoscopic Ultrasound and Interventional Endoscopy)
Residency: University Of Virginia School of Medicine
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Eslam Ali, MD

Teaching Assistant Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical interests: Liver Diseases, Peptic Ulcer Disease and Colon Cancer Prevention
Research interests: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Insertion and Management
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology
Fellowship: Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Residency: Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Medical School: Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

William J. Leland, MD

Teaching Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: In-patient Gastroenterology, Liver Disease, Functional Bowel Disease
Board Certifications: Gastroenterology
Fellowships: Vanderbilt University, TN
Residency: University of Texas, San Antonio
Medical School: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Hans Tillmann, MD, FAASLD

Clinical Associate Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Virus Hepatitis, Drug Induced Liver Injury, Liver Transplantation & Liver Health in Organ and Transplantation, Endoscopy
Research interests: Drug Induced Liver Injury, Viral hepatitis, Liver Health Outcomes
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine (Germany); Gastroenterology (Germany)
Fellowship: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Residency: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Medical School: Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Mohamed Khalaf, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Esophageal Motility Disorders, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Non-obstructive Dysphagia and Chest Pain, Functional Defecation Disorders.
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Gastroesophageal Reflux and PPI Failure
Board Certification: MS in Internal  Medicine
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina- Esophageal Motility Clinical Research Fellowship
Residency: Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt
Medical School: Alexandria School of Medicine, Egypt

Laura Matarese, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, FASPEN, FAND

Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-744-8426 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Short Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Fatty Liver Disease, HIV
Research Interests: Obesity, Intestinal Failure, Gastroenterology Nutrition
Education: BA, Ohio Dominican University; MS, Case Western Reserve University; PhD, Rutgers University
Dietetic Internship: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Prashant Mudireddy, MD

Teaching Assistant Professor
252-816-0800 (appointments – ECU Health Medical Group)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Therapeutic Endoscopy including ERCP, Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS, Barrett’s, Enteral Stent Placement, Polyp EMR, Zenker’s Diverticulectomy
Research Interests: Novel Endoscopic Therapeutic Procedures
Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA (Advanced Endoscopy); Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY (General GI fellowship)
Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
Medical School: Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India

Physician Assistant

Ericka Flipping, PA-C

252-816-0800 (appointments)
252-816-0801 (fax)

Graduate School: MS, Physician Assistant Studies, Wake Forest University, 2010

 

To view a list of our current fellows, visit our Gastroenterology Fellowship section.

Staff

HannahGrace Lanneau Reeves

HannahGrace Lanneau Reeves, PhD

Fellowship Coordinator – Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Department of Internal Medicine
ECU Health MA Suite 338
Office: 252-744-5681
Fax: 252-744-5681