Dr. Vijay Yajnik
Dr. Yajnik received his medical and graduate degree at New York University School of Medicine in New York. His PhD is in Cell and Molecular Biology. His postgraduate medical training included an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He also completed clinical and research fellowships at Mass General as well. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and holds subspecialty certification in gastroenterology.
Dr. Yajnik's research interests include treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and understanding the genetic basis of inflammatory bowel disease. He also has a laboratory based research mission in understanding cell signaling in lymphocytes, tumor and normal epithelial cells of the GI tract. He has published numerous articles and abstracts in journals as Cell, Nature, Oncogene and Molecular Cell Biology. In addition to his extensive research background, Dr. Yajnik is reviewer for prominent scientific journals and is actively involved in medical education.
