Dr. William R Harlan M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
191 Biltmore Ave Asheville NC, 28801Rating
5/5
About
Dr. William Harlan is a gastroenterologist practicing in Asheville, NC. Dr. Harlan specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Harlan performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mandatory continuing medical education revisited.
- East meets West: facing common issues of integrating traditional and Western medicine.
- Research on complementary and alternative medicine using randomized controlled trials.
- New opportunities and proven approaches in complementary and alternative medicine research at the National Institutes of Health.
- Surface tension, metabolic activity, and lipid composition of alveolar cells in washings from normal dog lungs and after pulmonary artery ligation. Importance of a highly surface-active acellular layer.
- Simple assay for glycerophospholipid hydrolase activity of postheparin plasma.
- Simple assay for glycerophospholipid hydrolase activity of postheparin plasma.
- Serum cholesterol in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease: diagnostic and prognostic implications.
- Cholesterol and heart disease in older persons and women. Review of an NHLBI workshop.
- Cardiac function during lipemia: a study in force ballistocardiography.
- The effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose infusions on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in man.
- The effect of insulin on nonesterified fatty acid release from the human leg.
- The effect of exercise on the concentration and turnover of plasma nonesterified fatty acids.
- The pathways of synthesis of fatty acids by mitochondria.
- CHANGES IN SERUM LIPOPROTEINS AFTER A LARGE FAT MEAL IN NORMAL INDIVIDUALS AND IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE.
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease
- Hepatitis
- Acid Reflux
- Cirrhosis
- Diarrhea
- Colon Polyps
- Hepatitis C
- Pain
- Gas
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