Dr. Ilana S. Fortgang M.D.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
1111 MEDICAL CENTER BLVD. MARRERO LA, 70072About
Dr. Ilana Fortgang is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Fortgang specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1996
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- B-cell leukemia in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) infected with simian immunodeficiency virus.
- Variation in simian immunodeficiency virus env V1 region in simian AIDS-associated lymphoma.
- Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 functions as a tumor suppressor.
- Hospital admissions of HIV-infected patients from 1988 to 1992 in Maryland.
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