Gastrointestinal Pathology Faculty Alyssa Krasinskas, MD Shih-Fan Kuan, MD, PhD Scott Owens, MD Presbyterian: (412) 647-3720 Mission Statement The Gastrointestinal Pathology COE is committed to providing expert surgical pathology diagnoses related to disorders of the luminal GI tract and pancreas. The staff is also dedicated to teaching GI and Pancreas Pathology to our GI Pathology Fellow, Pathology Residents, Surgical Pathology Fellows, GI clinicians and medical students. Several clinical-based and pathology-based conferences are available for pathology residents and fellows to attend each week. The GI COE has faculty who are actively pursuing GI-related research covering broad areas such as helicobacter pylori infection, the role of probiotics in health and disease, the biology of intestinal mucins, inflammatory bowel disease and the application of molecular diagnostics to GI Pathology.