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Office
330 Brookline Ave
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Boston, MA 02215- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Javier A. Villafuerte Galvez is a gastroenterologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from Cayetano Heredia University and has been in practice since 2013. He speaks multiple languages, including Spanish and French. He is experienced in Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microscopic Colitis, Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection, Inflammatory digestive complications of cancer therapy.
Education & Training
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2018 - 2021- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016
Cayetano Heredia UniversityClass of 2011
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2016 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- "Our Stars" Award for the advancement of care for Latino patients BIDMC, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- EUS imaging for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Silva-Santisteban A, Agnihotri A, Cruz-Romero C, Nasser IA, Malvar GL, Nsubuga JP, Villafuerte Gálvez JA, Bonder A, Pleskow DK, Berzin TM, Sawhney MS> ;Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 2021-12-13
- 11 citationsUltrasensitive and quantitative toxin measurement correlates with baseline severity, severe outcomes, and recurrence among hospitalized patients with Clostridioides di...Carolyn D. Alonso, Ciaran P. Kelly, Kevin W. Garey, Anne J Gonzales-Luna, David A. Williams, Kaitlyn Daugherty, Christine A Cuddemi, Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez, Nicole ...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Sep 19
- 3 citationsHumoral Immune Response to Clostridioides difficile Toxins A and B in Hospitalized Immunocompromised Patients With C difficile Infection.Carolyn D. Alonso, Konstantinos Papamichael, Rebecca Sprague, Caitlin Barrett, Anne J Gonzales-Luna, Kaitlyn Daugherty, Kevin W. Garey, Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez, Hua ...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2021 Jun 1
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Research History
- Research Fellow in Medicine / Harvard Medical SchoolPost-doctoral research fellowship in gastroenterology at the Kelly Lab (BIDMC)2012 - 2013
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish, French
Hospital Affiliations
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
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