About Dr. Farhadi

Ashkan Farhadi, M.D., MS, FACG is a leading gastroenterologist who treats patients with Functional Bowel & Motility Disorders, such as IBS, and also patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Celiac disease.

Dr. Farhadi is a physician within the Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Farhadi is also a leading researcher in the field of gastroenterology. He is a member of the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. His research interests include Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and gastrointestinal permeability.

For more information about Dr. Farhadi, please click on the links below:

Profile of Dr. Ashkan Farhadi

Rush University Medical Center

Selected articles from the author that you may be interested to read:

An update on the IBS therapy
Irritable bowel syndrome: an update on therapeutic modalities

Role of mast cells in gastrointestinal tract
Mucosal mast cells are pivotal elements in inflammatory bowel disease that connect the dots: Stress, intestinal hyperpermeability and inflammation

The effect of stress on the gastrointestinal tract and the role of mast cells and the brain-gut-axis
Heightened responses to stressors in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Role of intestinal barrier in health and disease
Intestinal barrier: an interface between health and disease

Relevance of sleep and chronic inflammation
The relevance of sleep abnormalities to chronic inflammatory conditions