Jesús M. Luévano Jr., MD, MS

Jesús M. Luévano Jr., MD, MS 

Assistant Professor

Department of Gastroenterology

Location: Grady Hospital – Piedmont Hall 421
E-mail: jluevanojr@msm.edu

Education

POST GRADUATE:
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center


GRADUATE:
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Harvard Medical School

UNDERGRADUATE:
Harvard University

Research Interests

  • Microbiome
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Machine Learning

Board Certification

  • Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology

Publications

  • Rocafort M, Gootenberg DB, Luévano JM Jr, Paer JM, Hayward MR, Bramante JT, Ghebremichael MS, Xu J, Rogers ZH, Munoz AR, Okello S, Kim JH, Sentongo R, Wagubi R, Lankowski A, Maruapula S, Zhao G, Handley SA, Mosepele M, Siedner MJ, Kwon DS. HIV-associated gut microbial alterations are dependent on host and geographic context. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 5;15(1):1055. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44566-4. PMID: 38316748; PMCID: PMC10844288.
  • Bloom PP, Luévano JM Jr, Miller KJ, Chung RT. Deep stool microbiome analysis in cirrhosis reveals an association between short-chain fatty acids and hepatic encephalopathy. Ann Hepatol. 2021 Nov-Dec;25:100333. doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2021.100333. Epub 2021 Feb 20. PMID: 33621653.
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Honors and Awards

  • 2024: American Cancer Society (ACS) Clinician Scientist Development Grant 
  • 2023: American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) FORWARD Program 
  • 2022: AGA Institute Investing in the Future
  • 2020: American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Resident Clinical Research Award
  • 2016: HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) Medical Student Program Scholarship
  • 2016: Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) Young Investigator Grant
  • 2015: Doris Duke Clinical Research Mentorship Award