Dr. Anthony Kalloo is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology. He is the Director of The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology with special interests in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Dr. Kalloo has authored multiple scientific papers and book chapters. He has pioneered and has several patents including the use of Botulinum Toxin in the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopic cryotherapy and the winged biliary/pancreatic stent and others related to natural orifice surgery. He is the pioneer of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery, a technique that will enable abdominal surgery without the use of incisions.
Dr. Kalloo is a past Panel Chair for Gastroenterology and Urology Devices with the United States Food and Drug Administration. He is a member of the Apollo group, a think-tank endoscopy group. Dr. Kalloo and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology aim to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal and liver disease through patient care, education and research.