Bhaskar Banerjee, MD

Dr. Banerjee served as chief of the Division of Gastroenterology from November 2008 to November 2015. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Banerjee was in the Division of Gastroenterology at Washington University in Saint Louis for nine years, during which time he was promoted to professor of medicine. Dr. Banerjee is the editor of a textbook, Nutritional Management of Digestive Disorders.

Dr. Banerjee’s research interests focus on bringing novel optical and engineering solutions to gastrointestinal disorders. In close collaboration with optical scientists, biomedical engineers, chemists and molecular biologists, he develops novel methods of detecting cancer and other diseases before they can be seen by the naked eye. They are developing unique instruments that see in multiple directions at the same time as well as optical techniques that instantly reveal structural and functional changes in disease states that are invisible to the human eye. They hope these methods will help detect disorders at an earlier and easily treatable stage, in real-time and at the point of care, without the use of dyes, stains or other chemicals.