Peter H.R. Green is director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University. He is Ivan and Phyllis Seidenberg Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and attending physician at the Columbia University Medical Center (New York-Presbyterian Hospital). He is also co-author of “Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic.”
Peter H.R. Green
Phyllis & Ivan Seidenberg Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University
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