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Jason K. Hou, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.G.

Jason

Investigator, Clinical Effectiveness & Population Health Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Director of Research, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor College of Medicine

Gastroenterologist and Health Services Researcher

Gastroenterologist and Health Services Researcher

Email: Jason.hou@va.gov

Phone: 713-440-4496

Phone: 713-791-1414 ext. 10374

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and outcomes of inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Racial disparities in inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Nutrition in inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Bioinformatics: natural language processing
  • Quality improvement implementation

Education

  • M.S., Clinial Investigation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Awards and Activities

  • AGA/AASLD Academic Skills Workshop Scholar, 2010
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America National Visiting Fellow IBD Program, 2009
  • Chief Medical Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, 2006
  • ALF/AASLD Resident Scholar Travel Award, 2004
  • Katz Summer Research Fellowship, 2000

Dr. Hou's PubMed Link *

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