David C. Metz, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Bio:

Dr Metz is Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he is director of the Acid-Peptic Disease Program and codirector of the GI Physiology Laboratory, the Swallowing Disorders Program and the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program.

He is actively involved in clinical research, patient care, and teaching of students, residents, and fellows. Dr Metz’s clinical research program is particularly active in acid-peptic conditions including hypersecretory states such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, Helicobacter pylori infection, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug gastropathy, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He also has particular expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with functional and non-functional neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and alimentary tract. He has been a principal investigator on a number of trials evaluating upper gastrointestinal disease states. He is also active in national gastroenterology societies and was a prior member of the Liason Committee for Recertification of the American Board of Internal Medicine (American Gastroenterological Association representative) and the US Food and Drug Administration Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee. He is vice chair of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)

Dr Metz earned his MBBCh (MD equivalent) from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to the United States in 1986 and pursued a residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He completed a fellowship in gastroenterology in Washington, DC, in the combined Georgetown/Veterans Affairs Medical Center/National Institutes of Health (NIH) program. He remained on staff at the NIH for 2 more years as a senior staff fellow, performing basic research in pancreatic acinar cell secretion and clinical research in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome specifically.

In 1993, Dr Metz moved to Philadelphia in the role of Assistant Professor in the clinician educator track at the University of Pennsylvania. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998 and Full Professor in 2003.

To make an appointment, please contact:

Bonnie Bennett at (215) 349-5562

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For more information on Dr. David Metz and Penn Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, please visit their website here.

Dr. Metz at the 2016 National NET Patient Conference:

Topic: The Role of the Gastroenterologist in Diagnosing and Treating NETs

When: Friday, September 23th, 2016 at 10:15AM*

SIGN UP NOW FOR THE 2016 NATIONAL NET PATIENT CONFERENCE in New Orleans, LA from September 22-24th to see Dr. Metz and 19 other experts speak on Neuroendocrine Cancer! 

Registration is $125 per person including

• Thursday’s Welcome Reception 
• Breakfast, Lunch, and snacks for both Friday and Saturday
• And keep your eyes out for some special prizes!

Registration does not include your hotel stay or travel expenses.

For more information and to buy your ticket, click here!!

*Time and Date are subject to change.

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