Carol E. Semrad, MD
Carol E. Semrad, MD
Professor of Medicine
Specialties
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology (Liver Diseases)
Locations
- Chicago - River East
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
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- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
Carol Semrad, MD, is a gastroenterologist, specializing in small bowel diseases (celiac disease, diarrhea, malabsorption) and nutrition. She is a leader in the use of small bowel endoscopy (video capsule endoscopy and double balloon enteroscopy) for management of small bowel bleeding, ulcers, and tumors. She is member of the medical leadership team at the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center.
She has co-authored chapters on malabsorption and diarrheal diseases for major medical textbooks and directed courses on small bowel endoscopy. Dr. Semrad has also developed teaching material on clinical nutrition and the short bowel syndrome for the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). As chairperson of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Nutrition Advisory Committee, she oversees hospital policy on nutrition.
Dr. Semrad has received several awards including the AGA’s Senior Research Fellow Award and Research Scholar Award. She has also been named one of the nation's top gastroenterologists by U.S. News and World Report, and one of the city's top doctors by Chicago magazine.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Celiac Disease
- Diarrheal Diseases
- Nutrition Education
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Gastroenterology
Practicing Since
- 1990
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr.
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Gastroenterology Research Group
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American College of Gastroenterology
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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