About the Authors

Kathleen E. Corey

kcorey@partners.org (KEC); rtchung@partners.org (RTC)

Affiliations Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph Misdraji

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hui Zheng

Affiliations MGH Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kyle M. Malecki

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jacob Kneeman

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Louis Gelrud

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Raymond T. Chung

kcorey@partners.org (KEC); rtchung@partners.org (RTC)

Affiliations Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEC HZ LG RTC. Performed the experiments: KEC JMM KMM JK. Analyzed the data: KEC HZ RTC. Wrote the paper: KEC KMM JK RTC.