John P Geibel DSc, MD, MSc
Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Vice Chair, Surgery; Director, Surgical Research
Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Signal Transduction
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Liver Center
Surgery: Gastrointestinal/General Surgery
Signal Transduction
Research Interests
Gastric Acid Secretion; Colonic Fluid Transport; Renal Physiology; Intracellular Ion Activity Measurements; Calcium Sensing Receptor; Diarrheal disease, electrophysiology; CFTR; AMPKinase volume regulation more...
Education
- M.S., University of New Brunswick, 1981
- D.Sc., University of Innsbruck, 1983
- M.D., University of Innsbruck, 1986
Selected Publications
- Kirchhoff,P, Socrates T, Sidani S, Duffy A, Breidhardt T, Grob C, Viehl CT, Beglinger C, Oertli D, Geibel, JP (2010) “Zinc salts provide a novel, prolonged and rapid inhibition of gastric acid secretion." Am J Gastroenterology Epub ahead of print
- Kopic, S., Corradini, S.,Sidani, S.,Murek, M.,Vardanyan, A.,Foller, M.,Ritter, M.,Geibel, J. P (2010). "Ethanol inhibits gastric acid secretion in rats through increased AMP-kinase activity." Cell Physiol Biochem 25(2-3): 195-202.
- Sidani, S., Kopic, S.,Socrates, T.,Kirchhoff, P.,Foller, M.,Murek, M.,Capasso, A.,Geibel, J. P. (2009). "AMP-activated protein kinase: a physiological off switch for murine gastric acid secretion." Pflugers Arch 459(1): 39-46.

