Jack Wands

Jack Wands, of Providence; Jul. 19. He was the Jeffrey and Kimberly Greenberg-Artemis and Martha Joukowsky Professor in Gastroenterology and professor of medical science at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School. He founded and developed the Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Liver Research Center. His clinical interests included acute and chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and gastrointestinal malignancies, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma and alcohol-induced liver disease and subsequent complications. He was an internationally renowned physician/scientist who had received numerous awards, including two N.I.H. merit awards. He was the recipient of 204 U.S. and international patents related to investigative work in hepatology, published more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and contributed to 56 textbooks. He is survived by two children, two grandchildren, and two brothers.