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Hatim A. Hassan obtained his MD degree from the University Of Khartoum Medical School in Sudan and his PhD from Yale University Investigative Medicine Program. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Hassan's research focuses on regulation of intestinal oxalate transport by different neurohumoral factors and probiotic bacteria. Hyperoxaluria is a major risk factor for kidney stones and has no specific therapy, although Oxalobacter formigenes colonization is associated with reduced stone risk. O. formigenes interacts with colonic epithelium.