Norio Fukami, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Education
- Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Fukoaka, Japan, 1986-1992
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, 1992-1993
- Residency, U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, 1993-1994
- Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Harasanshin General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, 1994-1995
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, 1995-1998.
- Fellowship in Gastroenterology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 1998-2001
Honors and Awards
- 1994 Intern of the Year Award, U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Faculty Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Denver. 2006- present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2004-2006
- Assistant Professor, Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokahama, Japan, 2001-2004
- Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, UT Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX, 2001-2001
Research Interests
Early detection of Barrett's dysplasia/cancer and other gastrointestinal cancer and their endoscopic treatment; Diagnostic and therapeutic EUS; and therapeutic ERCP in the management of pancreaticobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancies.
Representative Publications
- Lahoti S, Fukami N. The small bowel as a source of gastrointestinal blood loss. Current Gastroenterology Reports 1999;I:424-430. (download PDF)
- Inoue H, Fukami N, Yoshida T, Kudo SE. Endoscopic mucosal resection for esophageal and gastric cancers. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Apr;17(4):382-8. (download PDF)
- Satodate H, Inoue H, Yoshida T, Usui S, Iwashita M, Fukami N, Shiokawa A, Kudo SE. Circumferential EMR of carcinoma arising in Barrett's esophagus: case report. Gastrointest Endosc. 2003 Aug;58(2):288-92. (download PDF)
- Yoshida T, Inoue H, Usui S, Satodate H, Fukami N, Kudo SE. Narrow-band imaging system with magnifying endoscopy for superficial esophageal lesions. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Feb;59(2):288-95. (download PDF)
- Fukami N, Inoue H, Kudo S. Malignant biliary obstruction: a comparison of cost for a use of metal or plastic stent for palliation in Japanese health care system. Digestive Endoscopy 2004;16(suppl):S102-S104. (download PDF)
- Satodate H, Inoue H, Fukami N, Shiokawa A, Kudo SE. Squamous Reepithelialization after Circumferential Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Superficial Carcinoma Arising in Barrett's Esophagus. Endoscopy, 2004;36(10):909-12. (download PDF)
- Kalha I, Kaw M, Fukami N, Patel M, Singh S, Gagneja H, Cohen D, Morris J. The accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound for restaging esophageal carcinoma after chemoradiation therapy. Cancer 2004;Sep101(5):940-7. (download PDF)
- Mullen J, Lee JH, Gomez H, Ross W, Fukami N, Wolff R, Abdalla E, Vauthey J, Lee JE, Pisters PWT, Evans D. Pancreaticoduodenectomy after placement of endobiliary metal stents. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2005;9(8):1094-1105. (download PDF)
- Fukami N. Current status and future direction of interventional EUS in the United States. Clinical Gastroenterology, 2005;20(11):1597-1602.
- Fukami N, Lee, JH. Endoscopic treatment of the large sessile and flat colorectal lesions. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, January 2006;22(1):54-59. (download PDF)
- Das P, Fukami N, Ajani JA. Combined Modality Therapy of Localized Gastric and Esophageal Cancers. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, April 2006;4(4):367-374. (download PDF)
- Fukami N, Stroehlein JR, Dekovich AA. Therapeutic endoscopy training system in the United States. Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006;21(9):1317-1322.