Division of
Gastroenterology
and Hepatology

Therapeutic Endoscopy Faculty

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Brian C. Brauer, MD

Yang K. Chen, MD, FACP, FACG

Norio Fukami, MD

Raj J. Shah, MD

 

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Education

• Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), 1994
• Internship/Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1994-1997
• Fellowship:
  • Gastroenterology/Hepatology: University Hospitals of Cincinnati, 1997-2000
  • Advanced Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship, Maine Medical Center, 2000-01

Honors and Awards

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

Faculty Appointments

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Denver (UCD). 2007- present
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver. September 2001- present

Committees and Responsibilities

• American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
  • ASGE Technology Committee Member 5/05 to present

Research Interests

Investigating novel methods for the diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of pancreatic and biliary cancer; endoscopic treatment for benign pancreatic diseases; advanced biliary and pancreatic endoscopic imaging with miniature scopes for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Representative Publications

1. Shah RJ, Howell DA. The endoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocysts. In Dimarino and Benjamin, (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Disease: An Endoscopic Approach 2nd Edition. 2002 New Jersey: Slack, Inc.
2. Shah RJ, Howell DA, Desilets DJ, Sheth SG, Parsons WG, Okolo P III, Lehman GA, Sherman S, Baillie J, Branch SM, Chuttani R, Pleskow DK, Bosco JJ. Multicenter randomized trial of the spiral Z-stent compared to Wallstent in the management of malignant biliary obstruction. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2003; 57(7):830-6. (download pdf)
3. Gatof D, Chen YK, Shah RJ. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the bile duct diagnosed by transpapillary cholangioscopy: a case report and review. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2004 Aug;60(2):300-4.(download pdf)
4. Springer E., Shah RJ.  Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. In McNally (Ed), GI/Liver Secrets 3rd Edition. 2005 Philadelphia: Hanley & Beflus, Inc. (download pdf)
5. Shah RJ, Langer DA, Antillon MR, Chen YK. Cholangioscopy and cholangioscopic forceps biopsy in patients with indeterminate pancreaticobiliary pathology.  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006 Feb;4(2):219-25. (download pdf)
6. Awadallah NS, Chen YK, Piraka C, Antillon MR, Shah RJ. Is there a role for cholangioscopy in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis? American Journal of Gastroenterology 2006 Feb:101(2):284-91. (download pdf)
7. Antillon MR, Shah RJ, Stiegmann G, Chen YK.  Single-step endoscopic ultrasound guided drainage of simple and complicated pancreatic pseudocysts. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2006 May;63(6):797-803. (download pdf)
8. Mahnke D, Chen YK, Antillon MR, Brown W, Mattison R, Shah RJ. A prospective comprehensive assessment of complications for outpatient ERCP and EUS performed in an ambulatory endoscopy center. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006 Jul;4(7):924-30. (download pdf)
9. Shah RJ, Chen YK. Techniques of peroral and percutaneous choledochoscopy for evaluation and treatment of biliary stones and strictures. Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, July 2007; 9(3):161-8. (download pdf)
10. Piraka C, Shah RJ, Awadallah NS, Langer DA, Chen YK. Transpapillary cholangioscopy-directed lithotripsy in patients with difficult bile duct stones. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2007;5(11):[epub ahead of print]. (download pdf)