Kambiz Kadkhodayan

BACKGROUND: Recently, high rates of post-peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) gastroesophageal reflux disease have been reported. A novel POEM with fundoplication (POEM-F) has been described to address this issue…

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on training benchmarks to define competence in colorectal EMR (C-EMR) among advanced endoscopy trainees (AETs). Previous pilot data from our group demonstrated a relatively low proportion of AETs achieve competence on key cognitive and technical aspects of C-EMR…

Training in interventional endoscopy is offered by interventional endoscopy fellowship programs (IEFPs) not accredited by the ACGME. The number of these programs has increased exponentially with a concurrent increase in the breadth and complexity of these procedures…

Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) accounts for a significant number of patient visits to emergency rooms and remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The re-bleeding rates of NVUGIB after endoscopic treatment within 72 hours have been reported to be up to 25%…

BACKGROUND: G-POEM has emerged as a treatment for medically refractory gastroparesis. Safe and effective mucosal closure is necessary to avoid potential morbidity…

BACKGROUND: while minimally invasive, EUS is limited in its ability to clearly characterize intraductal lesions…

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic impedance planimetry (FLIP) has been used to evaluate the pyloric physiologic parameters after G-POEM for refractory gastroparesis; yet data on this technology is still limited…

BACKGROUND: Esophageal epiphrenic diverticula (ED) are rare pulsion-type diverticulum in the distal esophagus that can develop in the setting of an underlying esophageal motility disorder as a result of the contractile dyscoordination between the distal esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter (LES…