Anna Buchner, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology

4.9 with 170 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Anna Buchner, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology

4.9 with 170 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Buchner is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Abdominal Bloating
Abdominal Distention
Abdominal Pain
Abnormal Liver Function
Abnormal Stool
Altered Bowel Habits
Anal Pain
Anal Spasm
Annular Pancreas
Anorexia
Autoimmune Enteropathy
Barrett's Esophagus
Biologic Therapy for Gastrointestinal (GI) Diseases
Blood in Stool
Bowel Disorders
Bowel Dysmotility
Bravo Ph Test
Bright Red Blood in Rectum
C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea)
Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue)
Cholangitis
Cholestasis
Chronic Diarrhea
Chronic Pancreatitis
Colitis
Collagenous Colitis
Colon Polypectomy
Colon Polyps
Colon Tumor
Colonic Cryptitis
Colonic Inertia
Colonoscopy
Constipation
Crigler Najjar Syndrome
Crohn's Disease
Diarrhea
Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Digestive Disorders
Diverticular Disease
Diverticulitis (Colonic Diverticulitis)
Duodenal Ulcer
Duodenitis
Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
Early Detection of Cancer
Early Satiety
Eosinophilic Colitis
Eosinophilic Enteritis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Eosinophilic Gastritis
Epigastric Pain
Eructation
Esophageal Disease
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Esophageal Spasm
Esophageal Stricture
Esophageal Thickening
Esophageal Ulcer
Esophageal Varices
Esophagitis
Esophagus Tumors
Fatty Liver Disease
Fecal Impaction
Fecal Incontinence (Bowel incontinence)
Flatulence
Gallbladder Disease
Gallbladder Inflammation (Cholecystitis)
Gallbladder Polyp
Gallbladder Stone (Cholelithiasis)
Gastric Ulcer
Gastritis
Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal Amyloid
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening
Gastrojejunal Ulcer
Gastroparesis
Gastroscopy
Giardiasis
Gluten Sensitivity
H. Pylori Infection
Heartburn (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Hematemesis
Hemorrhoids
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatomegaly
Hiatal Hernia
Ileitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Intestinal Obstruction
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (Ogilvie Syndrome)
Intractable Vomiting
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ischemic Colitis
Jaundice
Lactose Intolerance
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Disease
Liver Mass
Lymphocytic Colitis
Lynch Syndrome
Malabsorption
Melena
Microscopic Colitis
Motility Disorders
Nausea
Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Obstipation
Obstructive Jaundice
Odynophagia
Pancreas Divisum
Pancreatic Cyst
Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Pancreaticobiliary Disease
Pancreatitis (Pancreas Inflammation)
Peptic Ulcer Disease (Stomach Ulcers)
Peritonitis
Pernicious Anemia
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Polyposis Syndrome
Portal Hypertension
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
Postprandial Diarrhea
Proctitis
Proctosigmoidoscopy
Rectal Bleeding
Rectal Pain
Sigmoidoscopy
Small Bowel Disease
Steatorrhea
Stomach Cramps
Stomach Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Toxic Liver Injury
Ulcerative Colitis
Upper GI Endoscopy
Vomiting
Whipple's Disease
Zenker's Diverticulum (Esophageal Diverticulum)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Buchner is part of these programs:

Penn Endoscopy and GI Diagnosis Services
Penn General Gastroenterology Services

Board Certification

Gastroenterology, 2009

Education and Training

Medical School: Wroclaw Academy of Medicine
Residency: Medical University of Wroclaw; University of Illinois Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Miami Hospital and Clinic; Mayo Clinic

Primary Location

Penn Gastroenterology Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 2, Suite 205 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Buchner AM, Farraye FA, Iacucci M: AGA Clinical Practice Update on Endoscopic Scoring Systems in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Commentary Clinical Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 22 (11): 2188-2196,2024.

David C Whitcomb 1, Anna M Buchner 2, Chris E Forsmark 3: Reply to the letter on AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Epidemiology, Evaluation and Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Expert Review. Gastroenterology . 166 (4): 713-714,2024.

Whitcomb DC, Buchner AM, Forsmack CE: AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Epidemiology, Evaluation and Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Expert Review Gastroenterology 165 (5): 1292-1301,2023.

Weiss A, Thanawala S, Buchner CB, Weber A, Tang H, Buchner AM: Severity of inflammation as a risk factor for the development of colorectal dysplasia in PSC-IBD Gastrointestinal Endoscopy : 2023.

Weiss A, Thanawala SU, Weber AT, Tang H, Buchner AM: The role of liver transplant in the development of colorectal dysplasia in patients with PSC-IBD Gastroenterology 164 : S768-S769,2023.

Weiss A, Buchner AM: Colorectal cancer in elderly-onset IBD - what is the risk? Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 56 (9): 1421-1422,2022.

Lewis, J.D, Long M, Cross RK, Herfarth H, Weiss A, Buchner A: High Degree of Practice Variability in Colonic Dysplasia Surveillance for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease 28 (8): 1289-1292,2022.

Buchner, A.M, Sharma P, Wallace MB: Successful Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2nd Edition) Contrast Enhanced Endoscopy: Chromo and Optical Contrast Techniques Successful Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy : 2022.

Gelston D, Brosler SC, Vazquez J, Sorci O, Huntington Griffith A, Chatterjee S, Buchner A, Hoilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A, Rajapakse C.: Utility of FDG PET/CT in assessing bowel inflammation Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 11 (4): 271-279,2021.

Weiss A, Abdulhamid A, Osterman M, Lichtenstein GR, Buchner AM: The outcomes of chromoendoscopy vs. white light HD endoscopy for dysplasia surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis Gastroenterology : 2021.

Academic Contact Information

3400 Civic Center Boulevard
741 Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-349-8222
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Gastroenterology, National
American Gastroenterological Association, National
American Gastroenterology Association, National
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, National
Crohn's Colitis Foundation of America, National