Penn Medicine Provider
Gastroenterology
Anna Buchner, MD, PhD
4.9
(181)
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

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

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

181 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
very caring
November 2024
5.0
5.0
very attentive and kind and professional
November 2024
5.0
5.0
dr. is caring and knowledgeable.
November 2024
5.0
5.0
dr is very professional, knowledgeable, and very caring. she really wants to help her patients get well.

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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.
Dr. Buchner is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

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): 2024,2188-2196

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): 2024,713-714

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): 2023,1292-1301

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: 2023,S768-S769

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

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): 2022,1289-1292

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): 2021,271-279

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