Description of Research Expertise:
Barrett's esophagus: chemoprevention, detection, diagnosis, cancer prevention, epidemiology, risk stratification, pathogenesis
Eosinophilic esophagitis: epidemiology, pediatric-adult transition, fibrosis, clinical trials, pathogenesis
Endoscopy: advanced imaging
Selected Publications:
Levy Jennifer L, Levine Marc S, Rubesin Stephen E, Falk Gary W, Metz David C, Dempsey Daniel T, Ginsberg Gregory G: Findings of Esophagography for 25 Patients After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia. AJR. American journal of roentgenology 207 (6): 1185-1193,2016.
Thota Prashanthi N, Vennalaganti Prashanth, Vennelaganti Sreekar, Young Patrick, Gaddam Srinivas, Gupta Neil, Lieberman David, Sampliner Richard, Falk Gary W, Mathur Sharad, Kennedy Kevin, Cash Brooks D, Moawad Fouad, Bansal Ajay, Spaander Manon C, Bruno Marco J, Vargo John, Sharma Prateek: Low Risk of High-grade Dysplasia or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Among Patients with Barrett's Esophagus Less Than 1 cm (Irregular Z Line) Within 5 Years of Index Endoscopy. Gastroenterology 152 (5): 987-992,2016.
Dellon Evan S, Collins Margaret H, Bonis Peter A, Leung John, Capocelli Kelley E, Dohil Ranjan, Falk Gary W, Furuta Glenn T, Menard-Katcher Calies, Gupta Sandeep K, Hirano Ikuo, Hiremath Girish S, Kagalwalla Amir F, Wershil Barry K, Liacouras Chris A, Muir Amanda B, Mukkada Vincent A, Putnam Philip E, Schoepfer Alain M, Straumann Alex, Wo John M, Yang Guang-Yu, Rothenberg Marc E, Gonsalves Nirmala: Substantial Variability in Biopsy Practice Patterns Among Gastroenterologists for Suspected Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 14 (12): 1842-1844,2016.
Critchley-Thorne Rebecca J, Davison Jon M, Prichard Jeffrey W, Reese Lia M, Zhang Yi, Repa Kathleen A, Li Jinhong, Diehl David L, Jhala Nirag C, Ginsberg Gregory, DeMarshall Maureen, Foxwell Tyler, Jobe Blair A, Zaidi Ali H, Duits Lucas C, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Rustgi Anil K, Falk Gary W: A Tissue Systems Pathology Test Detects Abnormalities Associated with Prevalent High Grade Dysplasia and Esophageal Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 26 (2): 240-248,2016.
Leiman D A, Riff B P, Morgan S, Metz D C, Falk G W, French B, Umscheid C A, Lewis J D: Alginate therapy is effective treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus : 2016.
Muir Amanda B, Dods Kara, Henry Steven J, Benitez Alain J, Lee Dale, Whelan Kelly A, DeMarshall Maureen, Hammer Daniel A, Falk Gary, Wells Rebecca G, Spergel Jonathan, Nakagawa Hiroshi, Wang Mei-Lun: Eosinophilic Esophagitis-Associated Chemical and Mechanical Microenvironment Shapes Esophageal Fibroblast Behavior. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 63 (2): 200-9,2016.
Sun Xiangqing, Elston Robert, Falk Gary W, Grady William M, Faulx Ashley, Mittal Sumeet K, Canto Marcia I, Shaheen Nicholas J, Wang Jean S, Iyer Prasad G, Abrams Julian A, Willis Joseph E, Guda Kishore, Markowitz Sanford, Barnholtz-Sloan Jill S, Chandar Apoorva, Brock Wendy, Chak Amitabh: Linkage and related analyses of Barrett's esophagus and its associated adenocarcinomas. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine 4 (4): 407-19,2016.
Critchley-Thorne Rebecca J, Duits Lucas C, Prichard Jeffrey W, Davison Jon M, Jobe Blair A, Campbell Bruce B, Zhang Yi, Repa Kathleen A, Reese Lia M, Li Jinhong, Diehl David L, Jhala Nirag C, Ginsberg Gregory, DeMarshall Maureen, Foxwell Tyler, Zaidi Ali H, Lansing Taylor D, Rustgi Anil K, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Falk Gary W: A Tissue Systems Pathology Assay for High-Risk Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 25 (6): 958-68,2016.
Whelan Kelly A, Merves Jamie F, Giroux Veronique, Tanaka Koji, Guo Andy, Chandramouleeswaran Prasanna M, Benitez Alain J, Dods Kara, Que Jianwen, Masterson Joanne C, Fernando Shahan D, Godwin Bridget C, Klein-Szanto Andres J, Chikwava Kudakwashe, Ruchelli Eduardo D, Hamilton Kathryn E, Muir Amanda B, Wang Mei-Lun, Furuta Glenn T, Falk Gary W, Spergel Jonathan M, Nakagawa Hiroshi: Autophagy mediates epithelial cytoprotection in eosinophilic oesophagitis. Gut 66 (7): 1197-1207,2016.
Kong Jianping, Sai Hong, Crissey Mary Ann S, Jhala Nirag, Falk Gary W, Ginsberg Gregory G, Abrams Julian A, Nakagawa Hiroshi, Wang Kenneth, Rustgi Anil K, Wang Timothy C, Lynch John P: Immature myeloid progenitors promote disease progression in a mouse model of Barrett's-like metaplasia. Oncotarget 6 (32): 32980-3005,2015.