A5018976615- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Heavy metals in environment
- Gut microbiota and health
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Infant Nutrition and Health
University of California, Irvine
2022-2025
Trillium Health Centre
2023
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
2022
Cleveland Clinic
2018-2021
University of Toronto
2019-2021
University Health Network
2021
Lawson Health Research Institute
2011-2018
Western University
2011-2018
ABSTRACT The food and water we consume are often contaminated with a range of chemicals heavy metals, such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, mercury, that associated numerous diseases. Although heavy-metal exposure contamination not recent phenomenon, the concentration metals to populations remain major issues despite efforts at remediation. ability prevent manage this problem is still subject much debate, many technologies ineffective others too expensive for practical large-scale use,...
Heavy metals are highly toxic elements that contaminate the global food supply and affect human wildlife health. Purification technologies often too expensive or not practically applicable for large-scale implementation, especially in impoverished nations where heavy metal contamination is widespread. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 (LGR-1) was shown previous work to reduce bioaccumulation a Tanzanian cohort of women children through indeterminant mechanisms. Here, it hypothesized LGR-1 could...
Infectious disease in the developing world continues to represent one of greatest challenges facing humanity. Every year over a million children suffer and die from sequela enteric infections, while 2008 it is estimated almost 2.7 (UNAIDS 2009 update) adults became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea, antiretrovirals (ARV) HIV are critical, there place adjunctive therapies improve quality life. The importance microbiota retaining...
The timing of prophylactic colorectal surgery in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is based on the immediacy cancer risk. ability to predict need for may help and their families plan context life events CRC We created a model likelihood within 2 5 years first colonoscopy at our institution.A single institution hereditary syndrome (Cologene™) database was interrogated all FAP having deleterious APC mutation. Patients after age 30 before year 2000 were excluded. Cox regression...
Quality indicators for the performance of EUS have been developed to monitor and improve service value patient outcomes. To support incorporation these standardize documentation, we propose standard reporting elements endosonographers endoscopy units.A comprehensive literature search review was performed identify quality key components high-quality standardized reporting. Guidance statements regarding were reviewed at Forum Canadian Endoscopic Ultrasound (FOCUS) 2019 Annual Meeting.EUS can...
The accuracy of EUS and endoscopic pancreatic function test (ePFT) for diagnosis early or minimal-change chronic pancreatitis (MCCP) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that the natural history disease may be used as a "gold standard" to assess ability ePFT predict eventual development overt (CP) changes on computed tomography/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (CT/MRCP). aim study was determine progression in patients with suspected MCCP who had nondiagnostic baseline imaging.A...
Background and Objectives: The accuracy of EUS endoscopic pancreatic function test (ePFT) for diagnosis early or minimal-change chronic pancreatitis (MCCP) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that the natural history disease may be used as a “gold standard” to assess ability ePFT predict eventual development overt (CP) changes on computed tomography/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (CT/MRCP). aim study was determine progression in patients with suspected MCCP who had...
Introduction: Hyperplastic polyps (HP) are the commonest colon detected at colonoscopy. Small HPs considered low risk lesions. Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance guidelines recommend an average colonoscopy interval of 10 years in individuals with <10mm rectosigmoid HPs, offer no recommendation for < mm proximal to sigmoid. We compared adenomas serrated between subjects a normal baseline versus those (< mm) within or colon. Methods: obtained (CS) pathology reports from patients...