Biliary Disease
Medical Education
B.S.: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
, 1979
Medical Degree: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, 1983
Residency: Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
, 1986
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
, 1988
Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)
Listed in America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002 - 2008
Philadelphia Magazines "Top Doctors" Award in Gastroenterology, Therapeutic Endoscopy, 1996 - 1999
Philadelphia Magazine "Top Doctors" Award in Gastroenterology, Therapeutic Endoscopy, 1999
"The Best Doctors in America" Subspecialty of Gastroenterology, 1998-99
"The Best Doctors in America: Northeast Region" Subspecialty of Gastroenterology, 1996-97
Editorial Responsibilities
Senior Associate editor, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript Referee
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
American Journal of Gastroenterology
Endoscopy
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts
Cote GA, Azar RR, Edmundowicz SE, Jonnalagadda SS. Balloon-assister peroral cholangioscopy using an 8.8 mm gastroscope for the diagnosis of Mirizzi syndrome. Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Ringold DA, Shroff P, Sikka S, Jonnalagadda SS, Early DS, Edmundowicz SA, Azar RR. Pancreatitis Is Frequently Associated with Pancreatic Side-Branch Intraductal Mucinous Neoplasia (SB-IPMN). Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Keswani R, Early D, Edmundowicz S, Meyers B, Sharma A, Govindan R, Chen J, Kohlmeier C, Azar R. Routine PET does not alter nodal staging in patients undergoing EUS-FNA for esophageal cancer. Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Nguyen Y, Maple J, Zheng Q, Ylagan LR, Zhai J, Kohlmeier C, Jonnalagadda SS, Early DS, Edmundowicz SA, Azar RR. The reliability of gross visual assessment of specimen adequacy during EUS-FNA of pancreatic masses. Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Keswani R, Azar R, Ammar T, Edmundowicz S, Jonnalagadda S. Stenting for Malignant Colonic Obstruction: A Comparison of Efficacy and Complications in Colonic versus Extracolonic Malignancy. Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Shah P, Gao F, Edmundowicz S, Azar R, Early D. Predicting Malignant Potential of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Using Endoscopic Ultrasound. Dig Dis Sci, in press
Ha C, Shah R, Chen J, Azar R, Edmundowicz S, Early D. Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Using EUS-FNA: A Survey of Opinions and Practices of Endosonographers. Gastrointest Endosc, in press
Maple J, Edmundowicz S, Jonnalagadda S, Azar R. Wire assisted access sphincterotomy of the minor papilla. Gastrointest Endosc, Epub ahead of print
Maple, JT, Peifer KJ, Edmundowicz SA, Early DS, Meyers BF, Jonnalagadda S, Azar RR. The impact of endoscopic ultrasonography with fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) on esophageal cancer staging: a survey of thoracic surgeons and gastroenterologists. Diseases of the Esophagus, 2007.
Deviere J, Valdes GO, Herrera LC, Closset J, Moine OL, Eisendrath P, Moreno C, Dugardeyn S, Barea M, de Torre RL, Edmundowicz S, Scott S. Safety, feasibility and weight loss after transoral gastroplasty: First human multicenter study. Surg Endosc 2007 Nov 1.
Pierce RA, Jonnalagadda S, Spitler JA, Tessier DJ, Liaw JM, Lall SC, Melman LM, Frisella MM, Todt LM, Brunt LM, Halpin VJ, Eagon JC, Edmundowicz SA, Matthews BD. Incidence of residual choledocholithiasis detected by intraoperative cholangiography at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients having undergone preoperative ERCP. Surg Endosc. 2008 March (epub).
Husain A, Debold C, Edmundowicz SA, Jonnalagadda SS. Directed balloon-assisted guidewire access into intrahepatic ducts. Gastrointest Endosc 2001; Jul;54(1):118-9
Fallah MA, Prakash C, Edmundowicz S. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding. Med Clin North Am 2000; Sep;84(5):1183-208
Wolf JS, Nakada SY, Aliperti G, Edmundowicz SA, Claymen RV. Washington University experience with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of pancreatic duct calculi. Urology, Nov. 1995; 46(5):638-42
Johnson GK, Geenen JE, Bedford RA, Johanson J, Cass O, Sherman S, Hogan WJ, Ryan M, Silverman W, Edmundowicz SA, Midwest Biliary Study Group. A comparison of nonionic versus ionic contrast media: results of a prospective, multicenter study. Midwest Pancreaticobiliary Study Group. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Oct. 1995 42(4):312-6
Soper NJ, Callery MP, Brunt E, Edmundowicz SA, Aliperti G. The role of laproscopic choleystectomy in the management of acute biliary pancreatitis. American Journal of Surgery 1994; 167:42-51
Books and Book Chapters
Edmundowicz SA, Jonnalagadda S: Severe and Complicated Biliary Tract Disease. 5th Edition Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, 2003
Edmundowicz, SA editor: “20 Common Problems in Gastroenterology”, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002.
Edmundowicz SA, Jonnalagadda S: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy in Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Meinhard C, Tytgat G, and Lightdale C (editors); Georg Thieme Verlag, Germany, 2001.
Edmundowicz SA. Endoscopy of the Esophagus In: The Esophagus (3rd edition); Castell DO, M.D. (editor) Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1999
Edmundowicz SA. Severe and Complicated Biliary Disease In: Intensive Care Medicine (4th edition), Irwin et al (Eds) Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1999
For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Steven A. Edmundowicz