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Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology

Steven Alphonse Edmundowicz, MD

Current Position
Professor, Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Chief, Endoscopy
Director, Interventional Endoscopy


Specialty Areas
Gastroenterology
Interventional Endoscopy
Biliary Disease

Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
GI Center
4921 Parkview Place, C , 8
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-747-2066
Fax:   314-454-5005
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Medical Building Two
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
10 Barnes West Drive, Suite 200
Creve Coeur, MO  63141
314-747-2066
Fax:   314-747-1277
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124
St. Louis, MO  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
Biliary and Pancreatic Disease (ERCP), Endosonography (EUS), Gastrointestinal bleeding, Barrett’s esophagus, Sphincter of Oddi manometry

Areas of Research Interest
Endoscopic therapy for obesity

Board Certification
Internal Medicine -- Certified
Gastroenterology -- Certified

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
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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



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