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Present	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Present	Chief, Gastroenterology Division, Baystate Health
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Teacher of the Year, Baystate Medical Center Department of Medicine—2001, 2004, 2005
Nonsurgical Faculty Teacher of the Year, Baystate Medical Center Department of Surgery—2001, 2002
Best Original Research Presentation by Gastroenterology Fellow in Training in New England, New England Endoscopy Society—2000
Senior Fellow Award for Outstanding Abstract by Gastroenterology Fellow in Training, Astra Merck—1997

Baystate Education and Research

Baystate Medical Center
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Per-oral endoscopic myotomy white paper summary (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2014)

A rare cause of dilated bile duct incidentally detected on imaging. (Kah Poh Loh, Deborah Nautsch, David Desilets, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Adenomas involving the extrahepatic bile ducts are rare benign tumours of the biliary tract. Given the asymptomatic nature of these tumours and the natural progression of biliary adenoma to carcinoma including cholangiocarcinoma, early detection is ...

Liver cancer presenting as a pancreatic mass (Rony Ghaoui, Maria Gonzalez and David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Measurement of the quality of care of patients admitted with decompensated cirrhosis (Rony Ghaoui, Jennifer Friderici, Paul Visintainer, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Process-based quality measures are increasingly used to evaluate hospital performance. However, practices vary, and patients with cirrhosis are a challenge to manage, given their risks of mortality, morbidity, and resources utilization. In ...

Hemosuccus pancreaticus - A commonly forgotten and uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed (Iheanyichukwu Ogu, David Desilets and Rony Ghaoui) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Starting a peroral endoscopic myotomy program at your institution (David Desilets, John Romanelli and David Earle) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Starting a peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) program can be difficult. There is no substitute for careful planning and execution. Support at every level is required to make a POEM program a reality. There are 5 ...

New devices and techniques for management of pancreatic fluid collections (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Improvement in the quality of care of patients admitted with decompensated cirrhosis (Rony Ghaoui, Jennifer Friderici, Peter Lindenauer, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Management dilemma: Progressive thrombosis in a patient with sarcoidosis, cirrhosis and a history of bleeding esophageal varices (Lu Pan, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Kah Poh Loh, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Methods of luminal distention for colonoscopy (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Significance of common bile duct dilation in post cholecystectomy patients (Abdullah Shaikh, Tara Catanzano and David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Pancreatic and biliary stents (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Biliary and pancreatic stents are used in a variety of benign and malignant conditions including strictures and leaks and in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis.Both plastic and metal stents are safe, effective, and easy to ...

Monitoring equipment for endoscopy (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2013)

50 Gastrointestinal Cases and Associated Imaging (Abdullah Shaikh, Syed Hussain, David Desilets, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Prosthetic mesh contamination during NOTES(®) transgastric hernia repair: A randomized controlled trial with swine explants (David Earle, John Romanelli, Philip Omotosho, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2012)

PURPOSE: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES(®)) is a developing field in minimally invasive surgery that has been applied across a wide range of procedures; however, infectious concerns remain. Most of the applications have been ...

Endoscopic closure devices (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Esophageal function testing (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Endoluminal bariatric techniques (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Equipment for pediatric endoscopy (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Emerging technologies for endoscopic hemostasis (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Sphincter of Oddi manometry (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Pancreatic diseases in the AIDS patient (Dmitry Rakita, Abdullah Shaikh and David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Enteral stents (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2011)

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Technology Committee provides reviews of existing, new, or emerging endoscopic technologies that have an impact on the practice of GI endoscopy. Evidence-based methodology is used, with a MEDLINE ...

GI endoscopes (David Desilets) All Scholarly Works (2011)

The ASGE Technology Committee provides reviews of existing, new, or emerging endoscopic technologies that have an impact on the practice of GI endoscopy. Evidence-based methodology is used, performing a MEDLINE literature search to identify pertinent ...