Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Anthony N Kalloo

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 465, Baltimore, 21287, USA

Biography

Dr. Anthony Kalloo is a professor of medicine with special interests in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. He received his medical degree at the University of West Indies Medical School. Dr. Kalloo has authored multiple scientific papers and book chapters. He has pioneered and has several patents including the use of Botulinum Toxin in the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopic cryotherapy and the winged biliary/pancreatic stent and others related to natural orifice surgery. He is the pioneer of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery, a technique that will enable abdominal surgery without the use of incisions.

Publications

Experience of a Nurse Practitioner Performing Colonoscopy at a Tertiary Center in the United States

Background: The majority of the literature that involves non-physician endoscopists pertains to the performance of flexible sigmoidoscopy, with only limited reports of their performance of colonoscopy. Recent ASGE guidelines stated that there is insufficient data to support non-physician endoscopists to perform colonoscopy. Objective: To assess th... Read More»

Monica L Riegert, Mouen A Khasab and Anthony N Kalloo

Research Article: J Gastrointest Dig Syst 5: 298

DOI: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000298

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