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Rishi Pawa, MBBS

Rishi Pawa, MBBS

  • Professor, Gastroenterology

Research Interests

  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Esophageal Achalasia
  • Biliary Tract Diseases
  • Pancreatitis
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Education
MBBS, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, 1998
Residency
General Surgery, S.M.S. Hospital, 2000
Internal Medicine, Harlem Hospital Center, 2004
Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, 2005
Fellowship
Gastroenterology, Harlem Hospital Center, 2008
Advanced Endoscopy, Beth Israel Medical Center, 2009
Memberships
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
American Coll of Gastroenterology
American College of Physicians
Positions
Professor, Gastroenterology
Departments and Affiliations
Gastroenterology

Research

  • Publications
  • SHORT ESOPHAGEAL MYOTOMY VERSUS STANDARD MYOTOMY FOR TREATMENT OF SIGMOID-TYPE ACHALASIA: RESULTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL, MULTICENTER STUDY. Swei E, Kassir Z, Shrigiriwar AP, Schlacterman A, Chung CS, Mandarino FV, Kedia P, Messman H, Pawa R, Desai P, Saxena P, Assefa R, Arevalo-Mora M, Azzolini F, Arcidiacono PG, Nagl S, Abu-Hammour MN, Puga-Tejada M, Baquerizo-Burgos J, Egas-Izquierdo M, Cunto D, Alcivar-Vasquez J, Del Valle R, Shahraha R, Irani S, Medranda CR, Khashab M. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Aug;
  • Evaluating no fixation, endoscopic suture fixation, and an over-the-scope clip for anchoring fully covered self-expanding metal stents in benign upper gastrointestinal conditions: a comparative multicenter international study (with video). Mehta A, Ashhab A, Shrigiriwar A, Assefa R, Canakis A, Frohlinger M, Bouvette CA, Matus G, Punkenhofer P, Mandarino FV, Azzolini F, Samaan JS, Advani R, Desai SK, Confer B, Sangwan VK, Pineda-Bonilla JJ, Lee DP, Modi K, Eke C, Schiemer M, Rondini E, Dolak W, Agarunov E, Duku M, Telese A, Pawa R, Pawa S, Zaragoza Velasco N, Farha J, Berrien-Lopez R, Abu S, McLean-Powell CK, Kim RE, Rumman A, Spaun GO, Arcidiacono PG, Park KH, Khara HS, Diehl DL, Kedia P, Kuellmer A, Manta R, Gonda TA, Sehgal V, Haidry R, Khashab MA. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Aug;
  • Clinical outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with and without septotomy for management of epiphrenic diverticula - an international multicenter experience. Shrigiriwar A, Mony S, Fayyaz F, Onimaru M, Monachese M, Zhang L, Corre F, Azmeera P, Wu H, Wu CCH, Choi K, Gandhi A, Chalikonda D, Keane MG, Ghandour B, Villamarin-Corrales J, Schlachterman A, Tinto RR, Arévalo FE, Arbizu EA, Bapaye A, Velanovich V, Nieto J, Pawa R, Pawa S, Samantha J, Sedarat A, Eleftheriadis N, Saxena P, Bechara R, Al-Haddad MA, Familiari P, Ujiki M, Ramchandani M, Barret M, Chang K, Moll F, Pioche M, Inoue H, Khashab M. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 May;
  • Clinical outcomes of long-term transmural drainage with double pigtail stents in disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome. Koutlas N, Bentley B, Dorrell R, Ferris T, Pawa R. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024; 9:4.
  • EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy versus percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage after failed ERCP: A propensity score-matched analysis. Koutlas NJ, Pawa S, Russell G, Ferris T, Ponnatapura J, Pawa R. Endosc Int Open. 2024 Jan; 12(1):E108-E115.
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Research Interests

  • Biliary Tract Diseases
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Esophageal Achalasia
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Pancreatitis
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
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