UCSF GI DIVISION FACULTY

James W. Ostroff, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Address:

Endoscopy, Box 1007
University of California
San Francisco, CA 94143

Email:

Active Projects:

1. Characterization of patients with pancreas divisum.
2. Morbid obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): prevalence of GERD symptoms and changes in symptoms with behavioral weight loss and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
3. Endoscopic management of end-stage sclerosing cholangitis as a bridge to liver transplantation.
4. Biliary anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation: non-invasive evaluation by MR cholangiography.
5. Endoscopic management of biliary complications after liver transplantation.
6. Tumor markers in pure pancreatic juice.
7. The endoscopic management of surgical strictures after esophago-gastrectomy.

Techniques in Use:

1. Characterization of biliary strictures with a high resolution small diameter per-oral cholangioscope.
2. Push enteroscopy with no overtube.
3. Use of enteral stenting in the pre-operative setting prior to colonic resection.

Recent Publications:

Patti MG, Gorodner MV, Galvani C, Tedesco P, Fisichella PM, Ostroff JW, Bagatelos KC, Way LW. Spectrum of esophageal motility disorders: implications for diagnosis and treatment. Arch Surg. 2005 May;140(5):442-8; discussion 448-9.

Kitazono MT, Qayyum A, Yeh BM, Chard PS, Ostroff JW, Coakley FV. Magnetic resonance cholangiography of biliary strictures after liver transplantation: A prospective double-blind study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Jun;25(6):1168-73.