Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Vanessa M. Shami, MD
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Vanessa M. Shami, MD practices Gastroenterology. She graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine. She has 2 awards "Regional Top Doctor" and "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Vanessa Shami is also published. She has 73 publications published. The lastest publication: "The role of EUS in ampullary lesions: is the answer black and white?' Vanessa Shami accepts Medicare.
Publications
- The role of EUS in ampullary lesions: is the answer black and white?
- Wide-field endoscopic resection of a large laterally spreading adenoma that encompassed the major papilla by combined ampullectomy, EMR, and underwater EMR.
- Performance of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Staging Rectal Adenocarcinoma Appropriate for Primary Surgical Resection.
- Endoscopic management of esophageal strictures.
- Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of T2N0 Esophageal Cancer.
- ERCP-directed radiofrequency ablation and photodynamic therapy are associated with comparable survival in the treatment of unresectable cholangiocarcinoma.
- EUS-guided 22-gauge fine-needle aspiration versus core biopsy needle in the evaluation of solid pancreatic neoplasms.
- Significantly Higher Rates of Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
- Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection of colorectal neoplasia is easily learned, efficacious, and safe.
- Multimodality endoscopic treatment of pancreatic duct disruption with stenting and pseudocyst drainage: How efficacious is it?
- Principles of training in GI endoscopy.
- Fully covered removable nitinol self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) in malignant strictures of the esophagus: a multicenter analysis.
- The cytologic diagnosis of gangliocytic paraganglioma: A case report.
- Fully-covered, self-expandable metal stents (CSEMS) in malignant distal biliary strictures: mid-term evaluation.
- Comparison between endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging for the staging of pancreatic cancer.
- Success and complications associated with placement of fully covered removable self-expandable metal stents for benign esophageal diseases (with videos).
- Bridge to surgery using partially covered self-expandable metal stents (PCMS) in malignant biliary stricture: an acceptable paradigm?
- Mortality in patients undergoing covered self-expandable metal stent revisions in malignant biliary stricture: does pathology matter?
- Gallbladder stent placement for prevention of cholecystitis in patients receiving covered metal stent for malignant obstructive jaundice: a feasibility study.
- Survival in pancreatic cancer: the best is yet to come.
- Meshed capillary vessels found on narrow-band imaging without optical magnification effectively identifies colorectal neoplasia: a North American validation of the Jap...
- Esophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor sampled by EUS-FNA.
- Updated guidelines for live endoscopy demonstrations.
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided cholangiopancreatography and rendezvous techniques.
- Single-balloon enteroscopy effectively enables diagnostic and therapeutic retrograde cholangiography in patients with surgically altered anatomy.
- Management of complications associated with partially covered biliary metal stents.
- Effect of pancreatic duct stent diameter on hospitalization in chronic pancreatitis: does size matter?
- Thoracic spondylodiscitis resulting from proximal migration of an esophageal stent.
- Temporary placement of fully covered self-expandable metal stents in benign biliary strictures: midterm evaluation (with video).
- Interventional endoscopic ultrasound-guided cholangiography: long-term experience of an emerging alternative to percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography.
- Esophageal cancer: ultrasonography.
- Presence of lymph node vasculature: a new EUS criterion for benign nodes?
- Transenteric drainage of pancreatic-fluid collections with fully covered self-expanding metallic stents (with video).
- Temporary placement of a fully covered self-expandable metal stent in the pancreatic duct for management of symptomatic refractory chronic pancreatitis: preliminary da...
- Endoscopic ultrasound staging is adversely affected by placement of a self-expandable metal stent: fact or fiction?
- Temporary placement of covered self-expandable metal stents in benign biliary strictures: a new paradigm? (with video).
- Unresectable cholangiocarcinoma: comparison of survival in biliary stenting alone versus stenting with photodynamic therapy.
- Does FDG-PET add information to EUS and CT in the initial management of esophageal cancer? A prospective single center study.
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of a malignant pleural effusion to diagnose and stage lung cancer: when should this approach be considered?
- Quality of life following primary vs. redo transthoracic paraesophageal hernia repairs.
- EUS-guided drainage of bilomas: a new alternative?
- The use of fine needle aspiration cytology for the distinction of pancreatic mucinous neoplasia.
- EUS-FNA as the initial diagnostic modality in centrally located primary lung cancers.
- Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided access and therapy of pancreatico-biliary disorders: EUS-guided cholangio and pancreatic drainage.
- Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from a hyperplastic polyp: which polyps should be endoscopically resected?
- The level of carcinoembryonic antigen and the presence of mucin as predictors of cystic pancreatic mucinous neoplasia.
- Covered self-expandable metal stents in pancreatic malignancy regardless of resectability: a new concept validated by a decision analysis.
- Esophageal leiomyosarcoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration.
- Through-the-scope balloon dilation for endoscopic ultrasound staging of stenosing esophageal cancer.
- Malignant GIST masquerading as a bleeding duodenal diverticulum.
- EUS-guided pancreaticogastrostomy: analysis of its efficacy to drain inaccessible pancreatic ducts.
- Fine-needle aspiration cytology of pancreatic lymphoepithelial cysts.
- Interventional EUS-guided cholangiography: evaluation of a technique in evolution.
- Cytology of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma.
- Endoscopic ultrasound drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst: a prospective comparison with conventional endoscopic drainage.
- Clinical impact of conventional endosonography and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in the assessment of patients with Barrett''s esophagus and high...
- Rapunzel's syndrome: gastric bezoars and endoscopic management.
- Comparison of the grading of esophageal varices by transnasal endoluminal ultrasound and esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
- Drainage of gallbladder fossa fluid collections with endoprosthesis placement under endoscopic ultrasound guidance: a preliminary report of two cases.
- EUS-guided transhepatic cholangiography: report of 6 cases.
- Technology insight: Current status of endoscopic ultrasonography.
- Are miniature ultrasonic probes of clinical value for diagnosis and treatment of digestive tract diseases?
- Factors predictive of malignancy and endoscopic resectability in ampullary neoplasia.
- Lymphoid follicular proctitis mimicking rectal lymphoma: diagnosis by EMR.
- Acute pancreatitis after EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a pooled analysis from EUS centers in the United States.
- Adenoma and early stage adenocarcinoma of the appendix: diagnosis by colonoscopy.
- Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in the management of rectal carcinoma.
- Recombinant activated factor VII for coagulopathy in fulminant hepatic failure compared with conventional therapy.
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in esophageal cancer.
- Endoscopic treatment of early gastroesophageal malignancy.
- Analysis of complications after EUS-FNA in patients with obstructive jaundice and drained with plastic biliary stents or self-expandable metal stent (SEMS): do complic...
- Colonic diverticulosis is associated with an increased adenoma detection rate in patients undergoing first-time screening colonoscopy.
Schools
University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
University Of Virginia
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Liver Biopsy
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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University of Virginia School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Virginia Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1144399783 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SHAMI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | VANESSA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 229080001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 157.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1144399783 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SHAMI |
| First Name Of The Provider | VANESSA |
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