Dr. Janak N Shah M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
4150 Clement St Gi Section (111b1) San Francisco CA, 94121About
Dr. Janak Shah is a gastroenterologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Shah specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Shah performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Boston Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoscopic ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography imaging for pancreaticobiliary pathology: the gastroenterologist's perspective.
- Ileocecal valve: spectrum of normal findings at double-contrast barium enema examination.
- Melanoma seeding of an EUS-guided fine needle track.
- Benign refractory esophageal strictures: widening the endoscopist's role.
- Endoscopic treatment of bile leaks: current standards and recent innovations.
- Endoscopic treatment of Boerhaave syndrome using a removable self-expandable plastic stent.
- Colonoscopic treatment of acute diverticular hemorrhage using endoclips.
- Actinomycosis mimicking a pancreatic head neoplasm diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA.
- Cholangioscopy and pancreatoscopy (with videos).
- Yield and performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for diagnosing upper GI tract stromal tumors.
- EUS-guided transesophageal treatment of gastric fundal varices with combined coiling and cyanoacrylate glue injection (with videos).
- Randomized trial of standard versus magnetic endoscope imaging colonoscopes for unsedated colonoscopy.
- Colonic histoplasmosis.
- Endoscopic approach to the bile duct in the patient with surgically altered anatomy.
- EUS-FNA is superior to ERCP-based tissue sampling in suspected malignant biliary obstruction: results of a prospective, single-blind, comparative study.
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