Dr. Vivek V. Gumaste M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
7901 Broadway Room A1-9 Elmhurst NY, 11373About
Dr. Vivek Gumaste is a gastroenterologist practicing in Elmhurst, NY. Dr. Gumaste 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. Gumaste performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Pondicherry University Jawaharlal Institute 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Corrosive ingestion in adults.
- Bleeding duodenal lipoma.
- Serum lipase levels in chronic alcoholics.
- Lipase/amylase ratio. A new index that distinguishes acute episodes of alcoholic from nonalcoholic acute pancreatitis.
- Ingestion of corrosive substances by adults.
- CT colonography can be an adjunct to optical colonoscopy in CRC screening.
- Pseudocyst management: endoscopic drainage and other emerging techniques.
- Diabetes is not an independent predictor of gastroparesis in symptomatic patients referred for gastric emptying studies.
- An unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: duodenal GIST. A case report and literature review.
- Gallbladder cancer: adenoma-carcinoma or dysplasia-carcinoma sequence?
- Diabetic gastroparesis: myth or reality?
- Erythrocyte sedimentation as a measure of Crohn's disease activity: opposite trends in ileitis versus colitis.
- The Blatchford score is an useful index in the management of Mallory-Weiss tear and gastrointestinal bleeding: experience from an urban community hospital.
- Bleeding from a tuberculous gastric ulcer.
- Erythromycin-induced pancreatitis.
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