Dr. Uma K Murthy MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1000 E Genesee St Suite 205 Syracuse NY, 13210About
Dr. Uma Murthy is a gastroenterologist practicing in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Murthy 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. Murthy performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoscopic injection and polypectomy for bleeding Brunner's gland hamartoma.
- A simple and well-tolerated method for sampling gallbladder bile.
- Hyperamylasemia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Inappropriate and improper use of fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening in the VA Medical System.
- Dysutility of endoscopic feeding tubes.
- Repeated hydrostatic balloon dilation in obstructive gastroduodenal Crohn's disease.
- Outcome of retinopathy in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon and ribavirin.
- Coffee grounds emesis: not just an upper GI bleed.
- Modulation of gastric pH by continuous gastric and jejunal infusion of cimetidine.
- An unusual presentation of cirrhotic pleural effusion in a patient with no ascites: a case report.
- Postpolypectomy bleeding in patients undergoing colonoscopy on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy.
- Successful medical management of emphysematous gastritis with concomitant portal venous air: a case report.
- Aspirin induces morphological transformation to the secretory state in isolated rabbit parietal cells.
- Bleeding risk after invasive procedures in aspirin/NSAID users: polypectomy study in veterans.
- An unusual case of gastric outlet obstruction.
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