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Dr. James W. Ostroff MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
350 Parnassus Ave Suite 410 San Francisco CA, 94117About
Dr. James Ostroff is a gastroenterologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Ostroff 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. Ostroff performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Post-transplant biliary problems.
- Endoscopic and radiologic management of pancreatic and biliary tract diseases.
- Magnetic resonance cholangiography of biliary strictures after liver transplantation: a prospective double-blind study.
- Pain and chronic pancreatitis: are we really ready for metal in the pancreatic duct?
- Management of biliary complications in the liver transplant patient.
- Predictors of endoscopic treatment outcomes in the management of biliary problems after liver transplantation at a high-volume academic center.
- Inoperable pancreatic cancer patients who have prolonged survival exhibit an increased risk of cholangitis.
- Ranitidine-associated delirium.
- Colonoscopic diagnosis of paraprosthetic-enteric fistula.
- A 13 year-old boy with post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder presenting with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report.
- Multidisciplinary approach to complex endoscopic biliary intervention.
- The effect of ethanol on heme and porphyrin synthesis.
- Delivery catheter entrapment during deployment of expandable metal stents.
- Thoracoscopic esophageal myotomy in the treatment of achalasia.
- Fatal Clostridium difficile enteritis after total abdominal colectomy.
Treatments
- Pancreatitis
- Acid Reflux
- Diarrhea
- Gastritis
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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Nearest Hospitals
UCSF MEDICAL CENTERl
505 PARNASSUS AVE, BOX 0296 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94143ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTERl
450 STANYAN ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94117