Dr. Walter Gwang-up Park M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
300 Pasteur Dr # Mc5187 Alway Building, Room Stanford CA, 94305Rating
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About
Dr. Walter Park is a gastroenterologist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Park 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. Park performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology- 2009
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2006
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Colonoscopy appropriateness: education is important to identify the right patient, at the right time, for the right reason.
- Election year fever? Voting on EUS criteria for chronic pancreatitis.
- EUS-guided gold fiducial insertion for image-guided radiation therapy of pancreatic cancer: 50 successful cases without fluoroscopy.
- Screening for pancreatic cancer: what can cyst fluid analysis tell us?
- Diagnostic accuracy of cyst fluid amphiregulin in pancreatic cysts.
- Short turn radius colonoscope in an anatomical model: retroflexed withdrawal and detection of hidden polyps.
- Predictive factors for surgery among patients with pancreatic cysts in the absence of high-risk features for malignancy.
- Cyst Fluid Glucose is Rapidly Feasible and Accurate in Diagnosing Mucinous Pancreatic Cysts.
- Systematic Review of Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Biomarkers: The Path Forward.
- Clinical chronic pancreatitis.
- Cholestyramine as a promising, strong anion exchange resin for direct capture of genetic biomarkers from raw pancreatic fluids.
- Fukuoka and AGA Criteria Have Superior Diagnostic Accuracy for Advanced Cystic Neoplasms than Sendai Criteria.
- Editors' Introduction to the Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cysts Special Issue.
- How to Be an Advocate for Your Profession and Your Practice.
Fellowships
- Stanford University School of Medicine,Stanford, Ca, United States 2009
Publications
- Digestive diseases and sciencesGastrointestil stromal tumor: an unusual cause of gastrointestil bleeding.2013
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYMetabolomic-derived novel cyst fluid biomarkers for pancreatic cysts: glucose and kynurenine2013
- PANCREASThe Epidemiology of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis2013
- ANLS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGYPancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Radiographic Calcifications Correlate with Grade and Metastasis2012
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYEndoscopic mucosal resection with an over-the-counter hyalurote preparation2012
- DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCESAdult Intestil Malrotation: When Things Turn the Wrong Way2012
- F1000 medicine reportsScreening for pancreatic cancer: what can cyst fluid alysis tell us?2011
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYEUS-guided gold fiducial insertion for image-guided radiation therapy of pancreatic cancer2010
- PANCREATOLOGYMagement of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Decision-Making with Limited Information2010
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYElection year fever? Voting on EUS criteria for chronic pancreatitis2009
- JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONPrevalence of nonpolypoid2008
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYInjection therapies for variceal bleeding disorders of the GI tract2008
- GASTROINTESTIL ENDOSCOPYInjection therapies for nonvariceal bleeding disorders of the GI tract2007
- DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPYGiant gastric ulcers in chronic spil cord injury patients2007
- Digestive diseases and sciencesGastrointestinal stromal tumor: an unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.2013
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYMetabolomic-derived novel cyst fluid biomarkers for pancreatic cysts: glucose and kynurenine2013
- PANCREASThe Epidemiology of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis2013
- GASTROENTEROLOGYHow to Value Technological Innovation: A Proposal for Determining Relative Clinical Value2013
- Park, W. G., Wu, M., Bowen, R., Zheng, M., Fitch, W. L., Pai, R. K., WDiagnostic Utility of Metabolomic-Derived Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cysts2012
- ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGYPancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Radiographic Calcifications Correlate with Grade and Metastasis2012
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYEndoscopic mucosal resection with an over-the-counter hyaluronate preparation2012
- BMC GASTROENTEROLOGYDiagnostic accuracy of cyst fluid amphiregulin in pancreatic cysts2012
- DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCESAdult Intestinal Malrotation: When Things Turn the Wrong Way2012
- DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCESColloid Carcinoma of the Pancreas2011
- F1000 medicine reportsScreening for pancreatic cancer: what can cyst fluid analysis tell us?2011
- PANCREASDiagnostic Performance of Cyst Fluid Carcinoembryonic Antigen2011
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYEUS-guided gold fiducial insertion for image-guided radiation therapy of pancreatic cancer2010
- PANCREATOLOGYManagement of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Decision-Making with Limited Information2010
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYElection year fever? Voting on EUS criteria for chronic pancreatitis2009
- DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCESPainless Jaundice and Bilaterally Enlarged Sub-mandibular Glands in an Elderly Man2009
- JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONPrevalence of nonpolypoid2008
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYInjection therapies for variceal bleeding disorders of the GI tract2008
- GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYInjection therapies for nonvariceal bleeding disorders of the GI tract2007
- Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologicaDiagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: an update.2007
- DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPYGiant gastric ulcers in chronic spinal cord injury patients2007
- Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologicaDiagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B.2004
Experience & Accolades
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)the Stanford University Medical Center
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