Dr. James M Becker M.D.
Surgeon
88 E Newton St C500 Boston MA, 02118About
Dr. James Becker is a general surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Becker specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Becker provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pouchitis in a rat model of ileal J pouch-anal anastomosis.
- Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils and terrestrial biota after a spill of crude oil in Trecate, Italy.
- Neurokinin-1 receptor and substance P messenger RNA levels increase during intraabdominal adhesion formation.
- Colonic metaplasia in the ileal pouch is associated with inflammation and is not the result of long-term adaptation.
- A neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist reduces an ongoing ileal pouch inflammation and the response to a subsequent inflammatory stimulus.
- Gastric outlet obstruction as a consequence of a duodenal web masquerading as gastrinoma in an adult.
- Proctocolectomy with ileoanal anastomosis.
- A neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist decreases postoperative peritoneal adhesion
- Histologic predictors of pouchitis in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis.
- Intra-abdominal adhesion prevention: are we getting any closer?
- Peritoneal carcinomatosis.
- Ampullary stenosis with biliary obstruction in duodenal Crohn's disease: a case report and review of the literature.
- Pathologic features and clinical significance of "backwash" ileitis in ulcerative colitis.
- NF-kappaB activation precedes increases in mRNA encoding neurokinin-1 receptor, proinflammatory cytokines, and adhesion molecules in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in rats.
- Surgical approaches to cancer in patients who have inflammatory bowel disease.
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
- 1974 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- Case Western 1974 Summer Research Fellowship
- Reserve University
- Mayo Clinic NIH Reseqrch Fellowship
- 1984 Grassi Prize, 8th World Congress C.I.C.D.
Treatments
- Abdominal Surgery
Fellowships
- University Of Utah, Fellow 1977
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Fellow 1980
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