Dr. Kevin W. Olden MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
500 W Thomas Rd Suite 900 Phoenix AZ, 85013About
Dr. Kevin Olden is a gastroenterologist practicing in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Olden 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. Olden performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
SUNY Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Refractory gastrointestinal symptoms: a combined medical psychiatric approach.
- Psychosocial aspects of the functional gastrointestinal disorders.
- Symptom expression in pain-predominant functional bowel syndrome: is visceral hyperalgesia the whole truth?
- Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: new modalities for a new millennium.
- Colonic perforation in unsuspected amebic colitis.
- Rumination.
- Spontaneous intramural small-bowel hematoma: clinical presentation and long-term outcome.
- Diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome.
- Spontaneous intramural small-bowel hematoma: imaging findings and outcome.
- Selective effects of serotonergic psychoactive agents on gastrointestinal functions in health.
- Irritable bowel syndrome: an overview of diagnosis and pharmacologic treatment.
- Approach to the Patient with Severe, Refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Psychosocial aspects of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
- The challenge of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome.
- Overlapping upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients with constipation or diarrhea.
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