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Joel Richter, MD

 

Joel Richter, MD, FACP, MACG

 

Professor, Medicine

The Richard L. Evans Chair, Department of Medicine

Telephone:  215-707-5069

FAX: 215-707-4756

Email: jrichter@temple.edu

 

Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology

 

Educational Background:

BS, Texas A&M University

 

MD, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School

 

Internship and Residency, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

 

GI Fellowship, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

 

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certifications:
  • Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology

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clinical Interests:

  • Esophageal motility disorders, including achalasia, non-cardiac chest pain, dysphagia
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Barrett's Esophagus
  • Extraintestinal manifestations of GERD
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis

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research interests:

  • 24 hour pH monitoring (BRAVO system)
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Extraesophageal presentation of GERD, especially asthma and ENT problems
  • The long-term efficacy of pneumatic dilatation vs. Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia
  • Improving the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosing EMT-related acid symptoms

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19888231. Richter JE, Con: Impedance-pH testing does not commonly alter management of GERD. Am J Gastroenterol 104:11(2667-9)2009 Nov

19830561. Friedenberg FK, Hanlon A, Vanar V, Nehemia D, Mekapati J, Nelson DB, Richter JE, Trends in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease as Measured by the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Dig Dis Sci :()2009 Oct 15

19590427. Richter JE, Role of the gastric refluxate in gastroesophageal reflux disease: acid, weak acid and bile. Am J Med Sci 338:2(89-95)2009 Aug

19072391. Richter JE, Update on the management of achalasia: balloons, surgery and drugs. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2:3(435-45)2008 Jun

18796104. Friedenberg FK, Xanthopoulos M, Foster GD, Richter JE, The association between gastroesophageal reflux disease and obesity. Am J Gastroenterol 103:8(2111-22)2008 Aug

18721234. Bohm M, Richter JE, Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis: overview, current limitations, and future direction. Am J Gastroenterol 103:10(2635-44; quiz 2645)2008 Oct

18684189. Wang YR, Dempsey DT, Friedenberg FK, Richter JE, Trends of Heller myotomy hospitalizations for achalasia in the United States, 1993-2005: effect of surgery volume on perioperative outcomes. Am J Gastroenterol 103:10(2454-64)2008 Oct

18456570. Richter JE, A young man with a new diagnosis of achalasia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:8(859-63)2008 Aug

18270827. Friedenberg FK, Desipio J, Korimilli A, Bohning M, Sum E, Parkman HP, Richter JE, Fisher RS, Tonic and phasic pyloric activity in response to CCK-octapeptide. Dig Dis Sci 53:4(905-11)2008 Apr

18043675. Richter JE, How to manage refractory GERD. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:12(658-64)2007 Dec

17958718. Levitt B, Richter JE, Dysphagia lusoria: a comprehensive review. Dis Esophagus 20:6(455-60)2007

17950439. Richter JE, The many manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease: presentation, evaluation, and treatment. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 36:3(577-99, viii-ix)2007 Sep

17643904. Richter JE, Gastrooesophageal reflux disease. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 21:4(609-31)2007

17384237. Baker ME, Einstein DM, Herts BR, Remer EM, Motta-Ramirez GA, Ehrenwald E, Rice TW, Richter JE, Gastroesophageal reflux disease: integrating the barium esophagram before and after antireflux surgery. Radiology 243:2(329-39)2007 May

17300288. Desipio J, Friedenberg FK, Korimilli A, Richter JE, Parkman HP, Fisher RS, High-resolution solid-state manometry of the antropyloroduodenal region. Neurogastroenterol Motil 19:3(188-95)2007 Mar

17219466. Qadeer MA, Richter JE, Brotman DJ, Hospital-acquired gastrointestinal bleeding outside the critical care unit: risk factors, role of acid suppression, and endoscopy findings. J Hosp Med 1:1(13-20)2006 Jan

17069586. Richter JE, The patient with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease. Dis Esophagus 19:6(443-7)2006

17032182. Guardino JM, Khandwala F, Lopez R, Wachsberger DM, Richter JE, Falk GW, Barrett's esophagus at a tertiary care center: association of age on incidence and prevalence of dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol 101:10(2187-93)2006 Oct

16630776. Vela MF, Richter JE, Khandwala F, Blackstone EH, Wachsberger D, Baker ME, Rice TW, The long-term efficacy of pneumatic dilatation and Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:5(580-7)2006 May

16616347. Swoger J, Ponsky J, Hicks DM, Richter JE, Abelson TI, Milstein C, Qadeer MA, Vaezi MF, Surgical fundoplication in laryngopharyngeal reflux unresponsive to aggressive acid suppression: a controlled study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:4(433-41)2006 Apr

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extramural funding:

American College of Gastroenterology, pharmaceutical industry

 

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