Physician

Internal Medicine

Dr. Bashar Attar practices Internal Medicine. Bashar Attar is a published doctor and has 43 publications published. The lastest was: 'Cytoskeletal PKC and ERK/MAPK activation in response to N-nitrosamines and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate in gastric adenocarcinoma cells.'

Publications

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• Hepatitis C virus: A time for decisions. Who should be treated and when?
• Utility of Platelet Count for Predicting Cirrhosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Model for Identifying Cirrhosis in a US Population.
• Gastric Cancer presenting as a krukenberg tumor at 22 weeks' gestation.
• Procalcitonin, and cytokines document a dynamic inflammatory state in non-infected cirrhotic patients with ascites.
• Utility of confocal laser endomicroscopy in identifying high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
• Plasma Triglyceride Levels May Modulate Hepatitis C Viral Replication.
• Disease dependent qualitative and quantitative differences in the inflammatory response to ascites occurring in cirrhotics.
• Esophageal tuberculosis during treatment of hepatitis C.
• Should bowel preparation, antifoaming agents, or prokinetics be used before video capsule endoscopy? A Systematic review and meta-analysis.
• Hematemesis in a Patient With Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Chronic HCV Infection.
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography under moderate sedation and factors predicting need for anesthesiologist directed sedation: A county hospital experience.
• Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in an Underserved Population in the USA: Prevalence, Epidemiologic and Clinical Features.
• Current concepts and management approaches in nonalcoholic Fatty liver Disease.
• Primary Gastric tuberculosis: a case report and literature review.
• Serological markers of autoimmunity in patients infected with Hepatitis C virus: impact of HIV co-infection.
• Small cell carcinoma of the Esophagus. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
• Apoprotein A-1 is a cofactor independent substrate of protein kinase C.
• Multicentric primary adenocarcinomas of the midgut: the first case report.
• Protein kinase C activity is altered in HL60 cells exposed to 60 Hz AC electric fields.
• Gastric lipoma with severe hemorrhage.
• Identification of Campylobacter pylori by using the rapID NH System.
• Massive pelvic hemangioma in a patient with blue rubber bleb nevus Syndrome.
• MAPK activity is down-regulated in human colon adenocarcinoma: correlation with PKC activity.
• AIDS and Esophageal tuberculosis.
• Gastric syphilis: a Disease with multiple manifestations.
• Giant pseudopolyps presenting as colocolic intussusception in Crohn's colitis.
• Decreased MAP kinase activity in human Gastric adenocarcinoma.
• Marked asymmetry of LES: important element of LES barrier in subsets of patients with Reflux symptoms.
• Cytoskeletal PKC and ERK/MAPK activation in response to N-nitrosamines and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate in Gastric adenocarcinoma cells.
• Resveratrol-induced inactivation of human Gastric adenocarcinoma cells through a protein kinase C-mediated mechanism.
• Image of the month. A case of recurrent Abdominal pain due to a gossypiboma with spontaneous resolution.
• Newcastle disease virus LaSota strain kills human pancreatic Cancer cells in vitro with high selectivity.
• Acute pancreatitis as a rare initial manifestation of Wegener''s granulomatosis. A case based review of literature.
• Does cholecystectomy status influence the common bile duct diameter? A matched-pair analysis.
• Cholesterol ester storage Disease (CESD) diagnosed in an asymptomatic adult.
• Medical mystery: epigastric Pain--the answer.
• Images in clinical medicine. A medical mystery: epigastric Pain.
• Resveratrol engages selective apoptotic signals in Gastric adenocarcinoma cells.
• Resveratrol regulates cellular PKC alpha and delta to inhibit growth and induce apoptosis in gastric Cancer cells.
• Selenomethionine stimulates MAPK (ERK) phosphorylation, protein oxidation, and DNA synthesis in gastric Cancer cells.
• Inhibition of gastric Cancer cell proliferation by resveratrol: role of nitric oxide.
• Extended lymphadenectomy for gastric Cancer: results in a teaching hospital.

Procedures Preformed

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• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy

Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties

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• Gastroenterology
• Transplant Hepatology
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Commercial Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare MCR
• United Healthcare

Education

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• John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
• Damascus University Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Rush University Medical Center
• University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

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