Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Gastroenterology
Dr. Howard R. Mertz, MD
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Howard Mertz is an expert in the field of Gastroenterology. He attended Baylor College of Medicine. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Nashville Lifestyles Magazine", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACG)". Howard R. Mertz, MD is a published doctor and has 30 publications published. The lastest was: 'Symptoms and physiology in severe chronic constipation.' Howard Mertz accepts Medicare.
Publications
- K-ras mutations correlate with atypical cytology and elevated CEA levels in pancreatic cystic Neoplasms.
- How effective are oral hyoscine butylbromide and paracetamol for the relief of crampy Abdominal pain?
- Validation of a symptom provocation test for laboratory studies of Abdominal pain and discomfort in children and adolescents.
- Cognitive therapy for irritable bowel Syndrome is associated with reduced limbic activity, GI symptoms, and anxiety.
- Applied principles of neurogastroenterology: physiology/motility sensation.
- Physician knowledge of Rome symptom criteria for irritable bowel Syndrome is poor among non-gastroenterologists.
- Amitriptyline reduces rectal Pain related activation of the anterior cingulate cortex in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
- Psychotherapeutics and serotonin agonists and antagonists.
- The learning curve for EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic Cancer.
- Low yield of endoscopy in patients with persistent dyspepsia taking proton pump inhibitors.
- Functional Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Preface.
- Overview of functional gastrointestinal Disorders: dysfunction of the brain-gut axis.
- Review article: visceral hypersensitivity.
- Role of the brain and sensory pathways in gastrointestinal sensory Disorders in humans.
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis causing pancreatitis and pancreaticoBiliary ductal dilation.
- EUS, PET, and CT scanning for evaluation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Regional cerebral activation in irritable bowel syndrome and control subjects with Painful and nonPainful rectal distention.
- "Familial hyperpepsinogenemia" and Helicobacter pylori infection.
- Methylene blue staining and endoscopic ultrasound evaluation of Barrett's Esophagus with low-grade dysplasia.
- Prevalence of gastroEsophageal reflux after laparoscopic Heller myotomy.
- New concepts of irritable bowel Syndrome.
- Dysplastic gastroEsophageal junction nodules--a precursor to junctional adenocarcinoma.
- Physiology of refractory chronic constipation.
- Symptoms and physiology in severe chronic constipation.
- Subtypes of constipation predominant irritable bowel Syndrome based on rectal perception.
- Gastric metaplasia of the duodenum: identification by an endoscopic selective mucosal staining technique.
- Validation of a new measure of diarrhea.
- Altered rectal perception is a biological marker of patients with irritable bowel Syndrome.
- Evidence for the hypersensitivity of lumbar splanchnic afferents in irritable bowel Syndrome.
Schools
Baylor College Of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
University Of California Los Angeles
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Liver Biopsy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Nashville Lifestyles Magazine
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACG)
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Baylor College of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1649278474 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | MERTZ | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | HOWARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 372052013 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 1603.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1649278474 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | MERTZ |
| First Name Of The Provider | HOWARD |
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