Professor in Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University Medical School
Gastroenterology
Dr. Ikuo Hirano, MD
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Doctor Ikuo Hirano, MD works in the field of Gastroenterology. He went to medical school at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He over the years received 4 awards: "Fellow (AGAF)", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Member" and "Super Doctor". Dr. Ikuo Hirano is also published. He has 67 publications published. The lastest publication: "Tyrosine phosphorylation in contraction of opossum esophageal longitudinal muscle in response to SNP.' Ikuo Hirano accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Proton pump inhibitor-responsive oEsophageal eosinophilia: an entity challenging current diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic oesophagitis.
- Therapeutic strategies in eosinophilic esophagitis: Induction, maintenance and refractory Disease.
- Esophagogastric junction distensibility measurements during Heller myotomy and POEM for Achalasia predict postoperative symptomatic outcomes.
- Prospective assessment of the diagnostic utility of Esophageal brushings in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Symptomatic and physiologic outcomes one year after peroral Esophageal myotomy (POEM) for treatment of achalasia.
- Clinical Implications and Pathogenesis of Esophageal Remodeling in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Overview of Clinical Management.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis-emerging epidemic or misdiagnosed malady?
- Practical approach to implementing dietary therapy in adults with eosinophilic Esophagitis: the Chicago experience.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Are We Just Scratching the Surface?
- Development and field testing of a novel patient-reported outcome measure of Dysphagia in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Emerging drugs for eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Diet therapy for eosinophilic Esophagitis: when, why and how.
- Esophageal Distensibility as a Measure of Disease Severity in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- ACG Clinical Guideline: Evidenced Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE).
- Endoscopic assessment of the oesophageal features of eosinophilic oesophagitis: validation of a novel classification and grading System.
- Functional luminal imaging probe topography: an improved method for characterizing Esophageal distensibility in eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Eosinophilic gastrointestinal Diseases--clinically diverse and histopathologically confounding.
- Therapeutic end points in eosinophilic esophagitis: is elimination of Esophageal eosinophils enough?
- Elimination diet effectively treats eosinophilic Esophagitis in adults; food reintroduction identifies causative factors.
- Editorial: should patients with suspected eosinophilic Esophagitis undergo a therapeutic trial of proton pump inhibition?
- Molecular characterization of Systemic sclerosis esophageal pathology identifies inflammatory and proliferative signatures.
- Biphasic effect of SNP on opossum Esophageal longitudinal muscle: involvement of cGMP and eicosanoids.
- Tyrosine phosphorylation in contraction of opossum Esophageal longitudinal muscle in response to SNP.
- The enteric nervous System.
- Diversion colitis in patients with myelopathy: clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological findings.
- Effect of galanin and galanin antagonists on peristalsis in Esophageal smooth muscle in the opossum.
- Use of a continuing medical education course to improve fellows'' knowledge and skills in Esophageal disorders.
- Pathophysiology of Achalasia.
- Clinical and manometric features of the lower Esophageal muscular ring.
- Review article: modern technology in the diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux Disease--Bilitec, intraluminal impedance and Bravo capsule pH monitoring.
- The adult eosinophilic oEsophagitis quality of life questionnaire: a new measure of health-related quality of life.
- Long-term outcome of medical and surgical therapies for gastroesophageal reflux Disease: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
- Manometric features of eosinophilic esophagitis in Esophageal pressure topography.
- Manometric heterogeneity in patients with idiopathic Achalasia.
- Mitochondrial neurogastroIntestinal encephalomyopathy: an autosomal recessive disorder due to thymidine phosphorylase mutations.
- EUS and histopathologic correlates in eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- AGA Gastroenterology Training Exam (GTE): a progress report.
- Squamous cell carcinoma complicating chronic Ulcerative colitis.
- Isolation and characterization of renal erythropoietin-producing cells from genetically produced Anemia mice.
- Autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation compared with pulse cyclophosphamide once per month for Systemic sclerosis (ASSIST): an open-label,...
- Qualitative assessment of patient-reported outcomes in adults with eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Updated consensus recommendations for children and adults.
- Expression of mast cell-associated genes is upregulated in adult eosinophilic Esophagitis and responds to steroid or dietary therapy.
- A 78-year-old man with difficulty swallowing.
- Eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroesophageal reflux Disease: there and back again.
- Mechanical properties of the Esophagus in eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Advances in diagnostic testing for gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- EsophagoGastric junction distensibility assessed with an endoscopic functional luminal imaging probe (EndoFLIP).
- Dilation in eosinophilic Esophagitis: to do or not to do?
- Esophageal dilation in eosinophilic esophagitis: effectiveness, safety, and impact on the underlying inflammation.
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis: pathophysiology and optimal management.
- Histopathologic variability in children with eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Acid Reflux detection and symptom-Reflux association using 4-day wireless pH recording combining 48-hour periods off and on PPI therapy.
- New technologies for the evaluation of Esophageal motility disorders: impedance, high-resolution manometry, and intraluminal ultrasound.
- Treatment of eosinophilic Esophagitis: drugs, diet, or dilation?
- ACG practice guidelines: Esophageal reflux testing.
- Histopathologic variability and endoscopic correlates in adults with eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Retrograde gastric intussusception after myotomy for Achalasia.
- Four-day Bravo pH capsule monitoring with and without proton pump inhibitor therapy.
- Late-onset MNGIE due to partial loss of thymidine phosphorylase activity.
- Effectiveness of Esophageal dilation for symptomatic cricopharyngeal bar.
- EsophagoGastric junction morphology predicts susceptibility to exercise-induced reflux.
- Achalasia treatment: improved outcome of laparoscopic myotomy with operative manometry.
- Diminished mechanosensitivity and chemosensitivity in patients with Achalasia.
- Deglutitive inhibition affects both Esophageal peristaltic amplitude and shortening.
Schools
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Beth Israel Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- Manometry
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (AGAF)
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Member
- Super Doctor
Education
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1538195185 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | HIRANO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | IKUO | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606114546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 602.0 | |
| 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] | 1538195185 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | HIRANO |
| First Name Of The Provider | IKUO |
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