Physician

Gastroenterology

Luis Lara, MD practices Gastroenterology. He over the years received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Dr. Luis Lara is a published MD as well. He has 39 publications published. The latest was: Initial experience with a variable width and extreme tip angulation colonoscope. He accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Effect of a quality program with adverse events identification on airway management during overtube-assisted enteroscopy.
• Initial experience with a variable width and extreme tip angulation colonoscope.
• A View From the Audience at the WGO-TTT Workshop, Bogota, Colombia April 23-27, 2013.
• Double-balloon overtube-assisted endoscopic pancreas function test as a tool to rule out chronic pancreatitis in a patient with a previous Frey procedure.
• The hematocrit level in upper gastroIntestinal hemorrhage: safety of endoscopy and outcomes.
• The Clinical Utility and Limitations of Serum Carbohydrate Antigen (CA19-9) as a Diagnostic Tool for Pancreatic Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma.
• Body mass index reflects islet isolation outcome in islet autotransplantation for patients with chronic pancreatitis.
• Implication of pancreatic image findings in total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis.
• Dieulafoy lesions of the GI tract: localization and therapeutic outcomes.
• Endoscopic lithotripsy of a cecal scybalum causing small-bowel obstruction.
• One hundred human pancreatic islet isolations at Baylor Research Institute.
• Reconstruction of pancreatic duct for previous Puestow operation for an islet autotransplantation.
• Feeding tube insertion facilitated by a guidewire by using the ropeway method.
• A comparison of palliative stenting or emergent surgery for obstructing incurable colon Cancer.
• Variables associated with islet yield in autologous islet cell transplantation for chronic pancreatitis.
• Initial experience with retrograde overtube-assisted enteroscopy using a spiral tip overtube.
• Impact of experience with a retrograde-viewing device on adenoma detection rates and withdrawal times during colonoscopy: the Third Eye Retroscope study group.
• Acute pancreatitis during pregnancy.
• Endoscopic hemostasis in nonvariceal upper gastroIntestinal bleeding: comparison of physician practice in the East and the West.
• Safety and utility of ERCP during pregnancy.
• Flexible endoscopic clip-assisted Zenker's diverticulotomy (with videos).
• A case of diarrhea, ataxia, and capsule endoscope retention.
• Silent celiac Disease activated by pancreaticoduodenectomy.
• Endoscopic hemostasis using endoclip in early gastroIntestinal hemorrhage after gastric bypass surgery.
• De novo stent-stone complex after long-term Biliary stent placement: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and endotherapy.
• Does an aspirin a day keep pancreas Cancer away?
• Idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis.
• One-day quadruple therapy compared with 7-day triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection.
• Deep Impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign.
• Acquired inhibitor to factor VIII in small cell lung Cancer: a case report and review of the literature.
• Managing anticoagulation and antiplatelet medications in GI endoscopy: a survey comparing the East and the West.
• Bleeding sigmoid colonic Dieulafoy lesion (with video).
• Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy in squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: parathyroid hormone--related protein as a cause.
• Endoscopic therapy for acute diverticular hemorrhage.
• A subtherapeutic international normalized ratio despite increasing doses of warfarin: could this be Malabsorption?
• The rate of lesions found within reach of esophagogastroduodenoscopy during push enteroscopy depends on the type of obscure gastroIntestinal bleeding.
• A comparative analysis of pancreas cyst fluid CEA and histology with DNA mutational analysis in the detection of mucin producing or malignant cysts.
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transduodenal placement of a fully covered metal stent for palliative Biliary drainage in patients with malignant Biliary obstruction.

Schools

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• Aultman Hospital

• Mayo Clinic

Procedures Preformed

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• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
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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

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
• Wake Forest University
• Monterrey Institute of Technology

Hospital

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• Cleveland Clinic Florida

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1346207818
NPPES Provider LastName		LARA
NPPES Provider FirstName		LUIS
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		333313609
NPPES Provider State		FL
Specialty Description		Gastroenterology
Total Claim Count		386.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1346207818
Last Name Of The Provider	LARA
First Name Of The Provider	LUIS
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