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Office
14810 Old St. Augustine Rd, Ste 201-A
Jacksonville, FL 32258Phone+1 904-406-0633Fax+1 904-388-4445
Summary
- Dr. Bakht Cheema is a gastroenterologist in Jacksonville, FL. He specializes in esophagus diseases, GERD, gastrointestinal cancer screening and management, peptic ulcer disease, H. pylori infections, hepatology & liver transplantation, biliary tract and pancreatic diseases, chronic abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, motility disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhoids, nutrition, obesity and colon cancer screening.
Education & Training
- University of Florida College of Medicine JacksonvilleFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2019 - 2022
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2017 - 2018
- University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical SchoolChief Residency, *, 2016 - 2017
- University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- CA State Medical License 2018 - 2021
- TX State Medical License 2016 - 2020
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
- American Heart AssociationACLS
- ECFMGCertification
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Chief Resident Internal Medicine UT Austin Dell Med School
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsEsophageal Perforation after Using a Single-Use Disposable Duodenoscope.Bakht S Cheema, Maged Ghali, Ron Schey, Ziad Awad, Bruno Ribeiro
Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 2021-12-23 - 1 citationsA Rare Case of Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Presenting as Dysphagia.Shaina Ailawadi, Bahar K Cheema, Syed Salahuddin, Sangeeta Agrawal
Cureus. 2022-02-01 - Needle-knife incision and drainage of duodenal intramural hematoma relieving duodenal and biliary obstruction.Bakht S Cheema, Yusuke Hashimoto
Videogie. 2023-09-01
Journal Articles
- Needle knife incision and drainage of duodenal intramural hematoma relieving duodenal and biliary obstructionBakht S. Cheema, Yusuke Hashimoto, Video GIE
- Dysphagia Lusoria Secondary to Kommerell’s DiverticulumRyan Sandoval, Bakht S. Cheema, Alejandro Moreno, ACP Hospitalist
- Novel Method for Colonoscopy Prep: Low Pressure Intracolonic Water InfusionCheema, Bakht S. MD; Gagneja, Harish K. MD; Desapio, Dana RN; Knowlton, Britney MSPAS; Becker, Scott MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology
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Abstracts/Posters
- Novel Method for Colonoscopy Prep: Low Pressure Intracolonic Water InfusionCheema, Bakht MD; Gagneja, Harish K. MD; Desapio, Dana RN; Knowlton, Britney MSPAS; Becker, Scott MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology 110():p S571-S572, October 2015., Honolulu, HI
- EUS findings of rectal splenosisCheema, Bakht S. MD; Zaidan, Mohammed MD; Singh, Inder MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology 109():p S397, October 2014, Philadelphia, PA
- Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder Presenting as Colonic ObstructionCheema, Bakht S. MD; Zaidan, Mohammed MD; Trevino, Jessica MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology 109():p S73-S74, October 2014, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Memberships
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- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - AASLDMember
Other Languages
- Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
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