JoelI.BessoffMD

Chief of GI, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis

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Office
1910 Nonconnah Blvd
Ste 120
Memphis, TN 38132
Phone+1 901-448-2300

Fax+1 901-448-6657

Yale-New Haven Hospital1973 - 1975
Hartford HospitalResidency, ?, 1972 - 1973
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1970
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1969 - 1969
Montifiore Hospital and Medical CenterInternship, 1968 - 1969
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1968
University of VermontBS, Cum Laude, 1965 - 1965

J. Lacey Smith Outstanding Teacher Award Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2008, 2009
Fellow (AGAF) American Gastroenterological Association, 2006

PubMed

113 citations
Hyperglucagonemia in cirrhosis: Altered secretion and sensitivity to glucagon
Robert S. Sherwin, Merrick Fisher, Joel Bessoff, Ned Snyder, Rosa Hendler
Gastroenterology. 1978-06-01
35 citations
Depressed delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity in alcoholic hepatitis
Ned Snyder, Joel Bessoff, John M. Dwyer, Harold O. Conn
The American Journal of Digestive Diseases. 1978-04-01
1 citations
Hepatic portal venous gas due to cryptosporidiosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Nilesh Lodhia, Atif Ali, Joel Bessoff
World Journal of Hepatology. 2010-11-27

Journal Articles

Penetration of Cefamandol into the Human Biliary Tract.
R. Brown and J. Bessoff, Unpublished
Double Blind Comparison of Lactulose. and Neomycin plus Sorbitol in the treatment of Acute Nitrogenous Portalsystemic Encephalopathy.
C. E. Atterbury, S. Bar-Heir, J. Bessoff, G. Cohen, M. Mutchnick, D. Petroski, N. Snyder, H. O. Conn, Am J Dig Dis

Abstracts/Posters

Balloon dilatation for gastrojejunal stenosis in gastric bypass surgery.
KN Whitt, A Madan, J Bessoff, C Tombazzi, Southern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Endoscopic Management of Intra and Extrahepatic Biliary Leak Following Hepato-Biliary Surgery. Does Location Make a Difference?
C Miller, J Bessoff, C Tombazzi, American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas, NV
Quality Improvement Study Barriers to Completion of Outpatient Endoscopic Procedures: The Memphis Regional Medical Center Experience.
J Bessoff, K Whitt, American College of Gastroenrereology, Orlando, FL
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) of the GI Tract-A Disease in Disguise.
S Chaudhry, J.I. Bessoff, The American College of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN
Pre-colonoscopy Education Classes Are Effective in Improving the Efficiency of The Endoscopy Laboratory In A High Risk Minority Patient Population.
J.I. Bessoff, American College of Gastroenterology, San Diego, Calif
A Double Blind Comparison of Lactulose. and Neomycin plus Sorbitol in the treatment of Acute Nitrogenous Portalsystemic Encephalopathy.
C. E. Atterbury, S. Bar-Heir, J. Bessoff, G. Cohen, M. Mutchnick, D. Petroski, N. Snyder, H. O. Conn, Digestive Disease Week, Miami Beach, Florida
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Lectures

Medical Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease- An Update.
Medical Grand Rounds, UTHSC
Miscellaneous Intestinal Disorders.
Medical Housestaff Each Fall
Pancreatic Cholera Syndrome: A case Report and Review of the Worlds Literature.