JoshuaEMelsonMD

Gastroenterology • Tucson, AZ

Professor of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology- Banner Medical Center University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona

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Office
1625 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719

Education & Training

Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2006 - 2009
Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2006
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2005 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Clinical Trials

Optimizing Navigation to Successful Colorectal Cancer Screening Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Global Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: An Updated Review Meta-Analysis comprising a Population of 78 million from 38 Countries.
Ehsan Amini-Salehi, Negin Letafatkar, Naeim Norouzi, Farahnaz Joukar, Arman Habibi
Archives of Medical Research. 2024-09-01
Red dichromatic imaging: going deeper with electronic chromoendoscopy.
Joshua Melson
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2024-08-01
5 citations
Thermal ablation after endoscopic mucosal resection of large colorectal polyps: not only the margins, but also the base?
Roupen Djinbachian, Heiko Pohl, Douglas K Rex, John M Levenick, Douglas K Pleskow
Gut. 2023-12-07

Authored Content

Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Rates: Monitoring and Reducing the Worst-Case ScenarioSeptember 2018
Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Rates: Monitoring and Reducing the Worst-Case ScenarioSeptember 2018
Mo1725 ADVANCED AGE IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR OF ADVANCED NEOPLASIA RECURRENCE AT COLORECTAL CANCER SURVEILLANCEMay 2018

Press Mentions

Intervening Early Can Halt Colorectal CancerMarch 14th, 2021
Inter-Observer Reliability of Methods to Determine Complete Resection of Adenomatous Polyps ≤20 Mm in ColonoscopyDecember 7th, 2020
As Many Avoid Colonoscopies, Doctors Say Non-Invasive Tests Could Help Prevent Colorectal CancerAugust 13th, 2020
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