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Office
675 Baltimore Dr
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702Phone+1 570-808-5780Fax+1 570-808-5753
Summary
- Dr. Obuch is a board certified gastroenterologist specializing in therapeutic endoscopy. He performed his internal medicine residency at Beth Israeal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He went on to specialize in gastroenterology at the University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, spending his general gastroenterology fellowship gaining clinical expertise in general luminal gastroenterology and hepatology. During his gastroenterology fellowship, through the assistance of the T-32 NIH training grant, he concurrently earned his Master's Degree in Clinical Sciences, which provided fundamental education for constructing and carrying out clinical studies. He then spent the next year subspecializing in advanced therapeutic endoscopy, again at the University of Colorado Hospital. He has expertise in general gastroenterology and hepatology, with technical expertise in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, balloon assisted enteroscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). His clinical focus is on Barrett's Esophagus and management of related dysplasia, large colon polyp resection, as well as diseases of the biliary tree and pancreas.
Education & Training
- University of ColoradoFellowship, Advanced Endoscopy, 2016 - 2017
- University of Colorado School of Public HealthMSc, Clinical Sciences, Golden Key Honor Society, 2014 - 2016
- University of ColoradoFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2013 - 2016
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
- Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2010
- Muhlenberg CollegeBS, Biology, Summa cum laude, AED premedical honor society, PBK national honor society, 2002 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
- CO State Medical License 2016 - 2019
- MA State Medical License 2010 - 2013
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society 2010
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsTreating Biliary-Enteric Anastomotic Strictures with Enteroscopy-ERCP Requires Fewer Procedures than Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary DrainsHazem T. Hammad, Brian C. Brauer, Maximiliano Smolkin, Robert K. Ryu, Joshua C. Obuch
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2019-05-25 - 26 citationsMulticenter study on season of birth and celiac disease: evidence for a new theoretical model of pathogenesis.Pornthep Tanpowpong, Joshua Obuch, Hongyu Jiang, Caitlin E. McCarty, Aubrey J. Katz
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2013-03-01 - 14 citationsEndoscopic Ultrasound Placement of Preloaded Fiducial Markers Shortens Procedure Time Compared to Back-Loaded MarkersJorge D. Machicado, Joshua C. Obuch, Karyn A. Goodman, Tracey E. Schefter, Jessica M. Frakes
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2019-04-28
Authored Content
- Technical Feasibility, Diagnostic Yield, and Safety of Micro Forceps Biopsies During EUS Evaluation of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions (With Video)January 2018
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