RussellIHeighMD

Gastroenterology • Scottsdale, AZ

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Office
13400 E. Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259

Education & Training

George Washington UniversityFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1986 - 1988
George Washington UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 1988 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2014 - 2023
MN State Medical License 1988 - 2023
FL State Medical License 1991 - 2006
MD State Medical License 1984 - 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (AGAF) American Gastroenterological Association, 2006
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology
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Clinical Trials

Detection of Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia by Stool DNA in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

450 citations
A meta-analysis of the yield of capsule endoscopy compared to other diagnostic modalities in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
Stuart L. Triester, Jonathan A. Leighton, Grigoris I Leontiadis, David E. Fleischer, Amy K. Hara
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2005-11-01
398 citations
A meta-analysis of the yield of capsule endoscopy compared to other diagnostic modalities in patients with non-stricturing small bowel Crohn's disease.
Stuart L. Triester, Jonathan A. Leighton, Grigoris I Leontiadis, Suryakanth R. Gurudu, David E. Fleischer
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2006-05-01
54 citations
Clinical significance of granuloma in Crohn's disease
Nizar N. Ramzan, Jonathan A. Leighton, Russell I. Heigh, Michael S. Shapiro
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2002-05-01

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