
Thomas E. Kowalski MD
Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Biliary Tract Disease, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Pancreas Disease
Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Director, Pancreaticobiliary and Advanced Endoscopy Section Associate Professor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Kimmel Cancer Center Thomas Jefferson University
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1101 Chestnut StPhiladelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-8900
Fax+1 215-955-5245
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Education & Training
- Pennsylvania HospitalAdvanced Endoscopy, 1993 - 1994
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1991 - 1993
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1991
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital1989 - 1991
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital1988 - 1989
- State University of New YorkMD, Summa cum Laude, 1983 - 1988
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1988
- Cornell UniversityB.S, Biology with distinction, 1978 - 1980
- Cornell UniversityBS, Biology, With Distinction, 1978 - 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1991 - 2026
- DE State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2010-2020
- America’s Top Doctors Castle Connolly Medical LTD, 2008-2020
- Best Doctors in America, Inc 2007-2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Success of Different Closure Modalities of Gastro-gastric or Jejunal-gastric Fistulas after Endoscopic Ultrasound-directed Transgastric Intervention.Tina Boortalary, Tammy Tran, Nicholas McDonald, Michel Kahaleh, Amy Tyberg
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2025-03-20 - Midterm Evaluation of EUS-guided Gastroenterostomy for Gastric Outlet Obstruction: An International Collaborative Study.Andrew Canakis, Monica Gaidhane, Haroon M Shahid, Amy Tyberg, Dillon C Miller
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2025-03-13 - Biliary stenting with and without endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with malignant biliary obstruction: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Aamir Saeed, Saira Yousuf, Muhammad Ali Khan, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, Muhammad Aziz
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- We Retrospectively Collected High-Risk Surgical Patients from Six Centers with Acute Cholecystitis Who Underwent Gallbladder Drainage by EGBD, TP, or PTGBD. Data Inclu...Mustafa A. Arain, Michel Kahaleh, Douglas G. Adler, Eric M. Christiansen, Amy Tyberg, Thomas E. Kowalski, Usama Iqbal, David E. Loren, Surgical Endoscopy
- Hydrogen Peroxide-Assisted Endoscopic Necrosectomy for Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis: A Dual Center Pilot ExperienceSiddiqui AA, Easler JJ, Strongin A, Slivka A, Kowalski TE, Muddana V, Chennat JS, Baron TH, Loren DE, Papachristou GI, Dig Dis Sci, 1/1/2014
- Mutational analysis of cytocentrifugation supernatant fluid from pancreatic solid mass lesionsFinkelstein SD, Bibbo M, Kowalski TE, Loren DE, Siddiqui AA, Solomides C, Ellsworth E, Diagn Cytopathol, 11/22/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Rates of Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Single-Operator PerOral Cholangioscopy and PancreatoscopyKistler CA, Francis G, Kowalski TE, Loren DE, Korenblit J, Adler DG, Eloubeidi MA, Siddiqui AA, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2014
- Migration Rates of Wallflex Fully-Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stent (FCSEMS) in Malignant and Benign DiseaseKorenblit J, Matro R, Siddiqui AA, Coben RM, Conn M, Loren DE, Kowalski TE, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2014
- High Risk of Acute Pancreatitis After Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Side Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous NeoplasmsShah A, Khurana T, Eloubeidi MA, Adler DG, Loren DE, Kowalski TE, Korenblit J, Siddiqui AA, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- Efficiency in Endoscopy11/10/2013
- Biliary Stents and Strictures10/19/2013
- Approach to the Patient with a Pancreatic Cystic Lesion6/22/2013
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Other
- Endoscopic Ultrasound of a Gastric Ulcer.Kowalski T, Digital Atlas of Video Endoscopy
http://daveproject.org/ - Acute Pancreatitis.Kowalski T, CME Lecture for the Graduate Education Foundation
http://www.ceulectures.org/ - Dilation Assisted Stone Extraction.Kowalski T, Haluszka O, Tokar J, Boston Scientific Corporation
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