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Thomas Kowalski, MD, Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, PA

ThomasE.KowalskiMD

Gastroenterology Philadelphia, PA

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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  • Office

    1101 Chestnut St
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
    Phone+1 215-955-8900
    Fax+1 215-955-5245

Education & Training

  • Pennsylvania Hospital
    Pennsylvania HospitalAdvanced Endoscopy, 1993 - 1994
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1991 - 1993
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1991
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital1989 - 1991
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital1988 - 1989
  • State University of New York
    State University of New YorkMD, Summa cum Laude, 1983 - 1988
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1988
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityB.S, Biology with distinction, 1978 - 1980
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityBS, Biology, With Distinction, 1978 - 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • DE State Medical License
    DE State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1991 - 2024
  • 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

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 Experience  
    Siddiqui 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 lesions  
    Finkelstein 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

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Rates of Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Single-Operator PerOral Cholangioscopy and Pancreatoscopy
    Kistler 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 Disease
    Korenblit 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 Neoplasms
    Shah 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 Endoscopy 
    11/10/2013
  • Biliary Stents and Strictures 
    10/19/2013
  • Approach to the Patient with a Pancreatic Cystic Lesion 
    6/22/2013
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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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