Dr. Richard A Kozarek MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1100 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. Richard Kozarek is a gastroenterologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Kozarek specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Kozarek performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1973
New Jersey College of Dentistry 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The gastroesophageal flap valve.
- ERCP economics.
- Complications and lessons learned from 10 years of expandable gastrointestinal prostheses.
- Interventional management of peripancreatic fluid collections.
- Use of a double-channel duodenoscope for diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP.
- Thar's gold in your patient's NG! Hold the scalpel, hold the endoscope, hold the trochars.
- Overview of the problem: reprocessing versus disposal of endoscopic accessories.
- A little girl with pancreatitis.
- Basic research in endoscopy.
- Do age, gender, or tumor location affect outcomes when using metallic stents in the palliative treatment of esophageal carcinoma?
- Reprocessing of endoscopic accessories reusable, disposable, or reposable.
- Long-term treatment of Crohn's disease with methotrexate, or, why's a nice drug like you still a wannabe in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease?
- Computed tomography severity index is a predictor of outcomes for severe pancreatitis.
- Therapeutic pancreatic endoscopy.
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (the relationship is strained, but they are still together for the children's sake).
Treatments
- Pancreatitis
- Crohn's Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Gallstones
- Pain
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