Dr. Jonathan A Leighton M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
13400 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale AZ, 85259About
Dr. Jonathan Leighton is a gastroenterologist practicing in Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Leighton 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. Leighton performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Az Coll of Med, Tucson Az 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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- The diagnostic yield of stool pathogen studies during relapses of inflammatory bowel disease.
- ASGE guideline: guidelines for credentialing and granting privileges for capsule endoscopy.
- Yield of repeat wireless video capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Building a culture of service excellence.
- Relapse of inflammatory bowel disease associated with use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding--the role of endoscopy.
- Recent advances in endoscopic capsule imaging: see what we have been missing.
- Factors contributing to patient nonattendance at open-access endoscopy.
- Bezoar formation requiring endoscopic removal after intentional overdose of extended-release nifedipine.
- Role of capsule endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease: where we are and where we are going.
- Obscure GI bleeding secondary to radiation enteritis diagnosed and successfully treated with retrograde double-balloon enteroscopy.
- Utility of double-balloon colonoscopy for completion of colon examination after incomplete colonoscopy with conventional colonoscope.
- Is double balloon enteroscopy the best initial imaging method for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding?
- Update on small bowel imaging.
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