Dr. William B Silverman MD
Hepatologist | Hepatology
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. William Silverman is a hepatologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Silverman specializes in the study of body parts such as the liver, the biliary tree, the gallbladder and the pancreas. Hepatologists manage disorders in these areas and are specifically known for treating viral hepatitis. Patients who have received liver transplants also follow up with hepatologists after their procedure.
Education and Training
Universite Libre De Bruxelles
UniversitÈ Libre de Bruxelles FacultÈ de MÈdecine 1984
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of endoscopic sphincterotomy on acute and chronic complications of biliary endoprostheses.
- ERCP and stent therapy for progressive jaundice in hepatocellular carcinoma: which patients benefit, which patients don't?
- Modified sclerotherapy needle is reliable during sphincterotomy bleed: it works when you need it.
- Hybrid classification of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction based on simplified Milwaukee criteria: effect of marginal serum liver and pancreas test elevations.
- Hydraulic ERCP catheter and accessory exchange using a short guidewire.
- Modified tip of mechanical lithotripsy basket allows wire guide access.
- Double wire-assisted placement of a nasojejunal feeding tube across duodenal bulb stricture to the ligament of Treitz.
- Wireless capsule endoscopy: August 2002.
- Virtual colonoscopy.
- Endoscope repair by original equipment manufacturers and independent service organizations.
- Sclerosing cholangitis caused by old shrapnel injury.
- Nasobiliary tube management of postcholecystectomy bile leaks.
- Pancreaticobiliary Heimlich maneuver to facilitate stent placement during ERCP.
- The role of ERCP in patients with pancreatico-biliary problems in the setting of hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
- Palliative endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of a malignant pancreatic cyst causing gastric outlet obstruction.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Gallstones
Fellowships
- ERCP-Endoscopic Retrograd Cholangiopancreatography, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
- Gastroenterology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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