Stephen J. Heller, MD

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Department of Medicine
Attending Physician
Interventional Endoscopist

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Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497

To make an appointment, call:
215-214-1475.

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1-888-FOX CHASE.
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Clinical Expertise:

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Education:

MD, Columbia University, 1990

Residency:

Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, 1991-1993

Fellowships:

Fellow, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Wellesley Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1997-1998;
Fellow, Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1994-1997

Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Honors and Awards:

Lahey Clinic - Gastroenterology Teacher of the Year Award, 2000 and 2008

Professional Societies:

American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterological Association
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Massachusetts Medical Society
American College of Physicians, 1993-2007
International Association of Pancreatology, 1994-1997
American Medical Association, 1991-1994
California Medical Association, 1991-1994

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Recent Publications

Heller SJ, Jacobs MB: A clinical review of Parkinson's disease. Hospital Physician 1994;30:30-4.

Heller SJ, Ferrari AP, Lichtenstein DR, Carr-Locke DL, Van Dam J, Banks PA: Stricture of the Main Pancreatic Duct and Islet Cell Tumors. Am J Gastroenterol 1996;91:147-9.

Chan AT, Heller SJ, Van Dam J, Carr-Locke DL, Banks PA: Endoscopic Cystgastrostomy: Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography. Am J Gastroenterol 1996;91:1622-5.

Heller SJ, Van Dam J.: Endoscopic treatment of bile duct calculi in patients with gallbladder in situ: long-term outcome and factors predictive of recurrent symptoms. Endoscopy Around the World. Gastrointest Endosc 1996;44:640-1.

Heller SJ, Van Dam J.: Eradication of high grade dysplasia using 5-ALA and acid suppression: A (photo) dynamic duo. Selected Summary. Gastroenterology 1997;112:2156-8.

Heller SJ, Noordhoek E, Tenner SM, Ramagopal V, Abramowitz M, Hughes M, Banks PA.: Pleural effusion as a predictor of severity in acute pancreatitis. Pancreas 1997;15:222-5.

Eisen GM, Kim CY, Fleischer DE, Kozarek RA, Carr-Locke DL, Li TCM, Gostout CJ, Heller, SJ, Montgomery EA, Al-Kawas FH, Lewis HJ, Benjamin SB: High-resolution chromoendoscopy for classifying colonic polyps: a multicenter study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2002;55:687-694.

Barto A, Heller S. Microscopic colitis. Postgraduate Medicine 2002;112:69-75.

Abstracts

Tenner SM, Heller S, Abramowitz M, Hughes M, Banks PA.: Laboratory parameters have limited value in establishing the diagnosis and etiology of acute pancreatitis. Pancreas 1995;11:450.

Heller SJ, Apstein MD, Shields SJ, Sharma AN, Syngal S, Donovan JM: Identification of colorectal adenocarcinoma is more common in surveillance after cancer resection than after removal of adenomas. Am J Gastroenterol 1996;91:1971.

Heller SJ, Syngal S, Wolf J, Banks PA, Lichtenstein DR, Wong RCK, Orfice M, Cialfi SA, Carr-Locke DL, Van Dam J.: Open-access flexible sigmoidoscopy (OAFS): Evaluation of patient compliance and appropriateness of referral. Gastrointest Endosc 1997;45:AB108.

Kim CY, Flescher DE, Kozarek RA, Carr-Locke D, Li TCM, Gostout CJ, Heller SJ, Montgomery EA, Al-Kawas FH, Avigan MI, Eisen GM, Lewis JH, Benjamin SB.: High resolution colonoscopy and chromoendoscopy for classifying colonic polyps: A multicenter study. Gastrointest Endosc 1997;45:AB110.

AM Stefan, GB Haber, S Heller, S Jonnalagadda, H Ter, GP Kendel, PP Kortan, NE Marcon: Ablation of columnar metaplasia of the esophagus using argon beam plasma coagulation. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB40.

H Ter, G Haber, G Kandel, P Kortan, S Heller, S Jonnalagadda, A Stefan, C Ross, M Cirocco: The long-term outcome of patients with watermelon stomach treated with argon plasma coagulation. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB41.

SJ Heller, G Haber, S Jonnalagadda, A Stefan, H Ter, C Ross, G Kandel, P Korton, N Marcon: Improvement in dysphagia is sustained after esophageal expandable metal stent placement. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB69

SJ Heller, G Haber, C Ross, S Jonnalagadda, A Stefan, H Ter, G Kandel P Korton, N Marcon: Prediction of survival in patients undergoing esophageal expandable metal stent placement. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB69.

AM Stefan, PP Korton, GB Haber, M Cirocco, S Heller, S Jonnalagadda, H Ter, GP Kandel, NE Marcon: Long-term outcome of pneumatic dilation in patients with achalasia. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB76.

SS Jonnalagadda, GB Haber, SJ Heller, A Stefan, H Ter, M Cirocco, C Ross, P Kortan. Choledochal cysts: outcomes following surgical and endoscopic therapy. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB118.

SJ Heller, G Haber, S Jonnalagadda, A Stefan, H Ter, G Kandel, P Kortan, N Marcon. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma masquerading as pancreatic stone disease in tropical calcific pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:AB137.