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Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Advanced Endoscopy Training Program
Interventional/Advanced Endoscopy
Fox Chase Cancer Center is a multidisciplinary center with a thriving academic Gastroenterology group of board-certified gastroenterologists, each with his/her own areas of expertise and unique training backgrounds. During my gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia, I became interested in advanced endoscopic procedures, or a subspecialty of gastroenterology that is sometimes referred to as “interventional endoscopy” or “therapeutic endoscopy”. I therefore completed an additional year of training to learn how to perform these more advanced endoscopic procedures. Since completion of my formal training, I have continually strived to adopt new techniques and technologies, allowing me to provide outstanding, cutting-edge care to my patients. For example, I was one of the first physicians in the United States to perform a group of procedures known as “device-assisted enteroscopy”, and have since treated patients from throughout the entire east coast of the United States as well as taught physicians throughout the United States so that they could offer similar expertise to their patients.
The gastroenterology team at Fox Chase Cancer Center is regionally and nationally recognized for its expertise in high-end endoscopic procedures, working with innovative biotechnology companies to develop novel endoscopic approaches to complex gastrointestinal disorders. This enables us to offer patients endoscopic procedures that are frequently not available at other medical centers. We also have the privilege of working with, on a daily basis, nationally-recognized experts in the fields of Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Pathology, and Radiology and to collaborate with scientists and researchers, all of whom have the shared goals of providing top-notch, personalized patient care and identifying new and better ways to prevent, treat and cure cancer.
Tokar JL, Allen JI, Kochman ML. “Getting to Zero: Reducing the Risk for Duodenoscope-Related Infections”. Ann Intern Med. 2015. PMID 26390309
Lieberman D, Brill J, Canto M, DeMarco D, Fennerty B, Gupta N, Laine L, Lightdale C, Montgomery E, Odze R, Rex D, Sharma P, Kochman M, Tokar J. “Management of Diminutive Colon Polyps Based on Endoluminal Imaging”. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015. PMID26192139.
Tokar JL. Gastric Carcinoids: Ask-The-Expert, ASGE Connection, June 2015; 3(2):1-7.
Wani S, Wallace MB, Pike IM, Adler DG, Kochman ML, Lieb JG 2nd, Park WG, Rizk ML, Sawhney MS, Shaheen NJ, Tokar JL. Quality indicators for EUS. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2015; 110(1):102-13. PubMed
Chen KT, Kim PD, Jones KA, Devarajan K, Patel BB, Hoffman JP, Ehya H, Huang M, Watson JC, Tokar JL, Yeung AT. Potential prognostic biomarkers of pancreatic cancer. Pancreas. 2014 Jan;43(1):22-7. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3182a6867e
Konda V, Banarjee S, Barth BA, Bhat YM, Chauhan SS, Gottlieb KT, Maple JT, Murad FM, Pfau PR, Pleskow DK, Siddiqui UD, Tokar JL, Wang A, Rodriguez SA. “Enhanced imaging in the GI tract: spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography.” ASGE Technology Committee. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2013 Oct; 78(4):568-73. PMID 24054739.
Tokar JL, Walia R. “Diagnostic evaluation of solid pancreatic masses.” Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2013 Oct;15(10):347. PMID 23996593.
Prasad Kerlin M, Tokar JL. “Acute gastrointestinal bleeding.” Ann Intern Med 2013 Aug 6;159(3):ITC2-1. PMID 23922080.
Tokar JL, Barth BA, Banerjee S, Chauhan SS, Gottlieb KT, Konda V, Maple JT, Murad FM, Pfau PR, Pleskow DK, Siddiqui UD, , Wang A, Rodriguez SA. ASGE Technology Committee. “Electrosurgical generators.” Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013 Aug;78(2):197-208. PMID 23867369.
Verrengia MA and Tokar JL. ‘Post-colonoscopy Decision Making: The Guidelines and Beyond.’ In: Core Concepts in Colonoscopy. Slack, Inc. 2013. [Book Chapter]
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Advanced Endoscopy Training Program
Interventional/Advanced Endoscopy
Fox Chase Cancer Center is a multidisciplinary center with a thriving academic Gastroenterology group of board-certified gastroenterologists, each with his/her own areas of expertise and unique training backgrounds. During my gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia, I became interested in advanced endoscopic procedures, or a subspecialty of gastroenterology that is sometimes referred to as “interventional endoscopy” or “therapeutic endoscopy”. I therefore completed an additional year of training to learn how to perform these more advanced endoscopic procedures. Since completion of my formal training, I have continually strived to adopt new techniques and technologies, allowing me to provide outstanding, cutting-edge care to my patients. For example, I was one of the first physicians in the United States to perform a group of procedures known as “device-assisted enteroscopy”, and have since treated patients from throughout the entire east coast of the United States as well as taught physicians throughout the United States so that they could offer similar expertise to their patients.
The gastroenterology team at Fox Chase Cancer Center is regionally and nationally recognized for its expertise in high-end endoscopic procedures, working with innovative biotechnology companies to develop novel endoscopic approaches to complex gastrointestinal disorders. This enables us to offer patients endoscopic procedures that are frequently not available at other medical centers. We also have the privilege of working with, on a daily basis, nationally-recognized experts in the fields of Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Pathology, and Radiology and to collaborate with scientists and researchers, all of whom have the shared goals of providing top-notch, personalized patient care and identifying new and better ways to prevent, treat and cure cancer.
Tokar JL, Allen JI, Kochman ML. “Getting to Zero: Reducing the Risk for Duodenoscope-Related Infections”. Ann Intern Med. 2015. PMID 26390309
Lieberman D, Brill J, Canto M, DeMarco D, Fennerty B, Gupta N, Laine L, Lightdale C, Montgomery E, Odze R, Rex D, Sharma P, Kochman M, Tokar J. “Management of Diminutive Colon Polyps Based on Endoluminal Imaging”. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015. PMID26192139.
Tokar JL. Gastric Carcinoids: Ask-The-Expert, ASGE Connection, June 2015; 3(2):1-7.
Wani S, Wallace MB, Pike IM, Adler DG, Kochman ML, Lieb JG 2nd, Park WG, Rizk ML, Sawhney MS, Shaheen NJ, Tokar JL. Quality indicators for EUS. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2015; 110(1):102-13. PubMed
Chen KT, Kim PD, Jones KA, Devarajan K, Patel BB, Hoffman JP, Ehya H, Huang M, Watson JC, Tokar JL, Yeung AT. Potential prognostic biomarkers of pancreatic cancer. Pancreas. 2014 Jan;43(1):22-7. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3182a6867e
Konda V, Banarjee S, Barth BA, Bhat YM, Chauhan SS, Gottlieb KT, Maple JT, Murad FM, Pfau PR, Pleskow DK, Siddiqui UD, Tokar JL, Wang A, Rodriguez SA. “Enhanced imaging in the GI tract: spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography.” ASGE Technology Committee. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2013 Oct; 78(4):568-73. PMID 24054739.
Tokar JL, Walia R. “Diagnostic evaluation of solid pancreatic masses.” Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2013 Oct;15(10):347. PMID 23996593.
Prasad Kerlin M, Tokar JL. “Acute gastrointestinal bleeding.” Ann Intern Med 2013 Aug 6;159(3):ITC2-1. PMID 23922080.
Tokar JL, Barth BA, Banerjee S, Chauhan SS, Gottlieb KT, Konda V, Maple JT, Murad FM, Pfau PR, Pleskow DK, Siddiqui UD, , Wang A, Rodriguez SA. ASGE Technology Committee. “Electrosurgical generators.” Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013 Aug;78(2):197-208. PMID 23867369.
Verrengia MA and Tokar JL. ‘Post-colonoscopy Decision Making: The Guidelines and Beyond.’ In: Core Concepts in Colonoscopy. Slack, Inc. 2013. [Book Chapter]
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