Dr. Akbar Waljee, MD

• Gastroenterology

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• Emory University School Of Medicine

  Medical School

• Use of mobile technology to identify behavioral mechanisms linked to mental health outcomes in Kenya: protocol for development and validation of a predictive model, 2023-09-21

• Effects of Anti-Helicobacter pyloriTherapy on Incidence of Autoimmune Diseases, Including Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2018-12-20

• Mailed Outreach Invitations Significantly Improve HCC Surveillance Rates in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2018-12-14

• Adapted time-varying covariates Cox model for predicting future cirrhosis development performs well in a large hepatitis C cohort, 2021-12-14

• Continuous quality improvement in statistical code: avoiding errors and improving transparency, 2020-10-06

• A Care Coordination Intervention Improves Symptoms but not Charges in High-Risk Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2021-08-28

• Association of Continuity of Care With Outcomes in US Veterans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Continuity of Care and Outcomes in US Veterans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2020-09-04

• Incidence and predictors of new persistent opioid use following inflammatory bowel disease flares treated with oral corticosteroids, 2018-11-14

• Testing Practices, Interpretation, and Diagnostic Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia by US Primary Care Physicians Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia by US PCPs, 2021-10-01

• Survival analysis among unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients undergoing endoscopic or percutaneous interventions, 2020-06-09

• Endoscopic balloon dilation size and avoidance of surgery in stricturing Crohn's disease, 2017-05-31

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, 2022-04-13

• Factors That Predict High Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2016-09-17

• External Validation of a Thiopurine Monitoring Algorithm on the SONIC Clinical Trial Dataset, 2017-08-22

• Performance of a Deep Learning Model vs Human Reviewers in Grading Endoscopic Disease Severity of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Deep Learning Model vs Human Review of Endoscopic Severity of Ulcerative Colitis, 2019-05-17

• Mapping the Relationships between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Comorbid Diagnoses to Identify Disease Associations, 2022-11-02

• Diffusion of an innovation: growth in video capsule endoscopy in the U.S. Medicare population from 2003 to 2019, 2022-03-31

• Spironolactone and colitis: Increased mortality in rodents and in humans, 2011-11-13

• Prevalence of Appropriate Testing for Incident Anemia in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Prevalence of Appropriate Testing for Incident Anemia in the VA, 2021-01-26

• Identifying patients with hepatic encephalopathy using administrative data in the ICD-10 era, 2019-12-27

• Factors that Affect Accuracy of a-Fetoprotein Test in Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis, 2013-10-02

• Patient reported symptoms during an ulcerative colitis flare: A Qualitative Focus Group Study, 2011-08-12

• Machine learning models to predict disease progression among veterans with hepatitis C virus, 2019-01-04

• Prediction of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers Using Longitudinal Electronic Health Record Data, 2023-02-22

• Association of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy With Mortality Among Veterans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Anti-TNF Therapy and Mortality Among Veterans With IBD, 2021-03-01

• The incidence and bedside predictors of the first episode of overt hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis, 2021-01-26

• Prevalence and patterns of opioid use before and after liver transplantation, 2021-01-01

• A National Survey of Adoption of the 2018 American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Screening Guideline in Primary Care, 2020-08-29

• Rectal Indomethacin Dose Escalation (RIDE) for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis in High-Risk Patients: a Randomized Trial, 2019-11-25

• Assessment of a Deep Learning Model to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Hepatitis C Cirrhosis Deep Learning Model to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Hepatitis C Cirrhosis, 2020-09-01

• Coronavirus pandemic in the South Asia region: Health policy and economy trade-off, 2023-05-05

• Uncovering biological factors that regulate hepatocellular carcinoma growth using patient derived xenograft assays, 2020-09-02

• Coordination of Care Is Associated With Survival and Health Care Utilization in a Population-Based Study of Patients With Cirrhosis, 2020-01-09

• CT utilization abruptly increases at age 18 among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in the hospital, 2018-03-29

• Proximity to Disease and Perception of Utility: Physicians' vs Patients' Assessment of Treatment Options for Ulcerative Colitis, 2017-02-12

• PERCEIVED AND ACTUAL QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS: A COMPARISON OF MEDICALLY AND SURGICALLY TREATED PATIENTS, 2011-03-01

• Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus or Esophagogastric Junction Frequently Have Potential Screening Opportunities, 2021-12-20

• Utilization of Surveillance Endoscopy for Barrett's Esophagus in Medicare Enrollees, 2019-10-31

• Provider Care Team Segregation And Operative Mortality following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 2021-04-30

• Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020-05-22

• Age Disparities in the Use of Steroid-Sparing Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2016-04-16

• Novel Application of Predictive Modeling: A Tailored Approach to Promoting HCC Surveillance in Patients With Cirrhosis, 2021-03-02

• Machine Learning Algorithms Outperform Conventional Regression Models in Predicting Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2013-10-29

• Access to Subspecialty Care And Survival Among Patients With Liver Disease, 2016-03-29

• Risk Stratification of Emergency Room Patients with Crohn's Disease Could Reduce Computed Tomography Use by Nearly Half, 2014-03-15

• Therapeutic Delays Lead to Worse Survival Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2013-09-01

• HCC Surveillance Improves Early Detection, Curative Treatment Receipt, and Survival in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022-02-06

• Patient and Provider-Level Barriers to Hepatitis C Screening and Linkage to Care: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation, 2020-03-02

• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among non-refugees and refugees in Kenya, 2022-08-24

• Defining an Optimal Adherence Threshold for Patients Taking Subcutaneous Anti-TNFs for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2017-12-12

• The Individual Health Discount Rate in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis, 2010-11-16

• Increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease in congenital hypothyroidism supports the existence of a shared susceptibility factor, 2018-07-05

• The Effect of PNPLA3 on Fibrosis Progression and Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-analysis, 2014-01-21

• Tofacitinib for Biologic-Experienced Hospitalized Patients with Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study, 2021-05-25

• Identification of symptom domains in ulcerative colitis that occur frequently during flares and are responsive to changes in disease activity, 2008-09-20