Dr. John Pandolfino, MD

• Gastroenterology

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• Mcgaw Medical Center Of Northwestern University

  Fellowship Hospital, 2001

• Mcgaw Medical Center Of Northwestern University

  Residency Hospital, 1996

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital|northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine

  Internship Hospital, 1994

• Loyola University Chicago Stritch School Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1993

• Localizing the Contractile Deceleration Point (CDP) in Patients with Abnormal Esophageal Pressure Topography, 2012-06-24

• Esophageal motility classification can be established at the time of endoscopy: a study evaluating real-time functional luminal imaging probe panometry, 2019-07-04

• Psychosocial Distress and Quality of Life Impairment are Associated with Symptom Severity in PPI Non-Responders with Normal Impedance-pH Profiles, 2017-09-12

• The acoustic cough monitoring and manometric profile of cough and throat clearing, 2013-02-26

• Abnormal esophageal acid exposure on high-dose proton pump inhibitor therapy is common in systemic sclerosis patients, 2017-11-06

• AMBULATORY REFLUX MONITORING GUIDES PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR DISCONTINUATION IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX SYMPTOMS: A CLINICAL TRIAL, 2020-09-16

• OPTIMAL WIRELESS REFLUX MONITORING METRICS TO PREDICT DISCONTINUATION OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR THERAPY, 2022-06-10

• Abilities of Oropharyngeal pH Tests and Salivary Pepsin Analysis to Discriminate Between Asymptomatic Volunteers and Subjects with Symptoms of Laryngeal Irritation, 2015-12-09

• Heterogeneity of primary and secondary peristalsis in systemic sclerosis: a new model of ‘scleroderma esophagus', 2021-10-28

• Surgical and endoscopic management options for patients with GERD based on proton pump inhibitors symptom response: recommendations from an expert U.S. panel, 2020-01-31

• Normal Functional Luminal Imaging Probe Panometry Findings Associate With Lack of Major Esophageal Motility Disorder on High-Resolution Manometry, 2020-03-20

• Esophageal Hypervigilance is Prevalent across Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Presentations, 2021-01-11

• An extended proximal esophageal myotomy is necessary to normalize EGJ distensibility during Heller myotomy for achalasia, but not POEM, 2014-05-23

• Clinical role of ambulatory reflux monitoring in PPI non-responders: recommendation statements, 2022-08-16

• Parameters for quantifying bolus retention with high-resolution impedance manometry, 2014-04-22

• Reply to Songet al, 2018-01-31

• Personalized Approach in the Work-up and Management of GERD, 2020-01-22

• Loss of Peristaltic Reserve, Determined by Multiple Rapid Swallows is the Most Frequent Esophageal Motility Abnormality in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, 2016-04-05

• Development of quality indicators for the diagnosis and management of achalasia, 2021-03-15

• The Reflux Improvement and Monitoring (TRIM) Program Is Associated with Symptom Improvement and Weight Reduction for Obese Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 2017-10-10

• The Quality of Care for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 2016-12-27

• The effect of a sitting versus supine posture on normative esophageal pressure topography metrics and Chicago Classification diagnosis of esophageal motility disorders, 2012-08-16

• Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tools for Obesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: the Provider's Perspective, 2018-06-01

• Distal Contraction Latency: A Measure of Propagation Velocity Optimized for Esophageal Pressure Topography Studies, 2010-10-26

• Many Patients Continue Using Proton Pump Inhibitors After Negative Results from Tests for Reflux Disease, 2012-02-22

• Could the peristaltic transition zone be caused by non-uniform esophageal muscle fiber architecture? A simulation study, 2017-01-05

• Advances in the Evaluation and Management of Esophageal Disease of Systemic Sclerosis, 2015-02-20

• Evaluation of esophageal motility utilizing the functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP), 2016-10-11

• Prediction of esophageal retention: A study comparing high-resolution manometry and functional luminal imaging probe Panometry, 2021-10-01

• High-resolution Impedance Manometry Measurement of Bolus Flow Time in Achalasia and its Correlation with Dysphagia, 2015-06-18

• High-resolution impedance manometry parameters in the evaluation of esophageal function of non-obstructive dysphagia patients, 2018-11-13

• Partial recovery of peristalsis after myotomy for achalasia; more the rule than the exception, 2013-09-20

• A deep-learning-based unsupervised model on esophageal manometry using variational autoencoder, 2021-01-05

• MULTIPLE RAPID SWALLOWS AND RAPID DRINK CHALLENGE IN PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION ON HIGH-RESOLUTION MANOMETRY, 2020-10-11

• A continuum mechanics-based musculo-mechanical model for esophageal transport, 2017-07-18

• The association between systemic sclerosis disease manifestations and esophageal high-resolution manometry parameters, 2016-02-27

• Jackhammer Esophagus: Assessing the balance between pre-peak and post-peak contractile integral, 2017-11-29

• Intraoperative Assessment of Esophageal Motility Using FLIP During Myotomy for Achalasia, 2019-08-02

• Ineffective esophageal motility: Concepts, future directions, and conclusions from the Stanford 2018 symposium, 2019-04-11

• Chicago Classification Criteria of Esophageal Motility Disorders Defined in High Resolution Esophageal Pressure Topography (EPT)†, 2011-12-14

• Achalasia subtypes can be identified with functional luminal imaging probe (FLIP) panometry using a supervised machine learning process, 2020-07-01

• A fully resolved multiphysics model of gastric peristalsis and bolus emptying in the upper gastrointestinal tract, 2021-10-15

• BLOWN OUT MYOTOMY (BOM): A COMPLICATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY AND PER-ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY FOR ACHALASIA, 2020-07-25

• Do large hiatal hernias affect esophageal peristalsis?, 2013-01-23

• Proceedings of the 2018 Advances in Motility and in Neurogastroenterology: AIMING for the Future Single Topic Symposium, 2021-05-06

• A System to Assess the Competency for Interpretation of Esophageal Manometry Identifies Variation in Learning Curves, 2016-07-27

• Postprandial High Resolution Impedance Manometry Identifies Mechanisms of Non-Response to Proton Pump Inhibitors, 2017-09-12

• Classifying esophageal motility by FLIP Panometry: A study of 722 subjects with manometry, 2021-12-01

• Deep learning based artificial intelligence model for identifying swallow types in esophageal high-resolution manometry, 2021-10-28

• Benchmarks for the Interpretation of Esophageal High Resolution Manometry, 2016-10-13

• Severity of endoscopically identified esophageal rings correlates with reduced esophageal distensibility in eosinophilic esophagitis, 2016-05-20

• Management Options for Patients with GERD and Persistent Symptoms on Proton Pump Inhibitors: Recommendations from an Expert Panel, 2018-04-24

• High-resolution impedance manometry metrics of the esophagogastric junction for the assessment of treatment response in achalasia, 2016-10-04

• Development and Validation of the Brief Esophageal Dysphagia Questionnaire, 2016-07-05

• Gaviscon Double Action Liquid (antacid & alginate) is more effective than antacid in controlling postprandial esophageal acid exposure in GERD patients; a double-blind crossover study, 2014-07-10

• Chicago Classification Update (v4.0): Technical Review of High-Resolution Manometry Metrics for EGJ Barrier Function, 2021-03-02

• Perspectives in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Advances in the Management of Esophageal Motility Disorders, 2018-04-24

• Increased Risk for Persistent Intestinal Metaplasia in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus and Uncontrolled Reflux Exposure before Radiofrequency Ablation, 2012-05-15

• A fully resolved active musculo-mechanical model for esophageal transport, 2015-10-01

• Phenotypes of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Where Rome, Lyon, and Montreal Meet, 2019-07-15

• Assessing the pre- and post-peak phases in a swallow using esophageal pressure topography, 2017-05-22

• Environmental-life style related factors, 2013-01-23

• RNA-sequencing reveals molecular and regional differences in the esophageal mucosa of achalasia patients, 2022-11-30

• Competency Based Medical Education in Gastrointestinal Motility, 2016-04-07

• Functional Esophagogastric Junction Obstruction with Intact Peristalsis: A Heterogeneous Syndrome Sometimes Akin to Achalasia, 2009-08-12

• Esophagogastric junction distensibility measurements during Heller myotomy and POEM for achalasia predict postoperative symptomatic outcomes, 2014-07-24

• Optimizing the swallow protocol of clinical high resolution esophageal manometry studies, 2012-08-02

• The Functional Lumen Imaging Probe Detects Esophageal Contractility not Observed with Manometry in Patients with Achalasia, 2015-08-14

• Normative values of intra-bolus pressure and esophageal compliance based on 4D high-resolution impedance-manometry, 2022-06-05

• AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Personalized Approach to the Evaluation and Management of GERD: Expert Review, 2022-02-02

• Lack of correlation between HRM metrics and symptoms during the manometric protocol, 2014-02-11

• High-resolution manometry assessment of the lower esophageal sphincter after-contraction: normative values and clinical correlation, 2017-07-21

• Novel 3D high-resolution manometry metrics for quantifying esophagogastric junction contractility, 2017-04-05

• Refining the criterion for an abnormal Integrated Relaxation Pressure in esophageal pressure topography based on the pattern of esophageal contractility using a classification and regression tree model, 2012-06-20

• Esophagogastric Junction Distensibility After Fundoplication Assessed with a Novel Functional Luminal Imaging Probe, 2010-04-29

• Esophageal Pressure Topography Criteria Indicative of Incomplete Bolus Clearance: A Study Using High-Resolution Impedance Manometry, 2009-08-18

• Esophageal hypervigilance and visceral anxiety are contributors to symptom severity among patients evaluated with high-resolution esophageal manometry, 2020-02-27

• Distinct Clinical Physiologic Phenotypes of Patients with Laryngeal Symptoms Referred for Reflux Evaluation, 2021-05-20

• Oropharyngeal pH Testing Does Not Predict Response to Proton-Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Laryngeal Symptoms, 2016-04-19

• Validation of clinically relevant thresholds of esophagogastric junction obstruction using FLIP Panometry, 2021-06-30

• Assessing Bolus Retention in Achalasia using High Resolution Manometry with Impedance: A Comparator Study with Timed Barium Esophagram, 2014-04-08

• Quantifying esophagogastric junction contractility with a novel HRM topographic metric, the EGJ-Contractile Integral: normative values and preliminary evaluation in PPI non-responders, 2013-12-03

• Suprabasal cells retaining stem cell identity programs drive basal cell hyperplasia in eosinophilic esophagitis, 2023-04-20

• Weak Peristalsis in Esophageal Pressure Topography: Classification and Association With Dysphagia, 2010-10-05

• Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Normal or Minor Motor Function Abnormalities Detected by High-resolution Esophageal Manometry, 2015-03-11

• A multi-stage machine learning model for diagnosis of esophageal manometry, 2021-12-25

• Diagnostic Yield and Reliability of Post-Prandial High-Resolution Manometry and Impedance-pH for Detecting Rumination and Supragastric Belching in PPI Non-Responders Physiologic Testing for Behavioral Disorders, 2021-03-09

• ACG Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia, 2023-01-26

• Comparison of preoperative, intraoperative, and follow-up FLIP measurements in patients undergoing myotomy for achalasia, 2021-03-01

• Brand Name and Generic Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescriptions in the United States: Insights from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2010), 2015-02-05

• Chronic Cough: A Gastroenterology Perspective, 2014-06-05

• A Review of Anti-Reflux Procedures for PPI Non-responsive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 2017-09-01

• A Review of Medical Therapy for PPI Non-responsive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 2017-09-01

• Histopathologic Patterns Among Achalasia Subtypes, 2015-11-06

• Validation of secondary peristalsis classification using FLIP Panometry in 741 subjects undergoing manometry, 2021-06-13

• Incidence and Prevalence of Achalasia in Central Chicago, 2004-2014, Since the Widespread use of High-Resolution Manometry, 2016-08-28

• The Upper Esophageal Sphincter Assist Device is Associated with Symptom Response in Reflux Associated Laryngeal Symptoms, 2018-01-31

• Evaluating the Reliability and Construct Validity of the Eckardt Symptom Score as a Measure of Achalasia Severity, 2018-01-08

• Do Vigorous Esophageal Contractions Contribute to Rigorous Phenotyping of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?, 2019-07-05

• Economic Evaluations of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Medical Management: A Systematic Review, 2015-02-26

• A Comparative Assessment of the Diagnosis of Swallowing Impairment and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Canines and Humans, 2022-06-09

• A Comparison of Symptom Severity and Bolus Retention to Chicago Classification Esophageal Pressure Topography Metrics in Patients with Achalasia, 2012-10-16

• Complications of Antireflux Surgery, 2018-06-14

• Studies of abnormalities of the lower esophageal sphincter during esophageal emptying based on a fully-coupled bolus-esophageal-gastric model, 2018-04-11

• ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS ON HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY: CHICAGO CLASSIFICATION VERSION 4.0©, 2021-04-02

• Hyperdynamic Upper Esophageal Sphincter Pressure: A Manometric Observation in Patients Reporting Globus Sensation, 2009-01-20

• The Development of Quality Measures for the Performance and Interpretation of Esophageal Manometry, 2015-10-20

• Calculation of Esophagogastric Junction Vector Volume using 3D-high resolution manometry, 2014-08-01

• What is New in Chicago Classification version 4.0?, 2020-12-19

• Use of the Functional Lumen Imaging Probe in Clinical Esophagology, 2022-08-09

• The effect of incremental distal gastric myotomy lengths on EGJ distensibility during POEM for achalasia, 2015-06-20

• The Chicago Classification of Motility Disorders: an Update, 2014-08-01

• Mechanics Informed Fluoroscopy of Esophageal Transport, 2021-03-02

• Esophagogastric Junction pressure morphology: comparison between a station pull-through and real-time 3D-HRM representation, 2013-06-05

• The relationship between esophageal acid exposure and the esophageal response to volumetric distention, 2017-11-02

• Esophageal Manometry Competency Program Improves Gastroenterology Fellow Performance in Motility Interpretation, 2022-08-16

• Chaotic Peak Propagation in Patients with Jackhammer esophagus, 2019-09-18

• Normal values of esophageal distensibility and distension-induced contractility measured by functional luminal imaging probe panometry, 2018-08-03

• FUNCTIONAL LUMINAL IMAGING PROBE PANOMETRY IDENTIFIES ACHALASIA-TYPE ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION, 2019-11-25

• Simulation studies of the role of esophageal mucosa in bolus transport, 2017-01-03

• Outcomes of 100 Patients Greater than 4 Years after POEM for Achalasia -Original Study, 2021-06-01