Dr. Peter Higgins, MD

• Gastroenterology

• Internal Medicine

• Inflammatory Disorders

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• University Mich Hospital

  Fellowship Hospital, 2004

• University Of Michigan Hospitals

  Fellowship Hospital, 2004

• Duke University Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 2001

• Duke University

  Internship Hospital, 1999

• Duke University School Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1991

• University Of Michigan / Ann Arbor

• 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

• A new nonlinear parameter in the developed strain-to-applied strain of the soft tissues and its application in ultrasound elasticity imaging, 2012-01-21

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

• Serum Protein Biomarkers of Fibrosis Aid in Risk Stratification of Future Stricturing Complications in Pediatric Crohn's Disease., 2019-04-08

• BIOMARKERS FOR THE PREDICTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF FIBROSTENOSING CROHN'S DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, 2021-06-02

• Validation of models using basic parameters to differentiate intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn's disease: A multicenter study from Asia, 2020-11-30

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

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

• Secukinumab, a human anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody, for moderate to severe Crohn's disease: unexpected results of a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial, 2012-05-17

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

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

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

• Matrix Stiffness Corresponding to Strictured Bowel Induces a Fibrogenic Response in Human Colonic Fibroblasts, 2013-07-18

• Methotrexate is not superior to placebo in maintaining steroid-free response or remission in ulcerative colitis, 2018-06-30

• CARD-024, A Vitamin D Analog, Attenuates the Pro-fibrotic Response to Substrate Stiffness in Colonic Myofibroblasts, 2012-04-18

• Meta-Analytic Bayesian Model For Differentiating Intestinal Tuberculosis from Crohn's Disease, 2017-01-03

• 95332 Intestinal inflammation and altered gut microbiota associated with inflammatory bowel disease render mice susceptible to Clostridioides difficile colonization and infection, 2021-03-31

• Predicting Corticosteroid Free Endoscopic Remission with Vedolizumab in Ulcerative Colitis, 2018-01-22

• 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

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

• Assessing risk of fibrosis progression and liver-related clinical outcomes among patients with both early stage and advanced chronic hepatitis C, 2017-11-06

• Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Olorinab, a Peripherally Acting, Highly Selective, Full Agonist of the Cannabinoid Receptor 2, in a Phase 2a Study of Patients With Chronic Abdominal Pain Associated With Crohn's Disease, 2020-10-24

• Interleukin-22-mediated host glycosylation preventsClostridioides difficileinfection by modulating the metabolic activity of the gut microbiota, 2020-02-17

• Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging for Detecting Intestinal Fibrosis and Inflammation in Rats and Humans With Crohn's Disease, 2011-07-23

• Challenges in the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Intestinal Fibrosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2019-06-27

• The Risk of SARS-CoV-2 in Immunosuppressed IBD Patients, 2020-04-16

• Predicting Hospitalization and Outpatient Corticosteroid Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Using Machine Learning, 2017-12-19

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

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

• An Observational Cohort Study ofClostridium difficileRibotype 027 and Recurrent Infection Rao et al., 2018-05-23

• Elevated Fecal Calprotectin Associates with Adverse Outcomes fromClostridium difficileInfection in Older Adults, 2016-05-20

• Intestinal Fibrosis is Reduced by Early Elimination of Inflammation in a Mouse Model of IBD, 2011-07-14

• Strain-photoacoustic imaging as a potential tool for characterizing intestinal fibrosis, 2019-08-13

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

• Association of Household Pets, Common Dietary Factors, and Lifestyle Factors withClostridium difficileInfection, 2020-02-08

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

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

• Pushing the Pedal to the Metal: Should We Accelerate Infliximab Therapy for Patients with Severe Ulcerative Colitis, 2014-10-05

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

• Transient or Persistent Norovirus Infection Does Not Alter the Pathology of Salmonella typhimurium Induced Intestinal Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice, 2011-01-14

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

• Atorvastatin Induces Apoptosis In Vitro and Slows Growth of Tumor Xenografts but Not Polyp Formation in Min Mice, 2010-02-26

• DifferentiatingC. difficileColitis fromC. difficileColonization in Ulcerative Colitis - A role for Procalcitonin?, 2017-10-14

• Serum Glycoproteome Profiles for Distinguishing Intestinal Fibrosis from Inflammation in Crohn's Disease, 2017-01-23

• Intestinal organoids: A model of intestinal fibrosis for evaluating anti-fibrotic drugs, 2015-03-28

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

• Challenges in IBD Research: Update on Progress and Prioritization of the CCFA's Research Agenda, 2013-07-24

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

• Novel Rho/MRTF/SRF Inhibitors Block Matrix-stiffness and TGF-ß-Induced Fibrogenesis in Human Colonic Myofibroblasts, 2016-05-19

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