David Desilets, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology

• Chief, Gastroenterology

• Professor of Clinical Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

759 Chestnut Street

Springfield, MA 01107

v 413.794.3570

f  413.794.8828

email David.Desilets@bhs.org

Fellowships

• Gastroenterology
  Maine Medical Center
  Portland, ME

• Interventional Endoscopy
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  Washington, DC

Residency

• Internal Medicine
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  Washington, DC

Medical School

• Georgetown University School of Medicine
  Washington, DC

Honors & Awards

• Teacher of the Year, Baystate Medical Center Department of Medicine—2001, 2004, 2005

• Nonsurgical Faculty Teacher of the Year, Baystate Medical Center Department of Surgery—2001, 2002

• Best Original Research Presentation by Gastroenterology Fellow in Training in New England, New England Endoscopy Society—2000

• Senior Fellow Award for Outstanding Abstract by Gastroenterology Fellow in Training, Astra Merck—1997

Areas of Interest

• General gastroenterology with emphasis on interventional endoscopy and pancreaticobiliary endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound and gastrointestinal bleeding

• Clinical teaching of medical students, residents and fellows

• Manuscript reviewer for gastrointestinal endoscopy

Selected Publications

• Shah RJ, Howell DA, Desilets DJ, et al.  Multicenter randomized trial of the spiral Z-stent compared with the wallstent for malignant biliary obstruction. Gastrointest Endosc 2003;57:830-6.
  




• Desilets DJ, Dy RM, Ku-Ruth PM, Hanson BL, Elton E, Mattia A, Howell DA.  Endoscopic management of ampullary tumors:  refined techniques to improve outcome and avoid complications.  Gastrointest Endosc 2001;54:202-8.
  




• Desilets DJ, Shorr AF, Moran KA, Holtzmuller KC.  Cholestatic Jaundice Associated with the Use of Metformin.  Am J Gastroenterol 2001;96:2257-8.
  




• Desilets DJ, Howell DA.  Precut sphincterotomy: Another perspective on efficacy and complications.  In: UpToDate, Rose, DB (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley MA 2000.




• Desilets DJ, Davis KE, Nair PP, Salata KF, Maydonovitch CL, Howard RS, Kikendall JW, Wong RKH.  Lectin binding to human colonocytes is predictive of colonic neoplasia.  Am J. Gastro 1999;94:744-50.