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Jacques Van Dam, M.D., Ph.D.
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jacques_Van Dam/
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Professor - Med Center Line
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Curriculum Vitae Doc
Honors & Awards
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President
Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology
2005 - 2007
Treasurer
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2005 - 2008
Administrative Appointments
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Clinical Chief
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Stanford University School of Medicine
2000
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Director of Endoscopy
Stanford University Medical Center
2000
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Research Interests
Dr. Van Dam is Clinical Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of Endoscopy at Stanford University Medical Center. His research efforts include developing methods for the endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal cancer. His ongoing multidisciplinary research includes the development of real-time, three-dimensional, image-guided, propulsive wireless capsule endoscopy; computer-assisted, potentially sedationless colonoscopy; methods of endoscopic gastric pacing; endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic cyst ablation; and EUS-guided dendritic cell cancer vaccine for gastrointestinal tumors. Dr. Van Dam is an NIH-funded investigator and the author of more than 300 scientific papers, reviews, and abstracts. He directs Stanford’s fellowship in advanced interventional/therapeutic endoscopy. Dr Van Dam is President of the Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology and Treasurer of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Publications
- Patel C, Van Dam J, Curet M, Morton JM, Banerjee S "Use of Flexible Endoscopic Scissors to Cut Obstructing Suture Material in Gastric Bypass Patients." Obes Surg 2008; More »
- Yan BM, Pai RK, Van Dam J "Diagnosis of Pancreatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor by EUS Guided FNA." JOP 2008; 9: 2: 192-6 More »
- Triadafilopoulos G, Watts HD, Higgins J, Van Dam J "A novel retrograde-viewing auxiliary imaging device (Third Eye Retroscope) improves the detection of simulated polyps in anatomic models of the colon." Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 65: 1: 139-144 More »
- Norton JA, Ham CM, Van Dam J, Jeffrey RB, Longacre TA, Huntsman DG, Chun N, Kurian AW, Ford JM "CDH1 truncating mutations in the E-cadherin gene: an indication for total gastrectomy to treat hereditary diffuse gastric cancer." Ann Surg 2007; 245: 6: 873-9 More »
- Banerjee S, Van Dam J "CT colonography for colon cancer screening." Gastrointest Endosc 2006; 63: 1: 121-33 More »
15 publications: view full list
