Toufic Kachaamy, M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  1. Cotton CC, Eluri S, Kaul V, Sharma NR, Gordon SR, Kachaamy T, Smallfield G, Samarasena J, Trindade A, Willingham FF, Zolotarevsky E, Barber J, Kothari S, Chang KJ, Benias P, McKinley MJ, Juneja AK, Shaheen NJ. Prospective cohort study of palliative treatment of esophageal cancer with liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2026 Aug; 104 (2):217-228 Epub 2026 Jan 16
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  2. Shah T, Ansari Z, Ahmad A, Coyle W, Greenwald BB, Kachaamy T, Kothari S, Sharma N, Smallfield G, Thakkar S, Tsai F, Zhang H, Friedland S, Fukami N, Mok S, Sedarat A, Smith M, Vargo J, Vashi P, Willingham F, Turshudzhyan A, Kaul V. Spray Cryotherapy Esophageal Consortium (SPEC) Consensus Recommendations for Liquid Nitrogen Spray Cryotherapy in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer using a Modified Delphi Process. Am J Gastroenterol. 2025 Aug 26 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Kachaamy T. Top 10 tips for performing cancer ablation. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Aug; 100 (2):292-295 Epub 2024 Mar 09
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  4. Soliman YY, Kundranda M, Kachaamy T. Endoscopic Palliative Therapies for Esophageal Cancer. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2024 Jan; 34 (1):91-109 Epub 2023 Sept 07
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  5. Kachaamy T, Sharma N, Shah T, Mohapatra S, Pollard K, Zelt C, Jewett E, Garcia R, Munsey R, Gupta S, Rojas-DeLeon M, Gupta D, Kaul V, Pannala R, Vashi P. A prospective multicenter study to evaluate the impact of cryotherapy on dysphagia and quality of life in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer. Endoscopy. 2023 Oct; 55 (10):889-897 Epub 2023 June 02
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  6. Mohapatra S, Santharaman A, Gomez K, Pannala R, Kachaamy T. Optimal Management of Dysphagia in Patients with Inoperable Esophageal Cancer: Current Perspectives. Cancer Manag Res. 2022; 14:3281-3291 Epub 2022 Nov 23
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  7. Alshati A, Kurli V, Wittenberg A, Patel G, Kachaamy T. Management of malignant biliary diseases by the use of peroral and percutaneous cholangioscopy. VideoGIE. 2019 Sep; 4 (9):431-435 Epub 2019 June 25
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  8. Alshati A, Kachaamy T. Classical features of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, in images. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Jun; 89 (6):1255-1257 Epub 2019 Feb 05
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  9. Alshati A, Almohammedawi M, Sachdev MS, Kachaamy T. Endoscopic management of colovaginal fistulas in advanced cancer patients. VideoGIE. 2019 Jun; 4 (6):279-283 Epub 2019 Apr 23
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  10. Alshati A, Khosla M, Niu H, Kachaamy T. Isolated Colonic Metastasis From Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Mar; 6 (3):1-3 Epub 2019 Mar 08
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  11. Alshati A, Sachdev MS, Tan A, Muilenburg D, Kachaamy T. Successful endoscopic management of a malignant gastroretroperitoneal fistula. VideoGIE. 2019 Mar; 4 (3):123-125 Epub 2019 Jan 22
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  12. Faigel DO, Singh VP, Patel K, El Chami A, Raymond CC, Landreth TL, Marler RJ, Lake DF, Kachaamy T. Safety of endoscopic-ultrasound-guided portal injection chemotherapy using drug-eluting microbeads in a porcine model. Journal of Cancer Research Updates. 2018; 7(4):102-8.
  13. Kachaamy T, Prakash R, Kundranda M, Batish R, Weber J, Hendrickson S, Yoder L, Do H, Magat T, Nayar R, Gupta D, DaSilva T, Sangal A, Kothari S, Kaul V, Vashi P. Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for dysphagia palliation in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Sep; 88 (3):447-455 Epub 2018 May 08
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  14. Kachaamy T, Gupta D, Edwin P, Vashi P. Safety of endoscopy in cancer patients on antiangiogenic agents: A retrospective multicenter outcomes study. PLoS One. 2017; 12 (5):e0176899 Epub 2017 May 04
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  15. Mitchell S, Williams JP, Bhatti H, Kachaamy T, Weber J, Weiss GJ. A retrospective matched cohort study evaluating the effects of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes on nutritional status and survival in patients with advanced gastroesophageal malignancies undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy. PLoS One. 2017; 12 (11):e0188628 Epub 2017 Nov 29
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  16. Kachaamy T, Wong Kee Song LM, Wascher R, Khemka V, Weber J. Endoscopic management of a gastrocolonic fistula. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Sep; 84(3):525-6. Epub 2016 Mar 26.
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  17. Kachaamy T, Weber J, Weitz D, Vashi P, Kundranda M. Successful endoscopic management of a malignant ileovesicular fistula. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Sep; 84 (3):536-7 Epub 2016 Mar 26
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  18. Kachaamy T, Pannala R. Esophageal stents: when and how. Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol. 2016 Jun; 62: (2)155-66.
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  19. Kachaamy T, Harrison E, Pannala R, Pavlicek W, Crowell MD, Faigel DO. Measures of patient radiation exposure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiography: beyond fluoroscopy time. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 14; 21(6):1900-6.
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  20. Kachaamy T, Salah W, Dzeletovic I, Wasif N, Harrison E, Faigel DO, Pannala R. Intraoperative laparoscopic-assisted pancreatoscopy and its role in differentiating main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm from chronic pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Feb; 81(2):459-60. Epub 2014 Sep 26.
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  21. Kundranda M, Kachaamy T. Promising new therapies in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinomas. Future Oncol. 2014 Dec; 10 (16):2629-41
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  22. Kachaamy T, Dzeletovic I, Harris LA, Pasha SF. Jejunal hemangioma resection via double-balloon enteroscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Nov; 80(5):899-900. Epub 2014 Mar 01.
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  23. Kachaamy T, Harrison ME. Successful treatment of bleeding ileal varices by double-balloon enteroscopy and cyanoacrylate injection (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Jul; 80(1):170-1; discussion 171. Epub 2014 Apr 02.
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  24. Kachaamy TA, Faigel DO. Improving ERCP quality and decreasing risk to patients and providers. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Aug; 7(6):531-40.
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  25. Kachaamy T, Bajaj JS. Diet and cognition in chronic liver disease. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2011 Mar; 27(2):174-9.
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