Umaprasanna S. Karnam

MD

Umaprasanna S. Karnam, MD
Education
  • Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Miami, Florida 1999 -2002
  • Residency and Chief Residency, Wayne State University, Michigan 1996-1999
  • Internship in Internal Medicine -Long Island College Hospital, New York 1995-1996
  • Residency in Pediatrics – AIIMS, New Delhi, India 1994-1995
  • Medical School-Stanley Medical College, Madras, India 1987-1993Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine

Honors/Awards

  • Medical Educator of the year award – Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency, June 2007
  • 2001 ACG Auxiliary Award recipient for best scientific paper for poster “The relationship between serum viral load/ CD4 counts and esophageal ulcers in HIV patients.

Membership

  • American College of Gastroenterology
  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Utah Medical Association
  • ACP-ASIM
  • Member-National Research Committee of American College of Gastroenterology, 2002-2005

Publications

  • Fulminant hepatitis in a Tropical population: Clinical Course, Cause, and Early predictors of Outcome: Hepatology 1996;Vol.23 (6): 1448-1455
  • Systemic mastocytosis. Digestive diseases 1999; 17(5-6): 299-307
  • Some of what glitters may be gold- American Journal of Gastroenterology 2001;Vol 96(l):247-48
  • Quo Vadis- American Journal of Gastroenterology 2001;Vol 96(l):245-47
  • Small bowel ulcers- Current treatment options in Gastroenterology 2001;4(1):15-21
  • Peginterferon is here to stay-American Journal of Gastroenterology 2001; 96(5):1637-1638
  • A Toast to Pentoxifylline – America Journal of Gastroenterology 2001; 96(5): 1635-1637
  • Hope or Hype-Cytokine therapy in ERCP-induced pancreatitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2001;96:1930-32
  • Vascular malformations of the small intestine- Current treatment options in Gastroenterology 2001; 4(2): 173-178
  • Bleeding gastric varices: stick to the sticky glue. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Jan;97(1):199-200.
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy: an update. Endoscopy. 2002 Feb;34(2):146-53.
  • Extending the sphincterotomy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Apr;97(4):1053-4.
  • Acquired hyperplastic gastric polyps in solid organ transplant patients. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Sep;97(9):2220-4
  • Visceral varicella zoster after bone marrow transplantation: an obscure cause of an “acute abdomen”.Dig Dis Sci.2002 Sep;47(9):1962-4
  • Pegylated Interferons. Clin Liver Dis. 2003 Feb;7 (1):139-48.
  • Prevalence of occult celiac disease in patients with iron-deficiency anemia: a prospective study. South Med J. 2004Jan;97 (1):30-4.

Book Chapters

  • Congenital, Inflammatory, latrogenic and systemic disorders of the small intestine- Gastrointestinal disease-an endoscopic approach. (Blackwell Science 2nd edition – 2000)
  • Approach to liver mass – Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 4th edition – 2002)
  • Approach to liver mass – Yamada’s Atlas of Gastroenterology (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 3rd edition – 2002)
  • Computed Tomography of the Hepatobiliary tract -UpToDate since 2002
  • Magnetic Resonance cholangiopancreatography-UpToDate since 2002
  • Ultrasonography of the hepatobiliary tree- UpToDate since 2002
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the hepatobiliary tree- UpToDate since 2002
  • Gender differences in pancreatic disease-in Principles of Gender specific Medicine (Academic Press- 1st Edition – 2003 )


Abstracts

  • Chromatopsia as the presenting feature of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease- poster presented in the ACP-Michigan Chapter meeting 1998
  • TPN induced Cirrhosis – poster presented in the ACP-Michigan Chapter meeting 1998
  • FUO as the presenting manifestation of pelvic abscess due to Peptostreotococcus / Prevotella -poster presented in the ACP Michigan Chapter meeting 1998
  • Accelerated signs of Gardner’s syndrome in an HIV patient- poster presented at ACG annual scientific meeting- Oct 2000
  • Heparin induced thrombocytopenia presenting as acute mesenteric ischemia- poster presented at ACG annual scientific meeting- Oct 2000
  • Colonic polyposis: Unusual presentation of Mantle cell lymphoma- poster presented at ACG annual scientific meeting- Oct 2000
  • Prevalence of hepatitis C viral coinfection in HIV patients among various racial groups in VA from 1991-1999- poster presented at AASLD meeting -Oct 2000
  • Oriental cholangiohepatitis presenting as Complex liver mass in a patient with chronic hepatitis B – presented at practice management conference, Santa Fe, Oct 2000
  • The relationship between serum viral load/ CD4 counts and esophageal ulcers in HIV patients- poster presentation at ACG annual scientific meeting-Oct 2001(2001 ACG Auxiliary Award)
  • Etiology of persistent dysphagia/odynophagia in HIV patients- poster presentation at ACG annual scientific meeting-Oct 2001
  • Endoscopic findings in post-transplant patients with persistent dyspepsia- poster presentation at ACG annual scientific meeting-Oct 2001
  • Prevalence of celiac sprue in patients presenting with iron deficiency anemia-a prospective study-poster presentation at ACG annual scientific meeting-Oct 2001
  • Visceral Varicella -Zoster after bone marrow transplant: an obscure cause of severe abdominal pain. Poster presentation at ACG annual scientific meeting-Oct 2001
  • Effectiveness of oral budesonide suspension in adults with Eosinophilic Esophagitis –DDW 2008
  • Differences in Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Urban and Rural U.S. Populations-DDW 2008