Overview
Thomas Mcgarrity is a Gastroenterologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mcgarrity has been practicing medicine for over 43 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achalasia. His top areas of expertise are Childhood Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Colorectal Polyps, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 17 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
The Milton S Hershey Medical Center Physicians Group
Abraham Mathew is a Gastroenterologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mathew is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achalasia. His top areas of expertise are Achalasia, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Childhood Pancreatitis, Endoscopy, and Pancreatectomy.
Geisinger Clinic
David Diehl is a Gastroenterologist in Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Diehl is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achalasia. His top areas of expertise are Barrett Esophagus, Gallbladder Disease, Watermelon Stomach, Endoscopy, and Gallbladder Removal.
JH Health Care & Surgery Center – White Marsh
Anthony Kalloo is a professor of medicine with special interests in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, therapeutic endoscopy and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. After receiving his medical degree at the University of the West Indies Medical School, Dr. Kalloo interned at Port of Spain General Hospital in Trinidad and performed his internal medicine residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he was also chief resident. He completed fellowship training at the combined Georgetown University, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Institutes of Health program. Dr. Kalloo was an instructor of medicine at Georgetown University prior to joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1988. He was director of the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology from 2005–2020, and was an associate editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. In 2009, Dr. Kalloo was recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as the Distinguished Educator of the Year. In 2014, he received the Endoscopy Award from the German Society for Endoscopy for outstanding research and contribution in the field of endoscopy. In 2015, he received the BJ Vakil Oration from the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, which is bestowed on an international expert for his contribution to the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and has more than 100 patents, including the use of botulinum toxin in the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopic cryotherapy and the winged biliary/pancreatic stent, as well as others related to natural orifice surgery. He is the pioneer of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a technique that will enable abdominal surgery without the use of incisions. In 2015, he became a member of the inaugural chapter of the National Academy of Inventors at The Johns Hopkins University. This group represents the top 3% of all faculty inventors since 1969, and the top 1.5% of active Johns Hopkins faculty. Dr. Kalloo is a past panel chair for gastroenterology and urology devices with the United States Food and Drug Administration. He aims to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal and liver disease through patient care, education and research. Dr. Kalloo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Achalasia. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Achalasia, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- EndoscopyDr. Mcgarrity isAdvanced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Experienced
- AchalasiaDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia.
- Acute PancreatitisDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pancreatitis.
- Angiodysplasia of the ColonDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Angiodysplasia of the Colon.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- Barrett EsophagusDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Barrett Esophagus.
- Benign Esophageal StrictureDr. Mcgarrity isExperienced. Learn about Benign Esophageal Stricture.
