Alyson McGhan Johnson

Journal Article ACG Case Rep J · March 2026 Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare, nonmalignant histiocytic disease that classically presents as bulky lymphadenopathy. Although RDD can be seen in various organ systems, gastrointestinal involvement is uncommon. We present a case of RDD involving the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Cause of Clinically Unstable Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Journal Article ACG Case Rep J · December 2025 Gastric squamous cell carcinoma (GSCC) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of gastric malignancies. Due to its rarity, specifics regarding the clinical presentation and risk factors for this malignancy remain uncertain. We describe a rare case of primary ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gastric Ischemia-Induced Gastric Pneumatosis Can Be Successfully Managed With Conservative Therapy

Journal Article Gastro Hep Advances · 2024 Full text Cite

Structured training program on confocal laser endomicroscopy for pancreatic cystic lesions: a multicenter prospective study among early-career endosonographers (with video).

Journal Article Gastrointest Endosc · December 2023 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Data on how to teach endosonographers needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE)-guided histologic diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) are limited. Hence, we developed and tested a structured educational program to tra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Index Symptoms and Prognosis Awareness of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: A Multi-Site Palliative Care Collaborative.

Journal Article J Palliat Care · April 2023 BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer has a poor 5-year survival and carries significant morbidity. Pain is a commonly studied symptom in pancreatic cancer; however, few studies examine the frequency of multiple patient-reported symptoms. Our aim is to ascertain p ... Full text Link to item Cite

S85 Same Admission Cholecystectomy for Patients Admitted With Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis: Testing a Hospital-Based Quality Metric

Conference American Journal of Gastroenterology · October 2021 Full text Cite

Patient Factors Associated With Oral Feeding Within 1 Day of Admission for Acute Pancreatitis in a Large Multihospital Health System

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY · October 2021 Link to item Cite

A Rare Entity of Gastric Outlet Obstruction in IgG4-Related Disease: A Case Report.

Journal Article Pancreas · March 1, 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Racial Bias in Patient Care and Medical Education: Let's Focus on the Educator.

Journal Article MedEdPORTAL · 2021 INTRODUCTION: Racial bias in health care is well documented. Research shows the presence of racial bias among health care providers. There is a paucity of workshops focused on racial bias effects in health professions educators. METHOD: Two to three worksh ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Successful management of persistent post-peroral endoscopic myotomy esophageal leak with fibrin glue.

Journal Article Gastrointest Endosc · November 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Sa1324 – Patient-Reported Symptom Burden in Pancreatic Cancer Across a Multi-Site Palliative Care Collaborative

Conference Gastroenterology · May 2019 Full text Cite

Prevalence of Risk Factors for and Presence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients Receiving Upper Endoscopic Ultrasound

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY · October 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Interventional Symptom Management Options When Caring for Patients with Gastrointestinal Malignancies.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · September 2018 Patients diagnosed with advanced stages of gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies are often quite symptomatic, with symptoms primarily related to anatomic sites of obstruction. Endoscopic approaches to the palliation of GI malignancies have begun to overtake s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sa1007 - Palliative Care Assessments of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer Across a Multi-Site Collaborative

Conference Gastroenterology · May 2018 Full text Cite

Therapeutic endoscopy in the management of pancreatic cancer

Chapter · April 11, 2018 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a safe and reliable method for the diagnosis, treatment, and palliation of pancreaticobiliary malignancy. In 2015, the estimated new cases of pancreatic cancer were about 48,960. The 5-year survival ... Full text Cite

Multicenter evaluation of the clinical utility of laparoscopy-assisted ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Journal Article Gastrointest Endosc · April 2018 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The obesity epidemic has led to increased use of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). These patients have an increased incidence of pancreaticobiliary diseases, yet standard ERCP is not possible because of surgically altered gastroduodenal ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Boston Bowel Preparation Scale: Introduction of a Valid and Reliable Tool to the Dvamc Endoscopy Unit

Journal Article Gastroenterology · April 2017 Full text Cite

Multicenter Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of Laparoscopy-Assisted ERCP in Patients with Rouxen-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB)

Conference American Journal of Gastroenterology · October 2016 Full text Cite

The Diagnostic Yield of Repeated Endoscopic Evaluation in Patients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Journal Article Dig Dis Sci · June 2016 INTRODUCTION: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common in patients with advanced heart failure. GI bleeding (GIB) occurs in 20-30 % of these patients and can arise anywhere in the GI tract. Given the high rates of GIB in this populat ... Full text Link to item Cite

SCREENING FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN VETERAN POPULATION HAS NEGLIGIBLE IMPACT ON MORTALITY WHEN CIRRHOSIS DIAGNOSIS AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION RATES ARE LOW

Conference JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE · March 1, 2012 Link to item Cite