Brian Sullivan | Scholars@Duke

Brian Sullivan
Assistant Professor of Medicine

I am a Physician Scientist in Gastroenterology, with a research focus in optimizing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and surveillance recommendations. This includes evaluating current and evolving CRC screening strategies and identifying people at high risk for underlying hereditary/genetic CRC syndromes.

Current Research Interests

My research goal is to develop risk stratification tools based on a cluster of demographic, clinical, and genomic risk factors which could better discern between people who would, and would not, benefit from intensive CRC screening and surveillance.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medicine 2021
Member of the duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2021

Contact Information

brian.a.sullivan@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship, Gastroenterology And Hepatology, Duke University 2016 - 2019
- Residency, Medicine, Duke University 2013 - 2016
- M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine 2013
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medicine 2020
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medicine 2019 - 2020
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Post-colonoscopy Risk Stratification Based on Germline and Somatic Genetic Factors awarded by American Gastroenterological Association 2021 - 2024
- Cologuard Impact in Clinical Practice: A Real-world Evidence Survey awarded by Exact Sciences Corporation 2020 - 2022
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Sullivan, Brian A., Thomas S. Redding, Xuejun Qin, Ziad F. Gellad, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Meghan C. O’Leary, Christina D. Williams, et al. “Ten or More Cumulative Lifetime Adenomas Are Associated with Increased Risk for Advanced Neoplasia and Colorectal Cancer.” Dig Dis Sci 67, no. 6 (June 2022): 2526–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-07069-0.
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  - Sullivan, Brian A., Michael Noujaim, and Jatin Roper. “Cause, Epidemiology, and Histology of Polyps and Pathways to Colorectal Cancer.” Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 32, no. 2 (April 2022): 177–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giec.2021.12.001.
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  - Sullivan, Brian A., Xuejun Qin, Cameron Miller, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Thomas S. Redding, Ziad F. Gellad, Ashton N. Madison, et al. “Screening Colonoscopy Findings Are Associated With Noncolorectal Cancer Mortality.” Clin Transl Gastroenterol 13, no. 4 (April 1, 2022): e00479. https://doi.org/10.14309/ctg.0000000000000479.
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  - Hong, Julian C., Elizabeth R. Hauser, Thomas S. Redding, Kellie J. Sims, Ziad F. Gellad, Meghan C. O’Leary, Terry Hyslop, et al. “Characterizing chronological accumulation of comorbidities in healthy veterans: a computational approach.” Sci Rep 11, no. 1 (April 14, 2021): 8104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85546-2.
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  - Horton, Anthony, Shai Posner, Brian Sullivan, Jennifer Cornejo, Andrea Davis, Monika Fields, Thasha McIntosh, et al. “Esophageal contractile segment impedance from high-resolution impedance manometry correlates with mean nocturnal baseline impedance and acid exposure time from 24-hour pH-impedance monitoring.” Dis Esophagus 33, no. 12 (December 7, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doaa063.
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  - Horton, Anthony, Brian Sullivan, Katie Charles, Thasha McIntosh, Andrea Davis, Ziad Gellad, Rahul Shimpi, C Prakash Gyawali, and Amit Patel. “Esophageal Baseline Impedance From High-resolution Impedance Manometry Correlates With Mean Nocturnal Baseline Impedance From pH-impedance Monitoring.” J Neurogastroenterol Motil 26, no. 4 (September 30, 2020): 455–62. https://doi.org/10.5056/jnm19142.
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  - Sullivan, Brian A., Thomas S. Redding, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Ziad F. Gellad, Xuejun Qin, Samir Gupta, Douglas J. Robertson, et al. “High-Risk Adenomas at Screening Colonoscopy Remain Predictive of Future High-Risk Adenomas Despite an Intervening Negative Colonoscopy.” Am J Gastroenterol 115, no. 8 (August 2020): 1275–82. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000677.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, Cecelia Zhang, Kara Wegermann, Tzu-Hao Lee, and David A. Leiman. “Standardizing inpatient colonoscopy preparations improves quality and provider satisfaction.” Int J Health Care Qual Assur ahead-of-print, no. ahead-of-print (March 9, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-11-2019-0186.
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  - Lieberman, David, Brian A. Sullivan, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Xuejun Qin, Laura W. Musselwhite, Meghan C. O’Leary, Thomas S. Redding, et al. “Baseline Colonoscopy Findings Associated With 10-Year Outcomes in a Screening Cohort Undergoing Colonoscopy Surveillance.” Gastroenterology 158, no. 4 (March 2020): 862-874.e8. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.07.052.
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  - Regan, Jessica A., Bryan Golubski, Elizabeth B. Gilbert, Brian Sullivan, Shannon J. McCall, and Suchita S. Sata. “Glycogenic Hepatopathy Causing Elevated Lactic Acid and Liver Enzymes.” Am J Med 133, no. 2 (February 2020): 191–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.07.018.
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  - Musselwhite, Laura W., Thomas S. Redding, Kellie J. Sims, Meghan C. O’Leary, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Terry Hyslop, Ziad F. Gellad, Brian A. Sullivan, David Lieberman, and Dawn Provenzale. “Advanced neoplasia in Veterans at screening colonoscopy using the National Cancer Institute Risk Assessment Tool.” Bmc Cancer 19, no. 1 (November 12, 2019): 1097. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6204-1.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, and Jatin Roper. “Single Dose Aspirin before Fecal Immunochemical Testing Does Not Increase Sensitivity for Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia.” Gastroenterology 157, no. 4 (October 2019): 1158–59. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.08.002.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, Jonathan Glaab, Rajan T. Gupta, Richard Wood, and David A. Leiman. “Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctocolitis mimicking rectal lymphoma.” Radiol Case Rep 13, no. 6 (December 2018): 1119–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.08.015.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, David Ming, Joel C. Boggan, Ryan D. Schulteis, Samantha Thomas, Josh Choi, and Jonathan Bae. “An evaluation of physician predictions of discharge on a general medicine service.” J Hosp Med 10, no. 12 (December 2015): 808–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2439.
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- Conference Papers
  - Sullivan, Brian A., Xuejun Qin, Thomas S. Redding, Ziad F. Gellad, Anjanette Stone, David Weiss, Ashton N. Madison, et al. “Genetic Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma Risk Variants Are Associated with Increasing Cumulative Adenoma Counts.” In Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 29:2269–76, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0465.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers