Clinical Focus

• Gastroenterology
• Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management
• Gastrointestinal cancer genetics

Professional Education

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Gastrointestinal cancer prevention and risk management. Risk stratification. Cost-effectiveness analysis. Health services research.

Clinical Trials

• Perfusion CT as a Predictor of Treatment Response in Patients with Rectal Cancer Recruiting
• Rosuvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Colon Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Recruiting

Publications

• Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management of irritable bowel syndrome in patients in a large health maintenance organization. Ladabaum U, Boyd E, Zhao WK, Mannalithara A, Sharabidze A, Singh G, Chung E, Levin TR. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012; 10 (1): 37-45
• Cost-effectiveness of screening for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. Ladabaum U, Cheng SL, Yao FY, Roberts JP. Clin Transplant. 2011 Mar-Apr; 25 (2): 283-91
• Cancer-Associated Aorto-Enteric Fistula. Singh S, Ladabaum U, Hovsepian DM, Triadafilopoulos G. Dig Dis Sci. 2011
• Economic evaluation of targeted cancer interventions: critical review and recommendations. Elkin EB, Marshall DA, Kulin NA, Ferrusi IL, Hassett MJ, Ladabaum U, Phillips KA. Genet Med. 2011; 13 (10): 853-60
• Strategies to identify the Lynch syndrome among patients with colorectal cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ladabaum U, Wang G, Terdiman J, Blanco A, Kuppermann M, Boland CR, Ford J, Elkin E, Phillips KA. Ann Intern Med. 2011; 155 (2): 69-79