Clinical Focus

• Gastroenterology
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Pancreatic Cyst
• Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Professional Education

Current Research Interests

Dr. Park's research interests are in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cysts, acute and chronic pancreatitis. His approach incorporates methods in health services research including the use of observational datasets, cost-effectiveness studies, and the development of clinical cohorts.

Publications

• Adult intestinal malrotation: when things turn the wrong way. Palmer OP, Rhee HH, Park WG, Visser BC. Dig Dis Sci. 2012; 57 (2): 284-7
• Diagnostic accuracy of cyst fluid amphiregulin in pancreatic cysts. Tun MT, Pai RK, Kwok S, Dong A, Gupta A, Visser BC, Norton JA, Poultsides GA, Banerjee S, Van Dam J, Chen AM, Friedland S, Scott BA, Verma R, Lowe AW, Park WG. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012; 12 (1): 15
• Endoscopic mucosal resection with an over-the-counter hyaluronate preparation. Friedland S, Kothari S, Chen A, Park W, Banerjee S. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012
• Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Radiographic Calcifications Correlate with Grade and Metastasis. Poultsides GA, Huang LC, Chen Y, Visser BC, Pai RK, Brooke Jeffrey R, Park WG, Chen AM, Kunz PL, Fisher GA, Norton JA. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012
• Colloid carcinoma of the pancreas. Plerhoples TA, Ahdoot M, DiMaio MA, Pai RK, Park WG, Poultsides GA. Dig Dis Sci. 2011; 56 (5): 1295-8