JEFFREY LEWIS TOKAR
Medical Practice in Philadelphia, PA

Gastroenterology

Colonoscopy, Egd, Endoscopic Polypectomy, Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Eus, Gerd, Polyps, Sigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy-Flexible

Barrett's Esophagus, Colonoscopy, Digestive Diseases, Egd, Gastritis, Gerd, Pancreatic & Pancreatobiliary (Diseases & Disorders), Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Pancreatitis, Polyps, Sigmoidoscopy

Gastroenterology, 2004, Internal Medicine, 2000

Healthgrades Honor Roll, Clinical T1 Micropapillary Urothelial Carcinoma Presenting with a Metastasis to the Pancreas., July 2011, Spiral enteroscopy: prospective U.S. multicenter study in patients with small-bowel disorders, Sept 2010, Temporary placement of covered self-expandable metal stents in benign biliary strictures: a new paradigm?, 2008, Small Bowel Cancers Diagnosed by Device-assisted Enteroscopy at a U.S. Referral Center: A Five-Year Experience, March 2011, Double-balloon enteroscopy in the elderly: safety, findings, and diagnostic and therapeutic success, March 2010, Proteomic Analyses of Pancreatic Cyst Fluids, 2009, Complications associated with Double Balloon Enteroscopy at 9 U.S. Centers, 2009, Symptomatic cardiac toxicity is predicted by dosimetric and patient factors rather than changes in 18F-FDG PET determination of myocardial activity after chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer., July 2012, Defining venous involvement in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, Nov 2010, Use of an over-the-scope clipping device: multicenter retrospective results of the first U.S. experience (with videos)., July 2012, Fox Chase Cancer Center Web Site for Jeffrey L. Tokar, MD

English, Russian

During my gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia, I became interested in 'interventional and therapeutic endoscopy.' I completed an extra year of training to learn how to perform advanced endoscopic procedures. These years of training further enhanced my knowledge and skill set, enabling me to provide highly specialized, yet individualized, care to patients with a wide variety of complex gastrointestinal problems. Patients with cancerous or precancerous conditions often benefit from endoscopic procedures. For example, these procedures can not only help diagnose cancers, but they can help prevent or even cure certain forms of cancer (sometimes eliminating the need for patients to undergo more invasive surgical procedures).