Farzana Rashid Hossain, MBChB

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Faculty for the Urogynecology Fellowship, Urogynecology Division, The University of Pennsylvania
Director of Penn Women's GI Health Program , Penn Medicine
Founder, Penn Women's Fully Integrated Rectovaginal Symptom Team (FIRST) Clinic
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Pennsylvania Hospital
Farm Journal Building, 4th Floor
230 W Washington Square
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 215-829-3561
Fax: 215-829-3020
Education:
MBChB
The University of Sheffield School of Medicine, UK, 2001.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Women's GI Health. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis). Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Motility disorders. Constipation, pelvic floor dysfunction, fecal incontinence. Transitional Care for adolescents to adulthood.

Selected Publications

Sehgal, et al: IMPACT OF GLP1 AGONISTS ON INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. DDW Poster 2024.

Sehgal, P et al. : SAFETY AND CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF GLP1 AGONISTS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS. DDW - oral presentation 2024.

Unmesha Roy Paladhi 1 2, Ali H Harb 1, Scott G Daniel 3, Ghadeer K Dawwas 1, Erin M Schnellinger 1, Colin Wollack 4, Faten N Aberra 5, Meenakshi Bewtra 1 5, Jesse A Green 5, Jan-Michael A Klaproth 5, Gary R Lichtenstein 5, Akriti Saxena 5, Shivali Berera 5, Anna Buchner 5, Shivan J Mehta 5, Mark T Osterman 5, Farzana Rashid 5, Vesselin Tomov 5, Freddy Caldera 6, Saha Sumona 6, Uma Mahadevan 7, Abhik Roy 8, Lisa Nessel 1, Gary D Wu 5, Kyle Bittinger 3, James D Lewis 1 5: The Impact of Introducing Patient Reported IBD symptoms via Electronic Survey on Clinic Visit Length, Patient and Provider Satisfaction and the Environment Microbiome. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 27(5): 746-750, April 2021.

Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD, Yasmin Halwani, MD, Sandra de Montbrun, MD, Puja M.Shah, MD, TraciL.Hedrick, MD, Farzana Rashid, MD, David A.Schwartz, MD, Robin L.Dalal, MD, Jan P.Kamiński, MD, Karen Zaghiyan, MD, Phillip R.Fleshner, MD, Jason M. Weissler, MD, John P. Fischer, MD,: Current management of perianal Crohn’s disease. Current Problems in Surgery. Elsevier, 54(5): 262–298 May 2017 Notes: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/j.cpsurg.2017.02.003 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011384016301411?via%3Dihub.

Farzana Rashid Hossain: Womenomics: Gender Diversity on the Board for Philadelphia's Economic Growth. Philadelphia Business Journal 2017 Notes: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2017/03/28/mentoring-mondayhow-gender-diversity-in-the.html.

Farzana Rashid and Gary Lichtenstein: New Non-Anti-TNFa Biological Therapies for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease 3rd Edition. Peter Mamula, Andrew B Grossman, Robert N Baldassano, Judith R Kelsen, Jonathan E Markowitz (eds.). Springer, Page: 425-450, 2017 Notes: Chapter in Textbook DOI10.1007/978-3-319-49215-5 Hardcover ISBN978-3-319-49213-1 eBook ISBN978-3-319-49215-5.

Co-author with Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD, MHS and Laura Uwakwe, MD: Obesity in Women - The Clinical Impact on Gastrointestinal and Reproductive Health and Disease Management. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America - Women's Health in Gastroenterology. Laurel R Fisher (eds.). Elsevier, 45: 317-331, June 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2016.02.008 PMID 27261901.

Rashid, Farzana and Lichtenstein, Gary.: Chapter in Book: Novel Treatments in Ulcerative Colitis Medical Therapy of Ulcerative Colitis. Gary R. Lichtenstein (eds.). Springer-Verlag New York,(1), 191-207, 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1677-1 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1677-1.

http://www.chop.edu/service/gastroenterology-hepatology-and-nutrition/transition/: CHOP-Penn Transition Education Video. \{http://www.chop.edu/service/gastroenterology-hepatology-and-nutrition/transition/} 2011.

Rashid F, Bechtold M, Puli S, Bragg J. : Utility of IBD serology tests: Experience at a Midwest Academic Center. Am J Gastroenterol. 104(S3): S465, 2009 Notes: ACG Poster Presentation.

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Last updated: 03/06/2024
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