Thormika Keo, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
The Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
3900 Woodland Avenue
4th Floor, GI Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3900 Woodland Avenue
4th Floor, GI Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-823-5800 ext 204358
Email:
thormika.keo@va.gov
thormika.keo@va.gov
Education:
BS (Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry)
University of California Los Angeles, 1999.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2008.
Permanent linkBS (Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry)
University of California Los Angeles, 1999.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2008.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Anorectal physiology and disordersSelected Publications
Hsieh A, Hsiehchen D, Layne S, Ginsberg GG, Keo T.: Trends and clinical features of intentional and accidental adult foreign body ingestions in the United States, 2000 to 2017. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 91(2): 350-357, Feb 2020.Shuja A, Winston DM, Rahman AU, Mitty RD, Jaber BL, Keo T.: Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events. Gastroenterology Reports (Oxf) 5(1): 43-46, Feb 2017.
Keo T, Leung J, Weinstock JV: Helminth infections Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology, 6th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Chapter 122 2015.
Shuja A, Mitty R, Keo, T: Burden of IBD on emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalization in the United States 2009-2010. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL 2014 Notes: Poster presentation.
Keo T, Iovine N, Collins J, Kunwar P, Blaser MJ: Campylobacter jejuni capsule and lipooligosaccharide confers resistance to serum complement and cationic antimicrobial peptides. Virulence 2(1): 30-40, Jan 2011.
Keo T, Cheung RC: Identification of a Network of Coevolving Amino Acids in the PKR-Binding Domain of NS5A After Treatment With Interferon Plus Ribavirin in Humans. Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL 2011 Notes: Poster presentation.
Keo T, Liedtke M: One rash giving rise to another rash- what a Sweet surprise! American College of Physicians Northern California Regional Meeting, Sacramento, CA 2009 Notes: Poster presentation.
Keo T, Martiniuk F, Cabrera A, Rom W, Levis WR: Molecular origin of leprosy from an endemic case in New York. Clinical Infectious Disease 46(6): 899-901, Mar 2008.
Krause-Gruszczynska M, Rohde M, Hartig R, Schmidt G, Miller W, Keo T, Blaser M, König W, Backert S: Role of the small rho GTPases Rac1 and Cdc42 in epithelial cell invasion of Campylobacter jejuni. Cellular Microbiology 9 (10): 2431-44, May 2007.
Keo T, Kunwar P, Blaser MJ: The role of capsule and lipooligosaccharide in Campylobacter jejuni evasion of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Gordon Conference, Santa Barbara, CA 2005 Notes: Poster presentation.