Thormika Keo, MD, PhD

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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
Office: 215-823-5800 ext 204358
Education:
BS (Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry)
University of California Los Angeles, 1999.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 2008.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Anorectal physiology and disorders

Selected 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.

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