Division Faculty

Claudio Tombazzi, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Endoscopy, VA Medical Center Memphis
Biliary Endoscopy and EUS

Medical School:

University of Carabobo Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, 1986

Residency:

University of Carabobo, Venezuela

Fellowship:

Gastroenterology, Central University of Venezuela in Caracas

Hepatology, University of Tennessee, Memphis

Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Georgetown University,Washington, DC

Clinical Interests: Clinical gastroenterology, advanced endoscopy, and EUS.

Research Interests: Clinical research in gastroenterology.

Selected Publications:

1. Tombazzi, C. 1997. Iatrogenic lesions in the biliary tree. GEN 51:28-35.

2. Tombazzi CR, Riely CA. 2001. Liver disease in cystic fibrosis. Rev Med Chil. 129(9):1071-8.

3. Kizilisik AT, Shokouh-Amiri MH, Tombazzi CR, Desmukh S, Grewal HP, Vera SR, Gaber AO. 2001. Psychiatric complications after liver transplantation. Transplant Proc. 33(7-8): 3697.

4. Berroteran A, Perrone M, Correnti M, Cavazza ME, Tombazzi C, Goncalvez R, Lecuna V. 2002. Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in the oral cavity and gastroduodenal system of a Venezuelan population. J Med Microbiol. 51(9): 764-70.

5. Tombazzi C, Marino G, Yong J, Vallejo V, Reddy K. Malignant esophageal pericardial fistula presenting as cardiac tamponade. Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Jul;51(7):1290-3.

6. Tombazzi CR, Waters B, Shokouh-Amiri MH, Vera SR, Riely CA. Neuropsychiatric complications after liver transplantation: role of immunosuppression and hepatitis C.
Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Jun;51(6):1079-81.

7. Sachdev MS, Tombazzi CR. Tumor markers: an important adjunct to clinical practice.
South Med J. 2006 Feb;99(2):107.

8. Mastromatteo P, Correnti M, Cavazza ME, Perrone M, Tombazzi C, Lecuna V. Evaluation of K-ras 12 oncogene mutations in Venezuelan patients with Helicobacter pylori infection Invest Clin. 2005 Dec;46(4):337-45.

9. Allan K, Barriga J, Afshani M, Davila R, Tombazzi C. Emphysematous gastritis.
Am J Med Sci. 2005 Apr;329(4):205-7.

10. Ruiz R, Candia P, Garassini M, Tombazzi C, Certad G, Bruces AC, Noya O, Alarcon de Noya B. Schistosomiasis mansoni in low transmission areas: abdominal ultrasound.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2002;97 Suppl 1:153-9.

Book Chapters:

Davila R , Tombazzi CR. Kernicterus. In Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology (L Johnson, M Feldman, eds.) (2003) Academic Press. (In Press)

Davila R , Tombazzi CR. Pregnancy and Gastrointestinal Disease. In Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology (L Johnson, M Feldman, eds.) (2003) Academic Press. (In Press)