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Provider/NP Biographies
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Honors:
- 2006
President-Elect, Medical Staff, Metrowest Medical Center
- 2000 - 2004
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Deaconess-Waltham Hospital
- 2000 - 2001
President, Medical Staff, Deaconess-Waltham Hospital
- 1998 - 1999
Chairman, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, Deaconess-Waltham Hospital
- 1995
Letter of Commendation, Senator Edward M. Kennedy
- 1989
Distinction for Research in Gastroenterology Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 1983
Academic Honor Society, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
- 1982 - 1985
Dean’s List, Cornell University
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Committees:
- Metrowest Medical Center, Board of Trustees (2006-)
- American Liver Foundation, NE Chapter, Medical Advisory Committee (2002-)
- Waltham Hospital Board of Trustees (2002-2004)
- Deaconess-Waltham Hospital Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees (1998-2001)
- Deaconess-Waltham Hospital Executive Committee of the Medical Staff (1996-2001)
- Massachusetts Medical Society, Committee on Ethics and Discipline (1997-1999)
- Deaconess-Waltham Hospital Bylaws Committee (1996-1998)
- Deaconess-Waltham Hospital Ambulatory Care Committee (1995-2004)
- Deaconess-Waltham Hospital Quality Improvement Committee (1995-1997)
- New England Medical Center Ethics Committee (1991-1994)
- New England Medical Center Information Services Committee (1990-1991)
- New England Medical Center Housestaff Steering Committee (1989-1992)
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Hospital Appointments:
- 2008
Provisional Staff — Marlborough Hospital
Marlborough, MA
- 1993
Staff, Melrose — Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, Massachusetts, Inactive, 1994
- 1993
Staff, Malden Hospital, Malden, Massachusetts - Inactive, 1995
- 1994
Staff, Deaconess-Waltham Hospital – Active until Hospital Closure 2004
- 1994
Staff, Newton-Wellesley Hospital - Courtesy
- 2001
Staff, Metrowest Medical Center - Active
- 2002
Staff, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Consulting
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Past Research:
- High pressure liquid chromatography in the purification of parathyroid hormone for use as a rapid assay
- Electron microscopy in the evaluation of trabecular bone ultrastructure in calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D deficiency states
- Duplex ultrasonography in the evaluation of the superior mesenteric artery in health and disease
- Radionuclide scintigraphy in the evaluation of colonic motility
- “Fialuridine (FIAU): pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic dosing regimen study in patients with compensated chronic hepatitis B”
- The role of the polymerase chain reaction and the branch chain nucleic acid assay in evaluating the course of hepatitis C infection in selected patient populations
- “A multi-center, randomized, open label, dose response study evaluating the safety and efficacy of four doses of Alferon N (Interferon alfa-n3) injection in patients with chronic hepatitis C previously untreated with recombinant interferon alpha”
- “A multi-center, randomized, open label, dose response study evaluating the safety and efficacy of three doses of Alferon N (Interferon alfa-n3) injection in patients with chronic hepatitis C refractory to treatment with a single course of recombinant interferon alfa 2b”
- “A multi-center, randomized, open label, dose response study evaluating the safety and efficacy of four doses of Alferon N (Interferon alfa-n3) injection in patients with chronic hepatitis C refractory to treatment with a single course of recombinant interferon alfa 2b due to relapse following treatment response”
- “A study to evaluate the effects of Lansoprazole 15 mg and 30 mg versus omeprazole 20 mg qd and placebo on acute erosive esophagitis”
- “An open-label, randomized, multicenter, comparison of the efficacy and safety of twenty-four and forty-eight weeks of a de-escalating regimen of Roferon-A (interferon alpha-2a, recombinant/Roche) in the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C (equivalence study)”
- “A prospective double-blind trial of low dose oral pulse methotrexate versus colchicine in primary biliary cirrhosis”
- “The natural history of liver dysfunction among profoundly malnourished patients in an inpatient Eating Disorders Unit”
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Publications:
- Dickstein, G. The neurobiology of dreams. The Einstein Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Biology. 6:75-9 (1988).
- Brandt, L.J., Dickstein, G. What’s New in GI Ischemic Disorders? Part I: Acute Mesenteric. Consultant. 29:107-16 (1989).
- Brandt, L.J., Dickstein, G. What’s New in GI Ischemic Disorders? Part II: Recent Developments in the Diagnosis of Colonic Ischemia and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia. Consultant. 29:109-17 (1989).
- Brandt,L.J., Dickstein, G. Inflammatory bowel disease: Specific concerns in the elderly. Geriatrics. 44:107-11 (1989).
- Dickstein, G., Boley, S.J. Severe Lower Intestinal Bleeding in the Elderly. In Najarian, J. S., Delaney, J.P., eds. Progress in Gastrointestinal Surgery. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1989:525-42.
- Dickstein, G. Operations for Crohn’s Disease: Resection and Bypass. In Brandt, L.J., Steiner-Grossman, P., eds. Treating IBD: A Patient’s Guide to the Medical and Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. New York: Raven Press, 1989:153-6.
- Dickstein, G., Boley, S.J. Vascular Lesions of the Colon. In Zuidema, G.D., et al., eds. Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, third edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1990:70-83.
- Dickstein, G., Boley, S.J. Colonic Ischemia. In Zuidema, G.D., et al., eds. Surgery of the
Alimentary Tract, third edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1990:83-94.
- Dickstein, G. The Role of Duplex Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of the Superior
Mesenteric Artery in Health and Disease. Thesis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New
York, 1989.
- Kaplan M.M., Dickstein G., Schmid C. Methotrexate (MTX) improves histology in primary
Biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Hepatology 1994; 20:152A
- Dickstein, G., Kaplan, M.M. Chronic cholestatic liver disease. Chapter 120. In Snape, W.J., Jr. ed. Consultations in Gastroenterology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1995: 864-876.
- Dickstein, G., Kaplan, M.M. Treatment of Chronic Cholestatic Liver Disease. Chapter 34 In McCallum, R.W., Friedman, G., Jacobsen, E.D., eds. Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics. New York: Raven Press, 1997:417-447.
- Kaplan, M.M., Schmid C., Provenzale D., Sharma A., Dickstein G., McKusick A.,
A prospective trial of colchicine and methotrexate in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 1999: 117:1173-1180.
- Lopez Morra, H. A., Fine, S.N., Dickstein, G., Colonic Ischemia with Laxative Use in Adults. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2005; 100:2134.
- Debes, J.D., Lopez-Morra, H., Dickstein, G., A Psoas Abcess Casued by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Due to Diverticular Perforation. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2006; 101;2168.
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