Professor of Medicine, Indiana University
Gastroenterology
Dr. Douglas A. Rex, DO
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Douglas A. Rex, DO works in the field of Gastroenterology. He went to medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine is ranked 45/47 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 7 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Indianapolis Monthly", "Fellow (AGAF)", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACG)". Douglas is a published doctor. He has 94 publications published. The most current publication "Anesthetist-Directed Sedation for Colonoscopy: A Safe Haven or Siren's Song?" Douglas accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Colonoscopy surveillance after colorectal Cancer resection: recommendations of the US multi-society task force on colorectal Cancer.
- Colonoscopy Surveillance After Colorectal Cancer Resection: Recommendations of the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
- Anesthetist-Directed Sedation for Colonoscopy: A Safe Haven or Siren's Song?
- Serrated polyposis syndrome: risk stratification or reduction?
- The Regional center for complex colonoscopy: yield of neoplasia in patients with prior incomplete colonoscopy.
- Water Filling and Carbon Dioxide Insufflation: Tools for Every Colonoscopist.
- Multicenter, randomized, tandem evaluation of EndoRings colonoscopy - results of the CLEVER study.
- Management of Diminutive Colon Polyps Based on Endoluminal Imaging.
- Serrated lesions in colorectal Cancer screening: detection, resection, pathology and surveillance.
- Determining the adenoma detection rate and adenomas per colonoscopy by photography alone: proof-of-concept study.
- Findings in the distal colorectum are not associated with proximal advanced serrated lesions.
- Efficacy and safety of endoscopic resection of large colorectal polyps: a systematic review and meta-Analysis.
- Implementation of optical diagnosis for coloRectal polyps: standardization of studies is needed.
- Optimizing Adequacy of Bowel Cleansing for Colonoscopy: Recommendations From the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
- Optimizing adequacy of bowel cleansing for colonoscopy: recommendations from the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
- Editorial: Water Exchange vs. Water Immersion During Colonoscope Insertion.
- Guidelines on Genetic Evaluation and Management of Lynch Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
- Guidelines on Genetic Evaluation and Management of Lynch Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer.
- Sessile serrated polyp prevalence determined by a colonoscopist with a high lesion detection rate and an experienced pathologist.
- Intraprocedural cleansing work during colonoscopy and achievable rates of adequate preparation in an open-access endoscopy unit.
- A comparison of oral sulfate solution with sodium picosulfate: magnesium citrate in split doses as bowel preparation for colonoscopy.
- A randomized, controlled trial of oral sulfate solution plus polyethylene glycol as a bowel preparation for colonoscopy.
- Radiation Exposure in Gastroenterology: Improving Patient and Staff Protection.
- Risk of advanced lesions at first follow-up colonoscopy in high-risk groups as defined by the United Kingdom post-polypectomy surveillance guideline: data from a singl...
- Optimal bowel preparation-a practical guide for clinicians.
- New colonoscope technology: impact on image capture and quality and on confidence and accuracy of endoscopy-based polyp discrimination.
- Standard forward-viewing colonoscopy versus full-spectrum endoscopy: an international, multicentre, randomised, tandem colonoscopy trial.
- Endoscopic Detection of Proximal Serrated Lesions and Pathologic Identification of Sessile Serrated Adenomas/Polyps Vary, Based on Center.
- Improving measurement of the adenoma detection rate and adenoma per colonoscopy quality metric: the Indiana University experience.
- Rapid intraluminal growth of a colorectal Cancer observed by endoscopy.
- Bowel preparation for colonoscopy: entering an era of increased expectations for efficacy.
- Real-time endoscopic pathology assessment of coloRectal polyps.
- Treatment of Esophageal leaks, fistulae, and perforations with temporary stents: evaluation of efficacy, adverse events, and factors associated with successful outcomes.
- Variable interpretation of polyp size by using open forceps by experienced colonoscopists.
- Colonoscopy.
- Optimal withdrawal and examination in colonoscopy.
- Agreement in interpreting villous elements and dysplasia in adenomas less than one centimetre in size.
- A low-residue diet improved patient satisfaction with split-dose oral sulfate solution without impairing colonic preparation.
- Epithelialized omental patch masquerading as a duodenal lipoma.
- Complications following colonoscopy with anesthesia assistance: a population-based Analysis.
- Split-dose administration of a dual-action, low-volume bowel cleanser for colonoscopy: the SEE CLEAR I study.
- Potential Screening Benefit of a ColoRectal Imaging Capsule That Does Not Require Bowel Preparation.
- Elevated phospholipase A2 activities in plasma samples from multiple Cancers.
- Prophylactic clip closure reduced the risk of delayed postpolypectomy hemorrhage: experience in 277 clipped large sessile or flat coloRectal lesions and 247 control le...
- Colonoscopic splenic injury warrants more attention.
- Screening and surveillance for colorectal Cancer: state of the art.
- Reproducibility of the Villous Component and High-grade Dysplasia in ColoRectal Adenomas <1 cm: Implications for Endoscopic Surveillance.
- Retroflexion in Colonoscopy: Why? Where? When? How? What value?
- Avoiding and defending malpractice suits for post-colonoscopy Cancer; advice from an expert witness.
- Real-time optical biopsy of colon polyps with narrow band imaging in community practice does not yet meet key thresholds for clinical decisions.
- Editorial: does the use of sedation, or the level of sedation, affect detection during colonoscopy?
- Why We Should CARE About Polypectomy Technique.
- Deep sedation in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): a comparative study with dogs.
- Water immersion simplifies cecal intubation in patients with redundant colons and previous incomplete colonoscopies.
- Inspection on instrument insertion during colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial.
- Split dosing for bowel preparation.
- Back to the future of screening colonoscopy.
- Serrated Lesions of the Colorectum: Review and Recommendations From an Expert Panel.
- Leaving distal coloRectal hyperplastic polyps in place can be achieved with high accuracy by using narrow-band imaging: an observational study.
- Validation of a Simple Classification System for Endoscopic Diagnosis of Small ColoRectal Polyps Using Narrow-Band Imaging.
- Failure to recognize serrated polyposis syndrome in a cohort with large sessile coloRectal polyps.
- Risks and potential cost savings of not sending diminutive polyps for histologic examination.
- Looking over your shoulder during colonoscopy: potential roles for videorecording colonoscopy withdrawals.
- High colonoscopic prevalence of proximal colon serrated polyps in average-risk men and women.
- Primary prevention of colorectal Cancer with low-dose aspirin in combination with endoscopy: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Evolving techniques in colonoscopy.
- Development of distal rectal Cancer 5 years after a normal photograph of the distal rectum.
- Miss rate of right-sided colon examination during colonoscopy defined by retroflexion: an observational study.
- Antibiotics before endoscopy in patients with prosthetic joints.
- Response to feldman.
- High Cecal Intubation Rates With a New Computer-Assisted Colonoscope: A Feasibility Study.
- The American Society for GastroIntestinal Endoscopy PIVI (Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations) on real-time endoscopic assessment of the ...
- Improving detection during colonoscopy: multiple pathways for investigation.
- Colonoscopy and diminutive polyps: hot or cold biopsy or snare? Do I send to pathology?
- Prevalence and variable detection of proximal colon serrated polyps during screening colonoscopy.
- Can we fix colonoscopy?...Yes!
- Editorial: Detection targets for colonoscopy: from variable detection to validation.
- The impact of videorecording on the quality of colonoscopy performance: a pilot study.
- Sedation and polyp detection.
- Cap-fitted colonoscopy: a randomized, tandem colonoscopy study of adenoma miss rates.
- A resect and discard strategy would improve cost-effectiveness of colorectal Cancer screening.
- Efficacy and effectiveness of colonoscopy: how do we bridge the gap?
- Split-dose bowel preparation for colonoscopy and residual gastric fluid volume: an observational study.
- Improving colonoscopy quality through health-care payment reform.
- Differentiating adenomas from hyperplastic coloRectal polyps: narrow-band imaging can be learned in 20 minutes.
- A randomized clinical study comparing reduced-volume oral sulfate solution with standard 4-liter sulfate-free electrolyte lavage solution as preparation for colonoscopy.
- Two-step treatment of lateral-spreading Tumors.
- Willingness to undergo split-dose bowel preparation for colonoscopy and compliance with split-dose instructions.
- Relationship of non-polypoid coloRectal neoplasms to quality of colonoscopy.
- Colorectal Cancer prevention with colonoscopy: recent research and debate.
- High-definition chromocolonoscopy vs. high-definition white light colonoscopy for average-risk colorectal Cancer screening.
- Patients' description of Rectal effluent and quality of bowel preparation at colonoscopy.
- A randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study of fospropofol disodium for sedation during colonoscopy.
Schools
Pikeville College College of Osteopathic Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Biopsy of Breast
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Indianapolis Monthly
- Fellow (AGAF)
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACG)
Education
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1912185661 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | REX | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DOUGLAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 460601443 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IN | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 169.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 49.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 28.99 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1912185661 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | REX |
| First Name Of The Provider | DOUGLAS |
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