Michael Schiff, MD, FACP

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Associate Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
Co-Director, Translational Endoscopy
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Profile

Areas of Expertise: 
Colon cancer and polyps
Graft vs. host disease

Research

Research Interests: 
Barrett’s esophagus
Capsule endoscopy
Colon cancer
Confocal laser endoscopy
Diagnosis and etiology of graft versus host disease
Magnification chromoendoscopy

Background Information

Education and Training: 
MD - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Residency: 
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Board Certification: 
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Fellowships: 
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Publications

Publications: 
  • Chadha KS, Chadha KS, Schiff M , Sitrin MD , Wilding GE , Nava H. Clinical outcomes of using a conservative approach of late esophageal stent placement in palliation of malignant dysphagia. Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2010; 41(3):173-178
  • Javle MM, Smith PF, Prey JD, Clark KR, LeVea C, Nava HR, Schiff MD, Vinjamaram S, O'Malley L, Wilding GE, Nwogu CE, Yang G, Pendyala L. Capecitabine, oxaliplatin and radiotherapy: a phase IB neoadjuvant study for esophageal cancer with gene expression analysis. Cancer investigation 2009; 27(2):193-200
  • Varadarajan P, Hahn T, Smiley S, Battiwalla M, Padmanabhan S, Schiff M, Syta M, Paplham P, Brown K, Thomas JA, Dunford LM, McCarthy Jr PL. Seeing what's out of sight: wireless capsule endoscopy's unique ability to visualize and accurately assess the severity of gastrointestinal graft-versus-host-disease. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation 2009; 15(5):643-648
  • Singh Chadha K, Thatikonda C, Schiff M, Nava H, Sitrin MD. Outcomes of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement using a T-fastener gastropexy device in head and neck and esophageal cancer patients. Nutrition in clinical practice 2010; 25(6):658-662
  • Hepgur M, Bullard Dunn KM, Hahn TE, Loud PA, Schiff MD, Liu H, Thomas J, Anne N, Ahluwalia MS, McCarthy PL Jr. Medical management of pneumatosis intestinalis in patients undergoing allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation. Bone marrow transplantation 2011; 46(6):876-879
  • Donthireddy KR, Ailawadhi S, Nasser E, Schiff MD, Nwogu CE, Nava HR, Javle MM. Malignant gastroparesis: pathogenesis and management of an underrecognized disorder. Journal of supportive oncology 2007; 5(8):355-363
  • Foster JM, Filocamo P, Nava H, Schiff M, Hicks W, Rigual N, Smith J, Loree T, Gibbs JF. The introducer technique is the optimal method for placing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes in head and neck cancer patients. Surgical endoscopy 2007; 21(6):897-901
  • Chadha K, Thatikonda C, Miller A, Nava H, Sitrin M, Hicks W, Rigual N, Loree T, Schiff M. Outcomes of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement using the Brown-Muller T-fastener Technique in Head, Neck and Esophageal Cancer patients. American journal of gastroenterology 2009; 104(Suppl. 3):Abstract #1351
  • Pahk A, McCarthy P, Smiley S, Nava H, Yang G, Smith J, Trump D, Battiwalla M, Andrews C, Schiff M. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy as a Diagnostic Tool and Predictor of Acute and Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease. American journal of gastroenterology 2009; 104(Suppl. 3):Abstract #1354
  • Sunga AY, Levea C, Fakih M, Reid M, Mahoney M, Smith J, Trump D, Johnson C, Schiff M. Aberrant crypt foci characterization in selected colorectal cancer risk groups. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2007; 48:397
  • Varadarajan P, Battiwalla M, Smiley S, Schiff M, Hahn T, McCarthy PL. Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is an important diagnostic and management tool of gastrointestinal (GI) acute and chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AlloHSCT) and identifies gastroparesis as a prominent complication of GI GVHD. Blood 2007; 110(11 Part 1):Abstract #2985
  • Abluwalia MS, Anne N, Smiley SL, Battiwalla M, Schiff MD, Loud PA, Hahn T, Bullard DKM, McCarthy PL. Medical management of pneumatosis intestinalis in patients undergoing allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation 2009; 15(2 Suppl. 2):312

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