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Michael Karasik, M.D.

Gastroenterologist

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Undergraduate Education

  • Tufts University 1982 B.S.

Medical School

  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1986 M.D.

Internships/Residencies

  • Northwestern University Medical Center Internal Medicine 1986-1989

Fellowships

  • Boston University Medical Center Gastroenterology 1989-1991

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine 1989
  • Gastroenterology 1991, Recertified 2003 thru 2013

Faculty Appointments

  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine

Areas of Interest

  • Pancreatic and Biliary Disease
  • Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound – Diagnostic and Therapeutic
  • Interventional ERCP
  • Gastrointestinal Malignancies
  • Advanced Therapeutic ERCP
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Pancreatobiliary Disease
  • Endoscopic (minimally invasive) Removal of Early Esophageal and Gastric Cancer
  • ERCP-Diagnostic & Therapeutic Placement of Stents
  • Screenings

Principal Investigator

  • PANC Protocols (Prospective Analysis of Neoplastic Cysts of the Pancreas)