• Selected Publications

• Irfan Amir Kazi, M. Azfar Siddiqui, Nanda Deepa Thimmappa, Amr Abdelaziz, Ayman H. Gaballah, Ryan Davis, Eric Kimchi, Ghassan Hammoud, Kazi A. Syed, Ayesha Nasrullah. Post‑operative complications of cholecystectomy: what the radiologist needs to know. Abdominal Radiology (NY) 2024 Jun 28. Abdom Radiol doi: 10.1007/s00261-024-04387-5. PMID: 38940909
• Aloysius M, Goyal H, Nikumbh T, Shah NJ, Hammoud GM, Mutha P, Joseph-Talreja M, John S, Aswath G, Wadhwa V, Thosani N.Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-related early perforations: A study of effects of procedure duration, complexity, and endoscopist experience. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2023 Nov 16;15(11):641-648. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v15.i11.641. PMID: 38073762
• Ali AH, Nallapeta NS, Yousaf MN, Petroski GF, Sharma N, Rao DS, Yin F, Davis RM, Bhat A, Swi AIA, Al-Juboori A, Ibdah JA, Hammoud GM. EUS-guided versus percutaneous liver biopsy: A prospective randomized clinical trial. Endosc Ultrasound. 2023 May-Jun;12(3):334-341. doi: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000010. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37693114
• Malik A, Yousaf MN, Hammoud GM. The safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided portal pressure gradient measurement with concomitant endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: a systematic review. Frontiers in Gastroenterology 2023 Nov 17;2;1209539. DOI: 10.3389/fgstr.2023.1209539 URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgstr.2023.1209539/full
• Ali, AH., Al Juboori, A., Petroski, GF., Diaz-Arias, AA., Syed-Abdul, MM., Wheeler, AA., Ganga, RR., Pitt, JB., Spencer, NM., Hammoud, G.M., Rector, RS., Parks, EJ., Ibdah, JA. The Utility and Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography in Adults with Morbid Obesity: A Prospective Study. J Clin Med. 2022 Feb 23:11(5):1201
• Takamaru H., Saito Y., Hammoud G.M., Mizuguchi Y., Cho H., Sekiguchi M., Yamada M., Sakamoto T., Matsuda T. Comparison of postpolypectomy bleeding events between cold snare polypectomy and hot snare polypectomy for small colorectal lesions: a large-scale propensity score-matched analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 May;95(5):982-989.e6.
• Khazi, ZM., Marjara, J. Nance, M., Ghouri, Y., Hammoud, G.M., Davis, R., Bhat, A. Gastroduodenal artery embolization for peptic ulcer hemorrhage refractory to endoscopic intervention: A single-center experience. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2022 June 3;12:31.
• Moore MP., Cunningham RP., Meers GM., Johnson SA., Wheeler AA., Ganga RR., Spencer NM., Pitt JB., Diaz-Arias A., Swi AIA., Hammoud G.M., Ibdah JA., Parks EJ., Rector RS. Compromised hepatic mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and reduced markers of mitochondrial turnover in human NAFLD. Hepatology. 2022 Nov;76(5):1452-1465.
• Yousaf, M.N., Deda, X., Ali, AH., Shah, N., Hammoud, G.M. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Portal Pressure Gradient Measurement, Is It Ready for Prime Time? Medical research archives. 2022 November 28;10(11 suppl). DOI: 10.18103/mra.v10i11.3350URL:  https://esmed.org/MRA/index.php/mra/article/view/3350
• Ali AH, Petroski GF, Diaz-Arias AA, Al Juboori A, Wheeler AA, Ganga RR, Pitt JB, Spencer NM, Hammoud GM, Rector RS, Parks EJ, Ibdah JA. A Model Incorporating Serum Alkaline Phosphatase for Prediction of Liver Fibrosis in Adults with Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Clin Med. 2021 Jul 27; 10 (15). Epub 2021 July 27 PMID: 34362095 PMCID: 8347722 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10153311
• Mankoo R, Ali AH, Hammoud GM. Use of artificial intelligence in endoscopic ultrasound evaluation of pancreatic pathologies. Artificial Intelligence in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Volume 2 Number 3 June 28, 2021.
• Akin H, Kurt R, Tufan F, Swi A, Ozaras R, Tahan V, Hammoud G. Newly Reported Studies on the Increase in Gastrointestinal Symptom Prevalence withCOVID-19 Infection: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Diseases. 2020 Nov 10;8(4):41. doi: 10.3390/diseases8040041. PMID: 33182651
• Majid M. Syed-Abdul , Elizabeth J. Parks , Ayman H. Gaballah, Kimberlee Bingham,  Ghassan M. Hammoud, George Kemble, Douglas Buckley, William McCulloch, and Camila Manrique-Acevedo. Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor TVB-2640 Reduces Hepatic de Novo Lipogenesis in Males With Metabolic Abnormalities. Hepatology. 2020 Jul;72(1):103-118. doi: 10.1002/hep.31000. Epub 2020 May 7. PMID: 31630414
• Pasha SB, Swi A, Hammoud GM. Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of COVID-19 infection: Lessons for practitioners. World J Meta-Anal 2020; 8(5): 348-374.
• Naren Nallapeta, Deepthi Rao, Ahmad H. Ali, Neal Sharma, Jamal A. Ibdah, Ghassan M. Hammoud. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy; the Pathologist’s Perspective. J Exp Pathol. 2020; (1): 1-10.
• Neal Sharma, Ahmad Ali, Ghassan M. Hammoud. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy, Is It Ready for Prime Time? Arch Gastroenterol Res. 2020; (1): 47-51. https://doi.org/10.33696/Gastroenterology.1.010]
• Ali AH, Panchal S, Rao DS, Gan Y, Al-Juboori A, Samiullah S, Ibdah JA, Hammoud GM. The efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy versus percutaneous liver biopsy in patients with chronic liver disease: a retrospective single-center study. J Ultrasound. 2020 Jun;23(2):157-167. doi:10.1007/s40477-020-00436-z. Epub 2020 Mar 5. PMID: 32141043.
• Khare T, Khare S, Angdisen JJ, Zhang Q, Stuckel A, Mooney BP, Ridenhour SE, Gitan RS, Hammoud GM, Ibdah JA. Defects in long-chain 3-hydroxy acyl-CoA dehydrogenase lead to hepatocellular carcinoma: A novel etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2020 Sep 1;147(5):1461-1473. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32943. Epub 2020 Mar 16. PMID: 32115688.
• Gan Y, Hammoud G, Esebua M. A rare case of plexiform fibromyxoma in stomach: FNA diagnosis with histological correlation and differential diagnoses. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2020 Feb;44:151453. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.151453. Epub 2019 Dec 14. PMID: 31864161
• Syed-Abdul MM, Parks EJ, Gaballah AH, Bingham K, Hammoud GM, Kemble G, Buckley D, McCulloch W, Manrique CM: First-in-class fatty acid synthase inhibitor TVB-82640 reduces hepatic de novo lipogenesis in males with metabolic abnormalities. [PMID: 31630414]. Hepatology, doi: 10.1002/hep.31000, 2019
• Esebua M, Binz K, Hammoud GM. Mycobacterium Avium-Intracellulare Granulomatous Pancreatitis in HIV-Infected Patient: A Rare Case Report of EUS FNA. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 May 8. pii: S1542-3565(19)30505-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.04.073.
• Ali, Ahmad, Al-Juboori, A, Rao, D, Ibdah, J, Deepa, N, Gaballah, A, Hammoud, G. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis at the University of Missouri-Columbia-A retrospective Study. World Journal of Hepatology. Submitted 2019
• Hammoud GM, Quick J, Samiullah S, Rao D, Ibdah JA. Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a long intussuscepted appendix by use of a colonoscope. VideoGIE. 2018 Nov 23;4(1):34-36. doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.10.001
• Jalil AAA, Hammoud G, Ibdah JA, Samiullah S. Removal of Esophageal Variceal Bands to Salvage Complete Esophageal Obstruction. Clin Endosc. 2018 Sep;51(5):491-494. PMID: 30130842
• Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. “Are we getting closer to understanding intratumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma?”. Hepatobiliary Surg. Nutr. 5: 188-90, 2016. PMID: 27115014; PMCID: PMC4824738
• Nassir F., Rector R.S., Hammoud G.H., Ibdah J.A. “Pathogenesis and prevention of hepatic steatosis”. Gastroenterol. & Hepatology 11: 167-75, 2015. PMID: 27099587
• Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. “Liver Transplantation”. Greene County Medical Society Journal 72: 6-8, 2014.
• Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. “Preeclampsia-induced Liver Dysfunction, HELLP Syndrome, and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy”. Clinical Liver Disease 4: 69-73, 2014.
• Hammoud G.M., Almashhrawi A.A., Ibdah J.A. “The usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract lesions”. World J. Gastrointestinal Oncol. 6: 420-9, 2014. PMID: 25400873, PMCID: PMC4229785
• Hammoud GM, Ibdah JA. Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with portal hypertension. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Oct 21;20(39):14230-6. doi:10.3748/wjg.v20.i39.14230. PMID: 25339809.
• Hammoud G.M., Hammad H., Ibdah J.A. “Endoscopic assessment and management of early esophageal adenocarcinoma”. World J. Gastrointestinal Oncol. 15: 275-88, 2014. PMID: 25132925, PMCID: PMC4133795
• Choudhary A., Winn J., Siddique S., Arif M., Arif Z., Hammoud G.M., Puli S.R., Ibdah J.A., Bechtold M.L. “Effect of precut sphincterotomy on post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis”. World J. Gastroenterol. 20: 4093-101, 2014. PMID: 24744601, PMCID: PMC3983468
• Rahman R.N., Hammoud G.M., Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Ibdah J.A. “Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Metabolic Syndrome: an update”. World J. Gastrointestinal Onc. 5: 186-94, 2013. PMID: 24069511, PMCID: PMC3782682
• Ahmed K.T., Almashhrawi A.A., Rahman R.N., Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. “Liver disease in pregnancy: diseases unique to pregnancy”. World J. Gastroenterol. 19: 7639-46, 2013. PMID: 24282353, PMCID: PMC3837262.
• Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Rahman R.N., Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. “Liver disease in pregnancy: diseases not unique to pregnancy”. World J. Gastroenterol. 19: 7630-8, 2013. PMID: 24282352, PMCID: PMC3837261.
• Hammoud G.M., Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Rahman R.N., Ibdah J.A. “Liver disease in pregnancy: liver transplantation in pregnancy”. World J. Gastroenterol. 19: 7647-51, 2013. PMID: 24282354, PMCID: PMC3837263.
• Lyons DA, Coberly EA, Hammoud GM, Nicholl MB. Case report of pancreatic dermoid cyst: can fine needle aspiration make the diagnosis? JOP. 2013 Nov 10;14(6):653-6.
• Sathyamurthy A, Choudhary A, Ng D, Okponobi S, Diaz-Arias A, Grewal A, Hammoud GM. Obstructive jaundice due to a rare periampullary tumor. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2013 Oct 15;5(10):195-7.
• Singla, A, Hammad, H, Hammoud, GM. Uncommon Cause of Acute Drug-induced Liver Injury Following Mammoplasty Gastroenterology Research • 2010;3(4):171-172

Book Chapters

• Rahman R., Hammoud G.M., Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Ibdah J.A. Primary hepatocellular carcinoma and metabolic syndrome: An update. In: World Clinical Gastroenterology (1st ed). Ma L, Chua MS, So S (eds). 2014 (ISBN 978-0-9914430-0-0).
• Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Rahman R.N., Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. Liver diseases in pregnancy: diseases not unique to pregnancy. Liver diseases in pregnancy: diseases unique to pregnancy. In: World Clinical Gastroenterology (1st ed). Ma L, Chua MS, So S (eds). 2014 (ISBN 978-0-9914430-0-0).
• Ahmed K.T., Almashhrawi A.A., Rahman R.N., Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. Liver diseases in pregnancy: diseases unique to pregnancy. In: World Clinical Gastroenterology (1st ed). Ma L, Chua MS, So S (eds). 2014 (ISBN 978-0-9914430-0-0).
• Hammoud G.M., Almashhrawi A.A., Ahmed K.T., Rahman R., Ibdah J.A. Liver diseases in pregnancy: liver transplantation in pregnancy. In: World Clinical Gastroenterology (1st ed). Ma L, Chua MS, So S (eds). 2014 (ISBN 978-0-9914430-0-0).
• Hammoud G., Ibdah J.A. Pregnancy and Liver Transplantation. In: Ibdah, J. A. (ed). Maternal liver disease, 1st edition, 2012. Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, Texas. http://www.landesbioscience.com/curie/chapter/5360
• Bearely D., Hammoud G., Koontz G., Merrill D.C., Ibdah, J.A. Preeclamptic Liver Disease and HELLP Syndrome. In: Ibdah, J. A. (ed). Maternal liver disease, 1st edition, 2012. Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, Texas. http://www.landesbioscience.com/curie/chapter/5360
• Hammoud G., Chouldhary A., Angdisen J., Ibdah, J.A. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy. In: Ibdah, J. A. (ed). Maternal liver disease, 1st edition, 2012. Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, Texas. http://www.landesbioscience.com/curie/chapter/5360
• Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. Hepatic Diseases in Pregnancy. In Zakim & Boyer's HEPATOLOGY: A Textbook of Liver Disease (6th ed). Boyer TD,  Manns MP,  Sanyal AJ (eds). 2011 (eISBN: 978-1-4377-0881-3).
• Hammoud G.M., Ibdah J.A. Liver Disorders in Pregnancy. In: Clinical Maternal-Fetal Medicine Online (2nd ed).  Winn HN, Chervenak FA, Romero R (eds). 2011 (eISBN: 9780203347263).