Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Thomas O. Kovacs, MD
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Thomas Kovacs practices Gastroenterology. He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACG)" and "Super Doctor". Dr. Thomas O. Kovacs is a published doctor and has 55 publications published. The lastest was: 'The economic impact of esophageal variceal hemorrhage: cost-effectiveness implications of endoscopic therapy.' Thomas Kovacs is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Comparison of 3 Risk Scores to Predict Outcomes of Severe Lower GastroIntestinal Bleeding.
- Severe upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage from linear gastric ulcers in large Hiatal hernias: a large prospective case series of Cameron ulcers.
- Long-term quality of life improvement in subjects with healed erosive Esophagitis: treatment with lansoprazole.
- Long-term efficacy of lansoprazole in preventing relapse of erosive reflux Esophagitis.
- Lansoprazole for long-term maintenance therapy of erosive Esophagitis: double-blind comparison with ranitidine.
- Somatostatin inhibits Gastric acid secretion after Gastric mucosal prostaglandin synthesis inhibition by indomethacin in man.
- [Late reinterventions after the surgical treatment of gastric and Duodenal ulcer].
- [Multiple reinterventions following vagotomy combined with pyloroplasty in Duodenal ulcer].
- Inhibition of bombesin-stimulated acid secretion by immunoneutralization of gastrin in dogs.
- Inhibition of sham feeding-stimulated acid secretion in dogs by immunoneutralization of gastrin.
- Bombesin-like peptides as regulators of Gastric function.
- Gastrin partially mediates insulin-induced acid secretion in dogs.
- Esophageal motility abnormalities in cirrhotic patients before and after endoscopic variceal treatment.
- Gastric metaplasia of the duodenum: identification by an endoscopic selective mucosal staining technique.
- Omeprazole 40 mg once a day is equally effective as lansoprazole 30 mg twice a day in symptom control of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux Disease (GERD) who are...
- The gastrin-receptor antagonist L-365,260 inhibits stimulated acid secretion in humans.
- Gastrin is a major mediator of the Gastric phase of acid secretion in dogs: proof by monoclonal antibody neutralization.
- The effect of an oral evening dose of nizatidine on nocturnal and peptone-stimulated Gastric acid and gastrin secretion.
- Endoscopic control of gastroDuodenal hemorrhage.
- Asymptomatic H. pylori infection impairs pH inhibition of gastrin and acid secretion during second hour of peptone meal stimulation.
- Lansoprazole in the treatment of heartburn in patients without erosive oEsophagitis.
- The new proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole is effective as a maintenance therapy in GERD patients with healed erosive oEsophagitis: a 6-month, randomized, double-blind...
- Comparison of the efficacy of pantoprazole vs. nizatidine in the treatment of erosive oEsophagitis: a randomized, active-controlled, double-blind study.
- Comparing lansoprazole and omeprazole in onset of heartburn relief: results of a randomized, controlled trial in erosive Esophagitis patients.
- An ascending single-dose safety and tolerance study of an oral formulation of rabeprazole (E3810).
- Regulation of gastric acid secretion by gastrin in Duodenal ulcer patients and healthy subjects.
- Cholecystokinin receptor antagonist MK-329 blocks Intestinal fat-induced inhibition of meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion.
- An economic analysis of patients with active arterial peptic Ulcer hemorrhage treated with endoscopic heater probe, injection sclerosis, or surgery in a prospective, r...
- The economic impact of Esophageal variceal hemorrhage: cost-effectiveness implications of endoscopic therapy.
- Clinical and economic outcomes of individuals with severe peptic Ulcer hemorrhage and nonbleeding visible vessel: an analysis of two prospective clinical trials.
- Endoscopic treatment of acute Esophageal variceal bleeding.
- Octreotide decreases canine Gastric mucosal blood flow: a controlled assessment by endoscopic reflectance spectrophotometry.
- A comparison of 10 and 14 days of lansoprazole triple therapy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori.
- Intravenous and oral lansoprazole are equivalent in suppressing stimulated acid output in patient volunteers with erosive oEsophagitis.
- Changes of gastric histology in patients with erosive oEsophagitis receiving long-term lansoprazole maintenance therapy.
- The clinical safety of long-term lansoprazole for the maintenance of healed erosive oEsophagitis.
- Rabeprazole is superior to omeprazole for the inhibition of peptone meal-stimulated Gastric acid secretion in Helicobacter pylori-negative subjects.
- Severe upper gastroIntestinal tumor bleeding: endoscopic findings, treatment, and outcome.
- A controlled study of ranitidine for the prevention of recurrent hemorrhage from Duodenal ulcer.
- Endoscopic treatment outcomes in watermelon stomach patients with and without portal hypertension.
- Double-blind comparison of lansoprazole 15 mg, lansoprazole 30 mg and placebo as maintenance therapy in patients with healed Duodenal ulcers resistant to H2-receptor a...
- Rabeprazole produces rapid, potent, and long-acting inhibition of Gastric acid secretion in subjects with Helicobacter pylori infection.
- Double-blind comparison of lansoprazole 15 mg, lansoprazole 30 mg, and placebo in the maintenance of healed gastric Ulcer.
- Major stigmata of recent hemorrhage on rectal Ulcers in patients with severe hematochezia: Endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
- Recent advances in the endoscopic diagnosis and therapy of upper gastroIntestinal, small Intestinal, and colonic bleeding.
- Randomized trial of medical or endoscopic therapy to prevent recurrent Ulcer hemorrhage in patients with adherent clots.
- Lansoprazole in the treatment of functional dyspepsia: two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials.
- Management of upper gastroIntestinal bleeding.
- The short-term medical management of non-variceal upper gastroIntestinal bleeding.
- Endoscopic treatment of Ulcer bleeding.
- Capsule Endoscopy Is Not as Accurate as Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Screening Cirrhotic Patients for Varices.
- Endoscopic therapy for severe Ulcer bleeding.
- Ischemic colitis as a cause of severe hematochezia: risk factors and outcomes compared with other colon diagnoses.
- Gastric acid inhibition in the treatment of peptic Ulcer hemorrhage.
Schools
McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Royal Victoria Hospital
McGill University
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACG)
- Super Doctor
Education
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McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1912926379 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | KOVACS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THOMAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 90095 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 219.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1912926379 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | KOVACS |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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