Dr. Willis Parsons, MD

Gender

Male

Field of Medicine

• Gastroenterology

Specialty

• Gastroenterology

Clinical Interests

• Ablation of Barretts Esophogus
• Advanced Endoscopic Procedures
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Colon Screening & Polypectomy
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• ERCP
• Gallbladder Disease
• Pancreatic Disease

Practice Information

Name

Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy - Dr Willis Parsons MD

Web Site

http://nch.org

http://www.therapeuticendoscopy.org/

Accepts Children Under 10

Accepts Children 10 and Over

Education and Training

Medical School

Vanderbilt Medical School

Internship

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Residency

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Fellowship

Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital (See Additional Information below).

1994 - 1995

Interventional Gastroenterology Fellow, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

1994 - 1995

Chief Medical Resident, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

1991 - 1994

Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

1990 - 1991

Intern and Resident in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

1985 - 1989

M.D.,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Board Certifications

• Gastroenterology

Hospital Affiliations

• Northwest Community Hospital
  Children's Memorial Hospital

Professional Experience

2007 - Current

Medical Director, Gastroenterology Center at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL

2001 - 2007

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School - Chicago, IL

1995 - 2001

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School - Chicago, IL

Professional Honors

• 2001 Best Doctors in America
  
  1994 ASGE/Olympus Advanced Endoscopic Training Scholarship
  
  Albert Weinstein Prize in Medicine, Vanderbilt University
  
  Co-winner, Vanderbilt Medical Center Research Forum Award
  
  1983   B.A., cum laude, Biology, Amherst College
  

Professional Societies and Committees

Memberships

• American College of Gastroenterology, 1992-present
  
  American Society for Gastrointestional Endoscopy, 1995-present
  
  Chicago Society of Gastroenterology, 1996-2004
  
  Midwest Pancreaticobiliary Group, 1996-present

Selected Publications

• Endoscopic pancreatic sphincterotomy: Indications, outcome, and a safe stentless technique. Gastrointest Endosc 1998
  
  Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endobiliary stenting for the treatment of a bile leak in a child. J Ped Gastroenterol Nutrition 1999
  
  Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a patient with ampullary carcinoma and situs inversus. Surgery 2001
  
  Failed primary management of iatrogenic biliary injury: Incidence and significance of concomitant hepatic arterial disruption. Surgery 2001
  
  Endoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocysts. In: Jacobson IM, ed. ERCP – Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications, Second Edition. Lippincott-Raven, Philadeophia, 1998
  
  Endoscopic management of malignant biliary obstruction. In: Talamonti M, ed. Liver-directed therapies for primary and secondary liver tumors. Kluwer Academic Medical Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2001
  
  Palliation of patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction with the enteral Wallstent: outcomes from a multicenter study. Gastrointest Endosc 2004
  
  Incidence of benign inflammatory disease in patients undergoing Whipple procedure for clinically suspected pancreatic carcinoma: A single institution experience. Am J Surg 2006
  
  Comparative performance of uncoated self-expanding metal biliary stents (SEMS) of different designs in two diameters: final results of an international multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT). Gastrointest Endosc 2009

Additional Information

• Additional Fellowships:
  
  Interventional Gastroenterology Fellow, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
  
  Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA