Research Activities During the Fellowship
Christine Verdon (4/8 papers as 1st author)
No Change in Surgical and Hospitalization Trends Despite Higher Exposure to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Québec Provincial Database From 1996 to 2015. Verdon C, Reinglas J, Coulombe J, Gonczi L, Bessissow T, Afif W, Vutcovici M, Wild G, Seidman EG, Bitton A, Brassard P, Lakatos PL. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Apr 15;27(5):655-661. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa166. PMID: 32676662
Comparison of Serum Concentrations of Ustekinumab Obtained by Three Commercial Assays in Patients with Crohn’s Disease. Verdon C, Vande Casteele N, Heron V, Germain P, Afif W. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol. 2020 Mar 31;4(2):73-77. doi: 10.1093/jcag/gwaa003. eCollection 2021 Apr. PMID: 33855264 Free PMC article.
Benefits of implementing a rapid access clinic in a high-volume inflammatory bowel disease center: Access, resource utilization and outcomes. Nene S, Gonczi L, Kurti Z, Morin I, Chavez K, Verdon C, Reinglas J, Kohen R, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. World J Gastroenterol. 2020 Feb 21;26(7):759-769. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i7.759. PMID: 32116423 Free PMC article.
Management of Acute Severe Colitis in the Era of Biologicals and Small Molecules. Verdon C, Bessissow T, Lakatos PL. J Clin Med. 2019 Dec 8;8(12):2169. doi: 10.3390/jcm8122169. PMID: 31817972 Free PMC article. Review.
Low Rate of Drug Discontinuation, Frequent Need for Dose Adjustment, and No Association with Development of New Arthralgia in Patients Treated with Vedolizumab: Results from a Tertiary Referral IBD Center. Reinglas J, Gonczi L, Verdon C, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Jul;65(7):2046-2053. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05982-z. Epub 2019 Dec 7. PMID: 31813132
High Adherence to Surveillance Guidelines in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Results in Low Colorectal Cancer and Dysplasia Rates, While Rates of Dysplasia are Low Before the Suggested Onset of Surveillance. Singh K, Al Khoury A, Kurti Z, Gonczi L, Reinglas J, Verdon C, Kohen R, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Sep 27;13(10):1343-1350. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz066. PMID: 30918959
Perceived Quality of Care is Associated with Disease Activity, Quality of Life, Work Productivity, and Gender, but not Disease Phenotype: A Prospective Study in a High-volume IBD Centre. Gonczi L, Kurti Z, Verdon C, Reinglas J, Kohen R, Morin I, Chavez K, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Sep 19;13(9):1138-1147. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz035. PMID: 30793162
Endoscopic surveillance strategies for dysplasia in ulcerative colitis. Verdon C, Aruljothy A, Lakatos PL, Bessissow T. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr 12;11(2):124-132. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2018-101056. eCollection 2020 Mar. PMID: 32133111 Free PMC article
Jason Reinglas ( 4/10 as 1st author)
No Change in Surgical and Hospitalization Trends Despite Higher Exposure to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Québec Provincial Database From 1996 to 2015. Verdon C, Reinglas J, Coulombe J, Gonczi L, Bessissow T, Afif W, Vutcovici M, Wild G, Seidman EG, Bitton A, Brassard P, Lakatos PL. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Apr 15;27(5):655-661. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa166. PMID: 32676662
Benefits of implementing a rapid access clinic in a high-volume inflammatory bowel disease center: Access, resource utilization and outcomes. Nene S, Gonczi L, Kurti Z, Morin I, Chavez K, Verdon C, Reinglas J, Kohen R, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. World J Gastroenterol. 2020 Feb 21;26(7):759-769. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i7.759. PMID: 32116423 Free PMC article.
Low Rate of Drug Discontinuation, Frequent Need for Dose Adjustment, and No Association with Development of New Arthralgia in Patients Treated with Vedolizumab: Results from a Tertiary Referral IBD Center. Reinglas J, Gonczi L, Verdon C, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Jul;65(7):2046-2053. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05982-z. Epub 2019 Dec 7. PMID: 31813132
High Adherence to Surveillance Guidelines in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Results in Low Colorectal Cancer and Dysplasia Rates, While Rates of Dysplasia are Low Before the Suggested Onset of Surveillance. Singh K, Al Khoury A, Kurti Z, Gonczi L, Reinglas J, Verdon C, Kohen R, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Sep 27;13(10):1343-1350. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz066. PMID: 30918959
Perceived Quality of Care is Associated with Disease Activity, Quality of Life, Work Productivity, and Gender, but not Disease Phenotype: A Prospective Study in a High-volume IBD Centre. Gonczi L, Kurti Z, Verdon C, Reinglas J, Kohen R, Morin I, Chavez K, Bessissow T, Afif W, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Sep 19;13(9):1138-1147. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz035. PMID: 30793162
Strictures in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Is There a Role for the Gastroenterologist or Do We Always Need a Surgeon? Reinglas J, Bessissow T. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2019 Jul;29(3):549-562. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2019.02.009. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 31078252 Review.
Appropriateness of Biologics in the Management of Crohn’s Disease Using RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Methodology. Weizman AV, Nguyen GC, Seow CH, Targownik L, Murthy SK, Boland K, Afzal NM, Khanna R, Jones J, Afif W, Halder S, Reinglas J, Fowler S, Huang V, Kaplan GG, Melmed GY. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2019 Jan 10;25(2):328-335. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy333. PMID: 30346529
Harmonization of quality of care in an IBD center impacts disease outcomes: Importance of structure, process indicators and rapid access clinic. Reinglas J, Restellini S, Gonczi L, Kurti Z, Verdon C, Nene S, Kohen R, Afif W, Bessissow T, Wild G, Seidman E, Bitton A, Lakatos PL. Dig Liver Dis. 2019 Mar;51(3):340-345. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2018.11.013. Epub 2018 Dec 3. PMID: 30591367
Positioning of old and new biologicals and small molecules in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. Reinglas J, Gonczi L, Kurt Z, Bessissow T, Lakatos PL. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Aug 28;24(32):3567-3582. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i32.3567. PMID: 30166855 Free PMC article. Review.
Endoscopic management of Crohn’s strictures. Bessissow T, Reinglas J, Aruljothy A, Lakatos PL, Van Assche G. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 May 7;24(17):1859-1867. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i17.1859. PMID: 29740201