CURRICULUM VITAE

Bennie Ray Upchurch III, MD, FACP, AGAF, FACG, FASGE

10/21/2023

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Bennie Ray Upchurch, III

Date of Birth: December 1, 1966

Place of Birth: Centralia, Illinois

Citizenship: United States of America

EDUCATION

School: Kaskaskia College, Centralia, Illinois

Degree: Associate, Biology

Dates: 8/20/84 – 5/16/86

School: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Degree: BA, Biological Sciences

Dates: 8/25/86 - 5/20/89

School: The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Degree: MD

Dates: 6/15/89 – 5/14/93

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

Institution: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio

Position: Internal Medicine Resident

Dates: 7/1/93 – 6/30/96

Institution: Ohio State University School of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio

Position: Gastroenterology Fellow

 Dates: 7/1/96 – 6/30/99

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Endoscopic Ultrasound Training, Montréal Canada:

Dr. Anand Sahai, Instructor, Chief of Gastroenterology, CHUM, Montreal Canada. Dr. Paquin Sarto,
Clinical Associate Professor, CHUM, Montreal Canada.

 October 15 to November 9, 2018 (case log 205 procedures. FNA/FNB pancreas, cysts, lymph
nodes, cystgastrostomy).
 Dec. 2-2019 to Dec. 7-2019 (case log ~50 procedures. FNA/FNB pancreas, cysts, lymph nodes,
Axios stent placement,Tumor ablation).
 Oct. 4-2021 to Oct. 8-2021 (case log ~40 procedures)
 Nov. 14-2022 to Nov. 18-2022 (case log ~12 procedures)

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy STAR TRAINING COURSE and Certification

 STAR endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) upper GI tract endoscopic skills

 STAR endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) lower GI tract endoscopic skills
 STAR endoscopic Barrett’s Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) and Barrett’s Cryotherapy skills
 STAR endoscopic suturing skills, emphasis with OverStitch endoscopic suturing device
Dates: March 2014 to April 2018

Endolumenal Bariatrics Training

 SPATZ Intragastric Balloon Trial, 2016, completed 2018.

 Obera Intragastric Balloon
 Obalon Intragastric Balloon
 Apolloendo/OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing/Endoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
 ExTac Endoscopic Suturing
 Aspire Bariatrics/AspireAssist device
 POSE Bariatric Device

CONTACT INFORMATION

Home Address: 5550 Willow Bend Ct., Westerville, OH 43082

Cell Phone: 402-889-5665 Work (614) 575-2600

E-mail: Bennie.Upchurch@gmail.com

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bennie-ray-upchurch-iii-md-fasge-facp-agaf-facg-1a982b30
OTHER

Marital Status: Married, wife Michelle

Children: Gavin 4/30/2006, Olivia 1/11/2004

Social Security#: Available on request

NPI number: 1851342653

Medicaid number: 0460353

Medicare UPIN: G51570

DEA number: BU 4392089 Expiration date: 05/31/2025 Issue date: 04/13/1995.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Mid Ohio Digestive Disease Associates, Columbus, OH

Start Date 12-01-2023

PREVIOUS:

Staff Physician, Medical Director of Gastroenterology Services, Mount Carmel Health Systems. April
10, 2023 to October 27, 2023.

Staff Physician, Division Chief; Gastroenterology. Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe, OH

Medical Director of Endoscopy Services. April 2020 to March 2023

Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Staff Physician, Specialty Care; Gastroenterology. October 2018 to March 2020.

Position/Rank: Staff Physician, Gastroenterology. Licking Memorial Health Systems. Newark, Ohio.

Dates: March 6, 2017 to October 2, 2018.

Position/Rank: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, GI Bleeding Program, Director,

GHN Coding and Compliance

Institution/Department: The Ohio State University Medical Center/Department of Internal Medicine,

Division of Gastroenterology

Dates: October 2013 to January 2017

 Position/Rank: Staff Physician St. Joseph’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director
of Endoscopy, Associate Medical Director Alegent Creighton GI Division

Institution/Department: Alegent Creighton Health, Department of Internal Medicine

Dates: January 2013 to September 2013

Position/Rank: Staff Physician St. Joseph’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director
of Endoscopy, Gastroenterology Division Chief

Institution/Department: Creighton University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine

Dates: November 2009 to December 2012

Position/Rank: Staff Physician Veterans Administration Medical Center, Clinical Associate Professor
Institution/Department: Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology

Dates: June 2010 to September 2013

Position/Rank: Staff Physician Cleveland Clinic, Visiting Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Institution/Department: Digestive Disease Institute, Gastroenterology Division

Dates: February 2006 to October 2009

Position/Rank: Staff Physician Ohio State University Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor
Institution/Department: Internal Medicine, OSU-East, Division of Gastroenterology

Dates: August 2003 to January 2006

Private practice, Associate Staff Physician, Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus, OH.

Private practice, Associate Staff Physician, St. Ann’s Hospital, Columbus, OH.

Dates: August 2003 to January 2006

Private practice, Indianapolis Gastroenterology, Inc.

Staff Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Staff Physician, St. Vincent’s Hospital Carmel, Carmel, IN
Staff Physician, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, IN
Dates: 1999-2003

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Name of Board: American Board of Internal Medicine

ABIM Certificate number: 171442

 Date Issued: Internal Medicine 1996-2006

Gastroenterology 1999-2009, Recertification May 2009, May 2019, Expiration 2029

Licensure State/Number Date Issued Expiration Date

Nebraska, 25379 09/28/2009 10/01/2014

Ohio, 35-067988 12/28/1994 10/01/2025

Indiana, 01050289A 3/3/99 6/30/2003

Iowa, 30174 8/30/94 12/1/2014

HONORS AND AWARDS

 Columbus Monthly Top Doctors, September 2016- 2019

 Gastroenterology Teacher of the Year, Ohio State University Medical Center, 2015-2016
 Castle and Connolly Top Doctors, 2013, 2014, 2016- 2020- 2022
 Creighton University Health Science-MACA Student National Medical Association Recognition Award 2013
 Gastroenterology Teaching Award from Creighton Internal Medicine Housestaff 2012
 Gastroenterology Teacher of the Year Cleveland Clinic 2009
 2009 Juneteenth Celebration Honoree and Keynote Speaker, Centralia, Illinois, June 2009
 N.A.A.C.P. Presidential Award, November 2007
 Reach for the Stars Award, Outstanding Graduate, Centralia City Schools, May 2006
 Chief Clinical Fellow, Gastroenterology, Ohio State University School of Medicine and Public Health 1999
 Janssen Fellow, Selected to Attend the World Congress of Gastroenterology Vienna, Austria 1998
 National Dean’s List – 1988
 Outstanding College Students of America – 1988
 Dean’s List - 1986 – 1989
 General Electric Minorities in Engineering – 1986
 Outstanding Minority Community College Graduates - 1986

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Fellow

 American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow
 American Gastroenterological Association, Fellow
 American College of Physicians, Fellow
 Nebraska GUT Club, President 2012- September 2013
 Ohio State Medical Association 2014-present
 Ohio Gastroenterology Society 2015-present

COMMITTEE SERVICE

National

 American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, DDW Hands on Training Committee and

Instructor; Bariatrics, Endoscopic Suturing, and Intragastric Balloon Placement, 2021-2022
 American Gastroenterological Association Subcommittee for Coding and Reimbursement, 2015-
present
 American College of Gastroenterology, Practice Parameters Committee, 2014-2022
 American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators 2012-present
 American College of Gastroenterology, Minority Affairs Committee 2012-2015
 American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Minority Affairs Committee 2013-2014
 American College of Gastroenterology, Practice Management Committee, Member 2008-2023
 ACG Abstract Review Committee June 2011

Adena Regional Medical Center

 Quality committee endoscopic services

 Compliance Committee

Knox Community Hospital

 Community Medicine Committee

 Surgical Specialties Committee
 Hospital Medicine Committee
 Endoscopic Quality Committee

Licking Memorial Hospital

 Medical Library and Education Committee

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

 Member, Internal Medicine Steering Committee January 2013-2014

 Member, GHN Quality and Patient Safety Committee November 2013-Jan 2017
 GHN Executive Leadership Committee, November 2013- Jan 2017

Creighton University Medical Center

 Member, Creighton Medical Associates 2012 Best Practices “Patient Experience” Group
Date of Service: January 2012- Jan 2013

 Member, Creighton Medical Associates Electronic Health Record Committee

Date of Service: January 2010- September 2013

 Member, CPHHE (Center for Promoting Health and Healthy Equality) Creighton Health Disparities
Partners Board, Date of Service: March 2010- November 2012
 Member, Creighton Medical Associates Quality Management and Patient Safety Committee
Date of Service: August 2010- September 2013
  Member, St. Joseph's Hospital Peer Review Committee,
Date of Service: September 2010- September 2013

Cleveland Clinic

 Member, Diversity Committee

Date of Service: 2006-2009

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

 Member, Admissions Committee

Date of Service: 2007-2009

 Member, Student Health Committee

Date of Service: 2008-2009

Central Ohio Surgical Institute (COSI) Quality Initiative Committee

 Gastroenterology Representative
Date of Service: 2002-2003

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Presentations

 “Novel techniques in the Care of GI Bleeding:”, Ohio State University Medical Center Endoscopy
Innovations 9/2016
 “High Value Care of GI Bleeding: Cost Effective Strategies”, Ohio State University Medical Center
GI Update 10/2015
 “Care of GI Bleeding”. NEOUCOM Telemedicine Grand Rounds 11/17/2015
 “High Value Care of GI Bleeding: Cost Effective Strategies”, Ohio State University Medical Center
GI Update 10/2015
 “Care of GI Bleeding”. Ohio Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates Annual Education
Conference, Columbus, Ohio. March 14, 2015
 “High Value Care of GI Bleeding”, Ohio State University Medical Center GI Update 10/2014
 “High Value Care of GI Bleeding”, Grand Rounds Scioto Medical Society, Portsmouth, Ohio.
November 14, 2014
 “Emerging Problems with Chronic PPI Use”, 10th Annual Esophageal Conference, Creighton
University Medical Center, May 2013
 "Irritable Bowel Syndrome", Medical Grand Rounds, Creighton University Medical Center, October
2012
 “GERD: What are my treatment Options”?, Creighton University, June 2012
 “Small Bowel Endoscopy”, Surgical Grand Rounds, Creighton University Medical Center, April
2012
 "Importance of Colon Cancer Screening", First National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska, March 2012
 "GI Bleeding: Implications of Novel Anticoagulants", Creighton University Medical Center,
Pulmonology Conference, March 2012.
 “Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Colonoscopic Management of Its Complications”, 20th Annual:
Management of Colon and Rectal Diseases, Creighton University Medical Center, February 2012
  “Management of GI Bleeding in the ICU”, Pulmonary Grand Rounds, February 2012
 “Helicobacter pylori; Current Testing and Treatment Strategies", Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
presentation, Creighton University Medical Center, September 2011
 "GI Bleeding", Internal Med Ambulatory Core Lecture. Creighton University Medical Center, August
2011
 "Colon Cancer Screening", (2 lectures annually) Creighton University Medical Center, March 2011,
2012
 “Medical Management of GERD and Emerging Problems with PPI Use", "High-Resolution
Manometry", "Dual Probe pH, & Restech", 8th Annual Esophageal Conference, CUMC, September
2010
 "Small Bowel Bleeding", Internal Medicine Grand Rounds presentation. St. Joseph Medical Center,
Phoenix, Arizona, February 2010
 "Small Bowel Bleeding", Lunch & Learn Series, Murtue Medical Center, Harlan, Iowa, April 2010
 "Colon Cancer Screening 2010", (2 lectures annually) Creighton University Medical Center, March
2010
 "GI Bleeding in the ICU", Creighton University Medical Center, Pulmonology Conference, March
2010.
“Small Bowel Enteroscopy; The Final Frontier” GI Update Course, Cleveland Clinic, 2008

 “Gastroesophageal Reflux; What are the Treatment Options?” Westlake Family Health Center
Symposium, 2007
 “Small Bowel Bleeding” GI Update Course, Cleveland Clinic, 2006
 “Colon Cancer Screening Saves Lives”, Strongsville Family Health Center Symposium, 2006
 “Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, Med Pro International Symposia, 2006

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

 Spirus EndoEase Training, Guest Instructor, Tampico, Mexico, 11/2008, 2/2009, 4/2009
 Spirus EndoEase Guest Instructor, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 6/2009

MENTORSHIP

 Ohio State University Medical School of Medicine Learning Community Advisor 2014-2018
 American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators 2010-present
 American Gastroenterological Association Mentoring Program 2011-2015
 Student National Medical Association Faculty Mentor, 1/2011 to 4/2013
 American Gastroenterological Association Sorcerers and Apprentices Mentoring Event DDW
5/2013
 American Gastroenterological Association Mentoring Event 5/2015

TRAINEES / MENTEES

Jason Guardino, DO, Fellow/Trainee, Served as Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinic Preceptor,

Cleveland Clinic, 1/2007-7/2007. Currently employed as Director of Kaiser Gastroenterology,
Sacramento, California
 Ilche Nonevski, MD, Fellow/Trainee, Served as Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinic Preceptor,
Cleveland Clinic, 7/2007-1/2008. Currently employed as Attending Physician, Rockford
Gastroenterology Associates, Rockford, Illinois

Anjana Pillai, MD, Fellow/Trainee, Served as Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinic Preceptor, Cleveland
Clinic, 1/2008-7/2008. Currently employed as Attending Physician, Emory University Medical Center,
Division of Hepatology.

Namrita Gogia, MS 4, Creighton Medical Student. November 2010 to June 2011. Internal Medicine
Resident.

TEACHING MATERIAL PRODUCED

 ASGE Capsule Endoscopy and Enteroscopy Course Director, “Obscure Small Bowel Bleeding;
Endoscopic, Radiologic and Surgical Approaches”. 11/2009
 Upper GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2014, Ohio State University Medical Center Clinical
Practice Guidelines, Intranet.
 Lower GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2016, Ohio State University Medical Center Clinical
Practice Guidelines, Intranet.
 Upper GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2019, Creighton University Medical Center Clinical
Practice Guidelines, Intranet.
 Lower GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2019, Creighton University Medical Center Clinical
Practice Guidelines, Intranet.
 Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2021, Adena Regional Medical Center
Clinical Practice Guidelines, Intranet.
 Variceal Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2021, Adena Regional Medical Center Clinical Practice
Guidelines, Intranet.
 Lower GI Bleeding Treatment Algorithm 2021, Adena Regional Medical Center Clinical Practice
Guidelines, Intranet.

INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

 Endoscopy Training Instructor, 10-2013 to 1-2017

 Inpatient Gastroenterology Consult Service, 6 weeks/annually. 10-2013 to 1-2017

Creighton University Medical Center

 Inpatient Gastroenterology Hospital Service, 24 weeks annually, 2009- September 2013, Internal
Medicine Housestaff, Teaching Rounds 15 hours/week
 M2 lectures, 3 lectures annually, 50 minutes each, GI block March 2010, 2011
 Endoscopy Training Instructor, General Surgery PGY 2 Residents, 2009 to September 2013
 Family Medicine Resident Inpatient Preceptor GI Rotation and Lecture Series twice annually 2010 to
September 2013
 Veterans Administration Medical Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center:

 Endoscopy Training Instructor, University of Nebraska Gastroenterology Fellows, June 2010 to

September 2013

Adena Regional Medical Center

 House staff Internal Medicine Lecture: Management of GI Bleeding Oct. 2020

RESEARCH SUPPORT

 Efficacy of Relistor™ in the colonoscopy bowel preparation of chronic opiate users. Sponsor Salix,
Award $16,000. Suspended enrollment 5/2013 due to change in employment.

 Sponsor: Eisai/Quintiles, Title: Colonoscopy in Adult Special Populations – E2083-A001- 406. A

Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Dose-ranging Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of
LUSEDRA (fospropofol disodium) as an Intravenous Sedative for Diagnostic or Therapeutic
Colonoscopy in Adult Special Populations. Primary Investigator: C. Babcock, Award $50,000, 1yr.
Start 9/2010. Closed spring 2011

 Sponsor: Olympus, Title: Single Balloon versus Double Balloon Enteroscopy, Primary Investigators:
M. Sanaka, B. Upchurch, Award $50,000, 1 year, Start 9/2009, end 10/2010

 Sponsor: Spirus, Title: The Spirus National Discovery SB Study; With the EndoEase Device for
Small Bowel Enteroscopy, Primary Investigator: P. Ackerman, Award $35,000, 1 yr. Start 1/2008,
Closed 8/2008

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Peer Reviewed Articles

 Razor Blade Removal from the Stomach Utilizing a Novel Modification of the Overtube. Alhadji
M, Atreja A, Upchurch B., Endoscopy. 2009 Jul;41(S 02):E166. Epub 2009 Jul 23.

 The Clinical Utility of Single Balloon Enteroscopy: A Single Center Experience of 172
procedures. Upchurch, BR; Sanaka, MR; Lopez, AR; Vargo, JJ. Gastrointest Endosc
2010;71:1218-23
  Double-balloon enteroscopy enabled the diagnosis of duodenal adenocarcinoma in a patient with
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery presenting with chronic anemia. Sourianarayanane A,
Mukewar SS, Upchurch BR, Bauer TW, Sanaka, MR., Gastrointest Endosc 2011 Apr;73(4):837-
8,

 Spiral enteroscopy: prospective U.S. multicenter study in patients with small-bowel disorders.
Morgan D, Upchurch B, Draganov P, Binmoeller KF, Haluszka O, Jonnalagadda S, Okolo P,
Grimm I, Judah J, Tokar J, Chiorean M. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Nov;72(5):992-8. Epub 2010
Sep 25.
 Capsule endoscopy in examination of esophagus for lesions after radiofrequency catheter
ablation: a potential tool to select patients with increased risk of complications. Di Biase L,
Dodig M, Saliba W, Siu A, Santisi J, Poe S, Sanaka M, Upchurch B, Vargo J, Natale A.J
Cardiovasc Electrophysiol

 Clopidogrel with or without omeprazole in coronary artery disease. Bhatt DL, Cryer BL, Contant
CF, Cohen M, Lanas A, Schnitzer TJ, Shook TL, Lapuerta P, Goldsmith MA, Laine L, Scirica
BM, Murphy SA, Cannon CP; COGENT Investigators (Upchurch BR et al). N Engl J Med. 2010
Nov 11;363(20):1909-17. Epub 2010 Oct 6.

 Multiple pancreatic pseudocysts treated with endoscopic transpapillary drainage. Bikhchandani

J, Suraweera DB, Upchurch BR. Clinics and Practice 3.1 (2013):e10

 Single-balloon enteroscopy in managing Peutz Jeghers syndrome polyps. Aggarwal P,

Kumaravel V, Upchurch BR. Ther Adv Gastroenterol (2012) 5(6) 439–441

 Diagnostic and therapeutic yield is not influenced by the timing of small-bowel enteroscopy:
morning versus afternoon. Sanaka, M. R.,Navaneethan, U.,Upchurch, B. R.,Lopez, R.,Vannoy,
S.,Dodig, M.,Santisi, J. M.,Vargo, J. J., Gastrointest Endosc - 2013 Jan

INVITED, NON-PEER REVIEWED

 Upchurch B, Vargo J.,Small Bowel Enteroscopy. Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders.

Summer 2008;8(3):169-177.

 Upchurch B, Vargo J., Single Balloon Enteroscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North
America. July 2009;19(3) 335-347.
 Upchurch B, et al., Diversity: Is There Still a Role? ACG Universe-Online 2014
 Upchurch B., Testing and Treatment Strategies for H. pylori, SGNA Newsletter March 2014
 Upchurch B., Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Medscape On-line. September 2018
 Nemic R, Upchurch B., Incorporating Fatty Liver Management into Your Practice. ACG Universe-
Online 2019

BOOK CHAPTERS

 Upchurch, BR, “Peptic Ulcer Disease”. In: The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review Of Internal
Medicine 2009. 5th Ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2009, 663-676.
ABSTRACTS

 Vargo JJ, Dumot J, Zuccaro G, Upchurch BR, Stevens T, Santisi J., Clinical Utility of the Olympus
Single Balloon Enteroscope: The Initial U.S. Experience. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 65,
Issue 5, Pages AB90-AB90
 Sanaka MR, Choure AG, Santisi J, Dodig M, Lopez R, Upchurch BR, Vargo JJ. Comparison of
pathology and location of findings between capsule endoscopy (CE) and single balloon assisted
enteroscopy (SBAE) in patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding. ACG 2008 Presidential Poster
Award Recipient
 Morgan DR, Upchurch BR, Draganov PV, et al. Spiral Enteroscopy: Prospective Multicenter U.S.
Trial in Patients with Small Bowel Disorders. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 69, Issue 5,
Pages AB127-AB128. Oral Presentation DDW 2009
 Chiorean MV, Upchurch BR, Draganov PV, et al. Spiral Enteroscopy: Predictors of depth of
insertion from the prospective multicenter U.S. study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,Volume 69, Issue
5, Pages AB191-AB191. Poster Presentation DDW 2009
 Upchurch, BR; Vargo, JJ; Sanaka, MR; Alhaji, M. The Clinical Utility of Single Balloon
Enteroscopy: A Single Center Experience of 172 procedures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume
69, Issue 5, Pages AB188-AB188. Poster Presentation DDW 2009
 Gaddipati K, Upchurch BR, Vannoy S; et al. Spiral Enteroscopy versus Double Balloon
Enteroscopy. Oral Presentation ACG 2009
 Sanaka MR, Vannoy S, Vargo JJ, Yerneni H, Kosuru B, Upchurch BR ,Gaddipati K, Dodig M,
Lopez R. Single Balloon Enteroscopy System Might Be More Efficient Among Three Available
Enteroscopy Systems For Evaluation And Management of Suspected Small Bowel Disease.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy., ISSN: 00165107, Vol: 71, Issue: 5, Date: 2010-01-01, AB368
 Sanaka MR, Vannoy S, Upchurch, BR Vargo JJ, Kosuru B, Yerneni H, Gaddipati K, Dodig M,
Lopez R. Efficacy of Morning Versus Afternoon Enteroscopy In The Evaluation And Management
Of Suspected Small Bowel Disease. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy., ISSN: 00165107, Vol: 71, Issue: 5,
Date: 2010-01-01, AB368
 Sanaka MR, Vannoy S, Vargo JJ, Upchurch, BR, Yerneni H, Kosuru B, Gaddipati K, Dodig
M, Lopez R. Antegrade Enteroscopy Is More Effective Than Retrograde Enteroscopy In The
Evaluation And Management Of Patients With Suspected Small Bowel Disease. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy71, Issue 5, AB369, April 2010
 Bikchandani J, Upchurch BR, Multiple pseudocysts managed with transpapillary drainage. DDW
Poster 2011. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, ISSN: 0016-5107, Vol: 73, Issue: 4, AB273
 Upchurch BR Cricopharyngeal Bar Dysphagia Treated Successfully with Endoscopic Dilation,
ACG Abstract presentation Oct. 2011
 Upchurch BR, Chand B, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in a 102-Year-Old Patient Found by
Single Balloon Enteroscopy, ACG Abstract presentation Oct. 2011
 Dhaliwal R, Upchurch BR ,Single Balloon Enteroscopy in Managing Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Polyps, ACG Abstract presentation Oct. 2011
 Upchurch BR Multifocal Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with Obscure GI Bleeding
Found with Spiral Enteroscopy, ACG Abstract presentation Oct. 2011
 Murekasan V, Upchurch BR Glue Injection for Hemostasis of Gastric Variceal Bleeding-A Case
Report, ACG Abstract presentation Oct. 2011

MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, Mount Vernon AM News Radio Network, 3/2019
 Interviewee: Management of GI Bleeding, Ohio State University MedNet, 9/2014
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, Morning Blend TV show, Omaha, Nebraska, 3/2011
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, Creighton in the News Webcast, 3/2011
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, National Public Radio, 3/2010
 Interviewee: Gastroenterological Diseases, Creighton in the News Webcast, 2/2010
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, Channel 3 news, 3/2009
 Interviewee: Colon Cancer Screening, Ohio News Network, 3/2009

LEADERSHIP COURSEWORK

 Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, Harvard University

Business School 2006
 Division Director’s Leadership Course, American Gastroenterology Association 2009
 Executive Leadership Training Course, Creighton University College of Business 2012
 Faculty Leadership Institute, Ohio State University Medicine’s Center for Faculty Advancement,
Mentoring and Engagement (FAME) 2014
 Executive Coaching, Dr. Rick Mizer, Physician Executive Vice President, Adena Medical
Group, Mr. Jordan Pupero, CPEC, Nov. 2020 to Dec. 2022.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

 Reviewer, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2008 to present

 Reviewer, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015- 2018
 Reviewer, Video Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014 to present

SPEAKERS BUREAU

 Otsuka America, October 2010 to September 2013

Current areas of Career Development/interest:

Currently enrolled program: Master of Healthcare Administration with focus in Healthcare Operations.
Expected graduation Fall 2023, University of Cincinnati.

Seek to obtain Board Certification in Obesity Medicine

Desire to provide impactful medical support to emerging comprehensive weight management program.

Desire to acquire leadership skills and integration into health system that will foster collaboration,
development of centers of excellence, institutional growth, enhanced visibility and reputation, and
opportunity for professional advancement.