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Myung Ko, MD

Education
2020 - Gastroenterology Fellowship, UCSF
2017 - Internal Medicine Chief Residency, UCSF
2016 - Internal Medicine Residency, UCSF
MD, 2013 - Doctorate of Medicine, Stanford University
BS, 2007 - Biology, Chemistry, Duke University
Honors and Awards
  • Clinical Training Fellowship, American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society, 2020
  • Gastroenterology Clinical Fellow Award, University of California San Francisco, 2018
  • Presentation Award, American College of Gastroenterology, 2017
  • MacKenzie Award, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2009
  • Medical Scientist Research Award, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2008-2013
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Publications
  1. Wang CW, Lees CR, Ko MS, Sewell JL, Kathpalia P. Implementation and Analysis of a 5-Year Online Esophageal Motility Curriculum for Gastroenterology Fellows. Digestive diseases and sciences 2024. PMID: 38507124


  2. Ko MS, Rudrapatna VA, Avila P, Mahadevan U. Safety of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy in Pregnant Patients with Known or Suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Digestive diseases and sciences 2020. PMID: 32034603


  3. Holmes I, Ko MS, Kouanda A, Singh A, Nett A, Kathpalia P. Epiphrenic diverticula: An added source of complexity in achalasia management. Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2019. PMID: 31777144


  4. Ko MS, Fung KZ, Shi Y, Espaldon R, Shergill A, Walter LC. Barrett's Esophagus Commonly Diagnosed in Elderly Men with Limited Life Expectancy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016. PMID: 27685424


  5. Feld JJ, Lutchman GA, Heller T, Hara K, Pfeiffer JK, Leff RD, Meek C, Rivera M, Ko M, Koh C, Rotman Y, Ghany MG, Haynes-Williams V, Neumann AU, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH. Ribavirin improves early responses to peginterferon through improved interferon signaling. Volume 139 of Issue 1. Gastroenterology 2010. PMID: 20303352


  6. Ko MS, Marinkovich MP. Role of dermal-epidermal basement membrane zone in skin, cancer, and developmental disorders. Volume 28 of Issue 1. 2010. PMID: 19945611


  7. Zennadi R, De Castro L, Eyler C, Xu K, Ko M, Telen MJ. Role and regulation of sickle red cell interactions with other cells: ICAM-4 and other adhesion receptors. Volume 15 of Issue 1-2. 2008. PMID: 18502676


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