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Vivian M. Ussui

Vivian M. Ussui, MD, is a gastroenterologist at National Jewish Health. Dr. Ussui is in the Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Medicine.



Special Interests


Motility of the GI tract, Integrative Medicine and Women's Health.

Education


Education

2018 - 2021
Carilion Clinic/Virginia Tech Univ; Roanoke, VA, GI
2008 - 2011
Clinics Hospital, Brazil, Master of Science Degree
1996 - 2001
State University of Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP), MD

Internships

2015 - 2016
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL, Internal Medicine
2002 - 2003
State University of Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP), Internship

Residency

2016 - 2018
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL, Internal Medicine
2002 - 2004
State University of Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP)

Fellowship

2005 - 2006
Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Endoscopy Training
2003 - 2005
State University of Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP), Fellowship

Awards & Recognition


2020: Presidential Poster Award ACG, CDX2 Immunohistochemical Staining Confirms Barrett's Esophagus in the Absence of Goblet Cells and Confers Significant Risk for High-Grade Dysplasia and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
2013: Bronze Quality Fellow Certification

Board Certification


2021: Gastroenterology (ABIM)
2019: Internal Medicine
​2009: Gastroenterology Board Certification (Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology)
2008: Digestive Endosc opy Certification (Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy)

Professional Memberships


ACG, AGA, ASGE, ANMS, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

Publications


Stability of increased adenoma detection at colonoscopy. Follow up of an endoscopic quality improvement program - EQUIP II.. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2015, Apr; 110(4): 489-496. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25267326.

Use of endoscopic distal attachment cap to enhance image stabilization in probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in colorectal lesions.. Endoscopy International Open. 2015, Oct; 3(5): E516-522. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 26528511

Diagnosis Through Endoscopic Images - Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract/Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders (pages 573-594). Sao Paulo, SP; Brazil

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Academic Affiliations


2014: Affiliation with UC Denver

Teaching & Professional Positions


Attending GI Physician in Brazil
Clinical Instructor at University of Denver