GI and Liver Disease During Pregnancy

Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD received her PhD and MD at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1981 and 1984, respectively. She completed her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987 and 1991. She has been on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology since 1991, and is currently a professor and co-director of the University of North Carolina Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. Millie D. Long, MD, MPH earned her doctor of medicine degree at the University of Virginia, where she was a Bowman Scholar. She completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and then completed a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at the University of North Carolina, she also completed a fellowship in preventive medicine, and a masters of public health in epidemiology at the Gillings School of Public Health. She is board certified in internal medicine, preventive medicine, and gastroenterology. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Her clinical practice is based at the University of North Carolina Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. Dr. Long’s interests include research on prevention of complications of inflammatory bowel disease, women’s health, and teaching clinical epidemiology. Dr. Long has contributed numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and review articles to medical literature. Dr. Long is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, where she serves on the Research Committee. She is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, where she serves on the Professional Education Committee.

CONTENTS Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributing Authors Preface Foreword by Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH Introduction Chapter 1 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Pregnancy Ryan D. Madanick, MD Chapter 2 Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy Laurie-Anne C. Swaby, MD and Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD Chapter 3 Gastric Bypass and Pregnancy D. Wayne Overby, MD Chapter 4 Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy: Differential Diagnosis and Initial Work-Up of Abdominal Pain Millie D. Long, MD, MPH Chapter 5 Constipation in Pregnancy Yolanda V. Scarlett, MD; Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD; and Millie D. Long, MD, MPH Chapter 6 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Millie D. Long, MD, MPH and Spencer D. Dorn, MD, MPH Chapter 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Lindsay E. Jones, MD and Millie D. Long, MD, MPH Chapter 8 Endoscopy Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD Chapter 9 Surgical Management of the Pregnant Patient Megan Quintana, MD and Reza Rahbar, MD Chapter 10 Pancreatitis and Biliary Issues Patricia D. Jones, MD and Lisa M. Gangarosa, MD Chapter 11 Chronic Liver Disease Caitlyn M. Patrick, MD and A. Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR Chapter 12 Acute Liver Disease Eric S. Orman, MD and A. Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR Appendix: Classification of Medications During Pregnancy Financial Disclosures Index