Shoba Theivanayagam

Gastroenterologist with over 10 years experience in patient care in an academic medical center and in community practice. Double board certified in both gastroenterology/hepatology and internal medicine. Principal investigator and sub-investigator in several clinical trials onsite and a nationwide decentralized trial. Skilled in assessing and treating a wide range of gastroenterological conditions with a special focus on and interest in therapies for Inflammatory bowel disease, fatty liver, obesity. Enthusiastic collaborator with team members to provide evidence-based treatments for patients while minimizing risk and adverse side effects.

• Chief fellow of Gastroenterology, University of Missouri, columbia, 2013-2014.
• Numerous Presentations in national and regional conference.

• American Board of internal medicine- gastroenterology certified through 2034.
• American Board of internal medicine- certified through 2026.
• Florida State Medical license active through 2026

• Quality in colonoscopy: how are we performing, adenoma detection rate, cecal intubation rate and withdrawal times among gastroenterologists in a tertiary teaching hospital (2016)
• Steroid Use for Prevention of Strictures Post Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: a Meta-Analysis of randomized controlled trials (2014)
• Intra lesion steroid injections in the treatment of benign recurrent esophageal strictures: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2014)
• Airway assessment prior to endoscopy: A retrospective analysis on accuracy of gastroenterologists. (2013)
• ASA classification prior to endoscopic procedures: A retrospective analysis on accuracy of gastroenterologists. (2013).
• Diphenhydramine use in conscious sedation: A retrospective analysis of efficacy. (2013).
• Administration of Erythromycin before endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleed- A meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials. (2012).
• Endoscopy after myocardial infarction- A retrospective analysis on safety of endoscopy. (2012).
• Feeding after percutaneous gastrostomy tube- A retrospective analysis on early vs delayed feeding. (2012)
• Study on Vancomycin MIC for MRSA using VITEK and E-Test. Principal investigator (2009).
• HITFIT project.-Study which looked into the outcomes of software assisted discharge process of the hospitalized patients at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Research assistant (2007).

• Theivanayagam S, Lopez KT, Matteson-Kome ML, Bechtold ML, Asombang AW. ASA classification prior to endoscopic procedures: A retrospective analysis on accuracy of gastroenterologists: Southern medical journal- Volume 110, Number 2, February 2017
• Theivanayagam S, Lim RG, Cobell WJ, Gowda JT, Matteson ML, Choudhary A, Bechtold ML. Administration of erythromycin before endoscopy in upper GI bleeding: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology September 2013, Vol 19, Number 5,Shawwal 1434.
• Lopez KT, Theivanayagam S, Asombang AW, Matteson-Kome ML, Bechtold ML. Airway assessment of patients undergoing endoscopic procedures. South Med J. 2014 Dec; 107(12):764-7.
• Cobell WJ, Lim RG, Theivanayagam S, Hinds A, Nayani R, Syed A, Choudhary A, Matteson ML, Puli SR, Bechtold ML. Feeding after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Experience of early versus delayed feeding. South Med J. 2014 May; 107(5):308-11.
• Hammad H, Leen A, Theivanayagam S, Nguyen V, Rawlings A, Bechtold ML.Impacted bone fragment in a small bowel diverticulum: An extremely rare cause of obscure GI bleeding.2014;46 suppl 1 UCTN:E262.doi:10.1055/s-0034- 1365430. Epub 2014 May 22.
• Lim RG, Cobell WJ, Theivanayagam S, Kilgore TW, Matteson ML, Puli SR, Bechtold ML. Endoscopy after acute myocardial infarction: An evaluation of safety. South Med J October 2013 Vol 106, Number 10.
• Winn JN. Akbar S. Theivanayagam S. Lim RG. Odum BR. Bechtold ML. Diaz- Arias A. Arif M. Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as colonic pseudotumor. Endoscopy. 45 Suppl 2 UCTN:E155-6, 2013. Epub 2013 May 28.
• James F. Graumlich, Nancy L. Novotny, G. Stephen Nace, Himangi Kaushal, Waleed Ibrahim-Ali, Shoba Theivanayagam, L. William Scheibel, Jean C. Aldag. Patient readmissions, emergency visits, and adverse events after software-assisted discharge from hospital: Cluster randomized trial Journal of Hospital medicine, September 2009, Volume 4 Issue 7, (p E11-E19).
• Badshah MB, Walayat S, Ahmed U, Dhillon S, Yong S, Kane S, Thievanayaga Treatment of orofacial granulomatosis: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2017; 11:3Raju V, Theivanayagam S, Bugaieski E. What’s causing this adolescent’s hematochezia and chest pain ? Consultant for Pediatricians April 2014:Vol 13:No 4.
• Raju V, Zahangir K, Bugaieski E, Theivanayagam S. Unusual radiographic findings in a girl with Crohn disease. Consultant for Pediatricians June 2014:Vol 13:No 6•
• Akwi W. Asombang, Shoba Theivanayagam, Kristi T Lopez, Matthew L Bechtold. Diphenhydramine use in conscious sedation: A retrospective analysis of efficacy. American journal of gastroenterology, vol 109, issue S2, Oct 2014, 1877.
• Shoba Theivanayagam, Kristi T. Lopez, Akwi W. Asombang, Michelle L. Matteson-Kome, Matthew L. Bechtold. Airway Assessment Prior to Endoscopy: a Retrospective Analysis of Accuracy Among Gastroenterologists.Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, May 2014,Vol. 79, Issue 5, AB223–AB224.
• Kristi T. Lopez, Shoba Theivanayagam, Akwi W. Asombang, Michelle L. Matteson-Kome, Matthew L. Bechtold. Do Gastroenterologists Get It Right? a Retrospective Analysis of ASA Scores of Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Procedures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, May 2014, Vol. 79, Issue 5, AB224.
• Kristi T. Lopez, Shoba Theivanayagam, Akwi W. Asombang, Michelle L. Matteson-Kome, Matthew L. Bechtold. Do Gastroenterologists Get It Right? a Retrospective Analysis of Airway Assessment of Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Procedures. Gastroenterology, May 2014 Vol. 146, Issue 5, S-556
• Sameer Siddique, Saket Kottewar, Shoba Theivanayagam, Ashraf a. Almashhrawi, Rindi M. Uhlich, Imran Ashraf, Murtaza Arif, Matthew L. Bechtold. Steroid Use for Prevention of Strictures Post Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection : a Meta Analysis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, May 2014, Vol. 79, Issue 5, AB409.
• Saket Kottewar, Sameer Siddique, Rindi M Uhlich, Shoba Theivanayagam, Imran Ashraf, Ashraf A Almashhrawi, Dilip Bearelly, Murataza Arifand others. Intralesion steroid injections in the treatment of benign recurrent esophageal strictures: a meta-analysis. Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Vol 79, issue 5, AB409.
• Cobell WJ, Hinds AM, Lim RG, Theivanayagam S, Akbar S, Navani R, Matteson ML, Choudhary A, Puli SR, Bechtold ML. Feeding After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Experience of Early Versus Delayed Feeding. Gastrointest Endosc 2013;77(5):AB150-1 (416) (Oral Presentation).
• Theivanayagam S, Lim RG, Cobell WJ, Gowda JT, Matteson ML, Choudhary A, Bechtold ML. Erythromycin before endoscopy in upper GI bleeding: A meta- analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Gastroenterol 2012; 107(S1):S747 (1835) and Health Sciences Research Day 2012;98: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/16176.
• Lim RG, Cobell WJ, Theivanayagam S, Kilgore TW, Matteson ML, Puli SR, Bechtold ML. Upper GI bleeding with myocardial infarction: Evaluation of safety for endoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 2012;107(S1):S769 (1890) and Health Sciences Research Day 2012;89: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/16177.
• Theivanayagam S, Giltrap T, Matteson ML, Arif M, MD, Bechto ML. Iatrogenic Malnutrition: More Common Than You Think. Am J Gastroenterol 2012;107(S1):S496 (1244).Sathyamurthy A, Winn J, Theivanayagam S, Hammad H, An Unusual Finding on Screening Colonoscopy: Idiopathic Colonic Varices. Am J Gastroenterol 2012;107(S1):S465 (1164).
• Winn J, Akbar S, Theivanayagam S, Lim R, Odum B, Bechtold ML, Diaz- Arias A, Arif M. Disseminated Colonic Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompromised Patient. Am J Gastroenterol 2012;107(S1):S463 (1159).