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Thomas Abell

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Thomas L. Abell, M.D.





Thomas L. Abell, M.D.

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Arthur M. Schoen, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology
GI Motility Clinic
220 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-7963 - Academic Office
502-540-1420- Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

Gastrointestinal Motility; Gastroparesis; Endoscopic Device Development


Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology

  • American Board of Family Practice


Education and Training

  • Medical School: University of South Dakota

  • Residency: The Ohio State University Hospitals; Baptist Memorial Hospital/University of Tennessee-Memphis; Southern Illinois University

  • Fellowship: Mayo Foundation; University of Tennessee


Recent Publications

  • Aurora SK, Papapetropoulos S, Kori SH, Kedar A, Abell TL. Gastric stasis in migraineurs: Etiology, characteristics, and clinical and therapeutic implications. Cephalalgia. 2013 Mar 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23463252.

  • Parkman HP, Yates K, Hasler WL, Nguyen L, Pasricha PJ, Snape WJ, Farrugia G, Koch KL, Calles J, Abell TL, Sarosiek I, McCallum RW, Lee L, Unalp-Arida A, Tonascia J, Hamilton F. Cholecystectomy and Clinical Presentations of Gastroparesis. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Mar 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23456496.

  • Camilleri M, Parkman HP, Shafi MA, Abell TL, Gerson L; American College of Gastroenterology. Clinical guideline: management of gastroparesis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jan;108(1):18-37; quiz 38. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.373. Epub 2012 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 23147521.

  • Williams PA, Nikitina Y, Kedar A, Lahr CJ, Helling TS, Abell TL. Long-term effects of gastric stimulation on gastric electrical physiology. J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Jan;17(1):50-5; discussion p.55-6. doi: 10.1007/s11605-012-2020-5. Epub 2012 Sep 7. PubMed PMID: 22956404.

  • Melcescu E, Hogan RB 2nd, Brown K, Boyd SA, Abell TL, Koch CA. The various faces of autoimmune endocrinopathies: non-tumoral hypergastrinemia in a patient with lymphocytic colitis and chronic autoimmune gastritis. Exp Mol Pathol. 2012 Dec;93(3):434-40. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2012.09.025. Epub 2012 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 23043903.

  • O'Grady G, Angeli TR, Du P, Lahr C, Lammers WJ, Windsor JA, Abell TL, Farrugia G, Pullan AJ, Cheng LK. Abnormal initiation and conduction of slow-wave activity in gastroparesis, defined by high-resolution electrical mapping. Gastroenterology. 2012 Sep;143(3):589-98.e1-3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.05.036. Epub 2012 May 27. PubMed PMID: 22643349; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3429650.

  • Deb S, Tang SJ, Abell TL, McLawhorn T, Huang WD, Lahr C, To SD, Easter J, Chiao JC. Development of innovative techniques for the endoscopic implantation and securing of a novel, wireless, miniature gastrostimulator (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Jul;76(1):179-84. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.03.177. PubMed PMID: 22726478.

  • Faussone-Pellegrini MS, Grover M, Pasricha PJ, Bernard CE, Lurken MS, Smyrk TC, Parkman HP, Abell TL, Snape WJ, Hasler WL, Unalp-Arida A, Nguyen L, Koch KL,  Calles J, Lee L, Tonascia J, Hamilton FA, Farrugia G; NIDDK Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium (GpCRC). Ultrastructural differences between diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis. J Cell Mol Med. 2012 Jul;16(7):1573-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01451.x. PubMed PMID: 21914127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3250562.

  • Grover M, Bernard CE, Pasricha PJ, Lurken MS, Faussone-Pellegrini MS, Smyrk TC, Parkman HP, Abell TL, Snape WJ, Hasler WL, McCallum RW, Nguyen L, Koch KL, Calles J, Lee L, Tonascia J, Ünalp-Arida A, Hamilton FA, Farrugia G; NIDDK Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium (GpCRC). Clinical-histological associations in gastroparesis: results from the Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2012 Jun;24(6):531-9, e249. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01894.x. Epub 2012 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 22339929; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3353102.

  • Farajidavar A, O'Grady G, Rao SM, Cheng LK, Abell T, Chiao JC. A miniature bidirectional telemetry system for in vivo gastric slow wave recordings. Physiol Meas. 2012 Jun;33(6):N29-37. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/6/N29. PubMed PMID: 22635054; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3399963.

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