Thomas L. Abell, M.D.

• Professor of Medicine
• Arthur M. Schoen, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology

GI Motility Clinic
220 Abraham Flexner Way, Ste. 300
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-6991 - Academic Office
502-588-7690 - Patient Appointments
502-540-1400 - Research Office

Featured Publications

• Koch KL, Parkman HP, Yates KP, Van Natta ML, Grover M, Farrugia G, Abell TL, McCallum RW, Sarosiek I, Kuo B, Shulman RJ, Miriel L, Tonascia J, Pasricha PJ. Low Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Symptoms of Gastroparesis: Relationships with Nausea and Vomiting, Gastric Emptying and Gastric Myoelectrical Activity. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Jun 14. doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08520-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38877334.
• Bills S, Shine A, Williams JC, Mathur P, Kedar A, Daniels M, Abell TL. Difference in Cyclic Versus Non-cyclic Symptom Patterns in Patients with the Symptoms of Gastroparesis Undergoing Bioelectric Therapy. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 May;69(5):1722-1730. doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08303-1. Epub 2024 Apr 9. PMID: 38594432.
• Chikkamenahalli LL, Jessen E, Bernard CE, Ip WKE, Breen-Lyles M, Cipriani G, Pullapantula SR, Li Y, AlAsfoor S, Wilson L, Koch KL, Kuo B, Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, McKenzie TJ, Kellogg TA, Tonascia J, Hamilton FA, Sarosiek I, McCallum R, Parkman HP, Pasricha PJ, Abell TL, Farrugia G, Dasari S, Grover M; NIDDK Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium (GpCRC). Single cell atlas of human gastric muscle immune cells and macrophage-driven changes in idiopathic gastroparesis. iScience. 2024 Jan 23;27(3):108991. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108991. PMID: 38384852; PMCID: PMC10879712.
• Wang WJ, Foong D, Calder S, Schamberg G, Varghese C, Tack J, Xu W, Daker C, Carson D, Waite S, Hayes T, Du P, Abell TL, Parkman HP, Huang IH, Fernandes V, Andrews CN, Gharibans AA, Ho V, O'Grady G. Gastric Alimetry Expands Patient Phenotyping in Gastroduodenal Disorders Compared with Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb 1;119(2):331-341. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002528. Epub 2023 Oct 30. PMID: 37782524; PMCID: PMC10872929.
• Kochar T, Cai W, Guardiola JJ, Mathur P, Hassan H, Atassi H, Stocker A, Hughes M, McElmurray L, Pinkston C, Abell TL. Nutritional Assessment in Patients after Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES). J Clin Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb 1;58(2):136-142. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001826. PMID: 36626193.
• Saleem S, Aziz M, Khan AA, Williams MJ, Mathur P, Tansel A, Barber A, Abell TL. Gastric Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Gastroparesis or Gastroparesis-Like Symptoms: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuromodulation. 2024 Feb;27(2):221-228. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2022.10.048. Epub 2022 Dec 2. PMID: 36464562.
• Saleem S, Tarar ZI, Aziz M, Alsamman MA, Tansel A, Abell TL. Cannabis Use in Patients with Gastroparesis. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2023 Dec;8(6):1100-1105. doi: 10.1089/can.2022.0189. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 36067326.
• Parkman HP, Wilson LA, Silver P, Maurer AH, Sarosiek I, Bulat RS, Kuo B, Grover M, Farrugia G, Chumpitazi BP, Shulman RJ, Malik Z, Miriel LA, Tonascia J, Hamilton F, Abell TL, Pasricha PJ, McCallum RW, Koch KL; NIDDK Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium. Relationships among intragastric meal distribution during gastric emptying scintigraphy, water consumption during water load satiety testing, and symptoms of gastroparesis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2023 Nov 1;325(5):G407-G417. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00065.2023. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37552206; PMCID: PMC10887845.
• Tavares LC, Zheng T, Kwicklis M, Mitchell E, Pandit A, Pullapantula S, Bernard C, Teder-Laving M, Marques FZ, Esko T, Kuo B, Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, Koch KL, Sarosiek I, Abell TL, McCallum RW, Parkman HP, Pasricha PJ, Hamilton FA, Tonascia J, Zawistowski M, Farrugia G, Grover M, D'Amato M. A pilot genome-wide association study meta-analysis of gastroparesis. United European Gastroenterol J. 2023 Oct;11(8):784-796. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12453. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMID: 37688361; PMCID: PMC10576603.
• O'Grady G, Varghese C, Schamberg G, Calder S, Du P, Xu W, Tack J, Daker C, Mousa H, Abell TL, Parkman HP, Ho V, Bradshaw LA, Hobson A, Andrews CN, Gharibans AA; BSGM Working Group. Principles and clinical methods of body surface gastric mapping: Technical review. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2023 Oct;35(10):e14556. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14556. Epub 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36989183; PMCID: PMC10524901.