Endashaw M. Omer, M.D., MPH

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Director of Endoscopy

UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-6991 - Academic Office
502-588-4600 - Patient Appointments

Featured Publications

• Lawson CM, Jones C, Herman M, Kim C, Mannino E, Omer E, Venegas C. Does Ileus Represent the Forgotten End Organ Failure in Critical Illness? Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2024 Jun;26(6):166-171. doi: 10.1007/s11894-023-00910-8. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38558135.
• McClave SA, Omer E, Eisa M, Klosterbauer A, Lowen CC, Martindale RG. The importance of providing dietary fiber in medical and surgical critical care. Nutr Clin Pract. 2024 Jun;39(3):546-556. doi: 10.1002/ncp.11092. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37947011.
• Omer E, Chiodi C. Fat digestion and absorption: Normal physiology and pathophysiology of malabsorption, including diagnostic testing. Nutr Clin Pract. 2024 Apr;39 Suppl 1:S6-S16. doi: 10.1002/ncp.11130. PMID: 38429963.
• Elmahdi A, Eisa M, Martindale R, Omer E. Persistent Ostomy Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Removal: Treatment Strategies. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2024 Feb;26(2):53-56. doi: 10.1007/s11894-023-00912-6. Epub 2024 Jan 9. PMID: 38194110.
• Elmahdi A, Eisa M, Omer E. Aspiration pneumonia in enteral feeding: A review on risks and prevention. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023 Dec;38(6):1247-1252. doi: 10.1002/ncp.11020. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37227191.
• Robertson DJ, Dominitz JA, Beed A, Boardman KD, Del Curto BJ, Guarino PD, Imperiale TF, LaCasse A, Larson MF, Gupta S, Lieberman D, Planeta B, Shaukat A, Sultan S, Menees SB, Saini SD, Schoenfeld P, Goebel S, von Rosenvinge EC, Baffy G, Halasz I, Pedrosa MC, Kahng LS, Cassim R, Greer KB, Kinnard MF, Bhatt DB, Dunbar KB, Harford WV Jr, Mengshol JA, Olson JE, Patel SG, Antaki F, Fisher DA, Sullivan BA, Lenza C, Prajapati DN, Wong H, Beyth R, Lieb JG 2nd, Manlolo J, Ona FV, Cole RA, Khalaf N, Kahi CJ, Kohli DR, Rai T, Sharma P, Anastasiou J, Hagedorn C, Fernando RS, Jackson CS, Jamal MM, Lee RH, Merchant F, May FP, Pisegna JR, Omer E, Parajuli D, Said A, Nguyen TD, Tombazzi CR, Feldman PA, Jacob L, Koppelman RN, Lehenbauer KP, Desai DS, Madhoun MF, Tierney WM, Ho MQ, Hockman HJ, Lopez C, Carter Paulson E, Tobi M, Pinillos HL, Young M, Ho NC, Mascarenhas R, Promrat K, Mutha PR, Pandak WM Jr, Shah T, Schubert M, Pancotto FS, Gawron AJ, Underwood AE, Ho SB, Magno-Pagatzaurtundua P, Toro DH, Beymer CH, Kaz AM, Elwing J, Gill JA, Goldsmith SF, Yao MD, Protiva P, Pohl H, Kyriakides T; CONFIRM Study Group. Baseline Features and Reasons for Nonparticipation in the Colonoscopy Versus Fecal Immunochemical Test in Reducing Mortality From Colorectal Cancer (CONFIRM) Study, a Colorectal Cancer Screening Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 3;6(7):e2321730. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21730. Erratum in: JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2330304. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30304. PMID: 37432690; PMCID: PMC10336619.
• Eisa M, Omer E. Challenges of Gastric Versus Post-pyloric Feeding in COVID-19 Disease. Curr Surg Rep. 2023;11(2):39-41. doi: 10.1007/s40137-022-00343-8. Epub 2022 Dec 26. PMID: 36588861; PMCID: PMC9791629.
• Omer E, Chhabra G. Impact of Clostridioides Difficle Infection and its Therapy on Nutritional Status. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2022 Aug;24(8):99-104. doi: 10.1007/s11894-022-00846-5. Epub 2022 Sep 3. PMID: 36056219.
• Eisa M, Omer E. Cetuximab-Induced Small Intestine Stricture in Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity. ACG Case Rep J. 2022 Jun 28;9(6):e00784. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000784. PMID: 35782314; PMCID: PMC9242403.
• Suliman S, McClave SA, Taylor BE, Patel J, Omer E, Martindale RG. Barriers to nutrition therapy in the critically ill patient with COVID-19. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022 May;46(4):805-816. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2263. Epub 2021 Oct 26. PMID: 34486137; PMCID: PMC8646569.