Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Education:
M.D., 1982, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY
MSc Epidemiology, 2001, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
General field of research:
Clinical Research in Gastroenterology
Affiliations other than medicine:
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Contact information:
Office
Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, 85 East Concord Street
Phone: (617) 638-8339
Fax: (617) 638-6529
Keywords:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Crohn’s Disease; Ulcerative Colitis; Colon Polyps; Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis; Vitamin D
Summary of research interest:
Dr. Farraye’s clinical interests are in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the management of colon polyps and colorectal cancer, as well endoscopy in patients after bariatric surgery. He is studying Vitamin D absorption in patients with IBD, the management and diagnosis of dysplasia and cancer in patients with IBD, and predictors of pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). In the area of colorectal cancer, he is examining the role of hyperplastic polyps as an alternative pathway in the development of colorectal cancer.
Recent publications:
OBrien MJ, Yang S, Mack C, Xu H, Huang CS, Mulcahy E, Amorosino M, Farraye FA. 2006. Comparison of microsatellite instability, CpG island methylation phenotype, BRAF and KRAS status in serrated polyps and traditional adenomas indicates separate pathways to distinct colorectal carcinoma endpoints. Am J Surg Pathol 30:1491–1501. PMID: 17122504
Farraye FA, Waye JD, Moscandrew M, Heeren TC, Odze RD. 2007. Variability in the diagnosis and management of adenoma-like and non adenoma-like DALMs in inflammatory bowel disease: An internet based study. GI Endoscopy 66(3):519-529. PMID: 17640638
Isaacs KL, Sandler RS, Abreu M, Picco MF, Hanauer SB, Bickston S, Present D, Farraye FA, Wolf D, Sandborn WJ. 2007. Rifaxamin for the treatment of active acute or chronic pouchitis: A randomized, double blind placebo-controlled pilot study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 13(10):1250-5. PMID: 17567869
Srivastava A, Redston M, Farraye FA, Yantiss R, Odze RD. 2008. Hyperplastic/Serrated polyposis in inflammatory bowel disease: A case series of a previously undescribed entity. Am J Surg Pathol 32:296-303. PMID: 18223333
Yantiss RK, Das K, Farraye FA, Odze RD. 2008. Alterations in Das-1 and CG-3 expression in colonic mucosal biopsies help distinguish ulcerative colitis from Crohn’s disease and other forms of colitis. Am J Surg Pathol. 32(6):844-50. PMID: 18408596
Ullman T, Odze R, Farraye FA. 2008. Diagnosis and management of dysplasia in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease of the colon. Inflamm Bowel Dis. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 18942763
