Ioannis Oikonomou, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Section of Digestive Diseases

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Clinical Interests

Since Dr. Oikonomou joined our Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, he became involved in multiple aspects of the clinical practice within the Section of Digestive Diseases. His main clinical interest is in the evaluation and management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. He offers endoscopic evaluation and colorectal cancer screening in patients with IBD and serves as attending gastroenterologist at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Research Interests

His research is focused in the assessment of metabolic disorders associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He has conducted extensive research in the etiopathogenesis of anemia in patients with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. During his advanced training in inflammatory bowel disease at Cleveland Clinic, he examined risk factors for the development of chronic anemia and received a pilot grant from the American College of Gastroenterology. He is currently involved in the utilization of new diagnostic modalities and novel therapeutic agents in the management of IBD.

Education and Training

Dr. Oikonomou is a graduate of the University of Heidelberg in Germany. His internship in Internal Medicine was completed at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by his residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship training at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (NJ) and received advanced training in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (OH).

Selected Publications

• Shen B, Remzi FH, Oikonomou IK, Lu H, Lashner BA, Hammel JP, Skugor M, Bennett AE, Brzezinski A, Queener E, Fazio VW. Risk factors for low bone mass in patients with ulcerative colitis following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2009;104:639-46.
• Shen B, Fazio VW, Remzi FH, Bennett AE, Lopez R, Brzezinski A, Oikonomou I, Sherman KK, Lashner BA. Combined Ciprofloxacin and Tinidazole Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Refractory Pouchitis. Dis Colon Rectum 2007;50:498-508.
• Oikonomou IK, Fazio VW, Remzi F, Lopez R, Lashner BA, Shen B. Risk Factors for Anemia in Patients with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 2007;50:69-74.
• Oikonomou I, Shen B. Risk Factors and Treatment for Pouchitis. In: Lashner B, Zein N, eds. The Year in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Oxford, England: Clinical Publishing Services Ltd; 2006.
• Shen B, Fazio VW, Remzi FH, Bennett AE, Brzezinski A, Achkar JP, Lopez R, Oikonomou I, Sherman KK, Lashner B. Risk Factors for Clinical Phenotypes of Crohn's Disease of the Ileal Pouch. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2760-8.
• Oikonomou I, Shen B. Are we moving forward in the biologic treatment of Crohn’s disease? Time will tell. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006;12:147-9.
• Oikonomou I, Lashner BA. Putting the puzzle together: Inherited cancer risk in Crohn’s disease patients. Dig Liver Dis 2006;38:8-9.
• Schilsky ML, Oikonomou I. Inherited metabolic liver disease. Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2005;21: 275-82.

Contact

Office Address
Temple Medical Center
Yale Digestive Diseases
40 Temple Street, Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510

E-mail
ioannis.oikonomou@yale.edu

Office
Phone (203) 737-2716

Appointments
Phone (203) 785-4138
Fax (203) 737-1345