Therapeutic Endoscopy - specialized in ERCP and EUS
Pancreaticobiliary diseases
Pancreatitis and pancreatic fluid collections
Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Awards/Honors
Castle Connolly Best Doctors (Featured in Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2021)
Best Doctor's List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2020)
Best Doctor's List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2019)
Patrick Brady GI Fellowship Teaching Award (University of South Florida - 2017)
Best Senior Resident Talk (Boston University Medical Center - 2011)
Ariel Weisman Resident Excellence in Teaching Award (Boston University Medical Center - 2011)
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award (BU Medical Center - 2010)
Memberships
Member (Florida Gastroenterologic Society, 2016 - Present)
Member (American College of Gastroenterology, 2011 - Present)
Member (American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2011 - Present)
Member (American Gastroenterological Association, 2011 - Present)
Recent Publications
Dhaliwal A, Saghir SM, Mashiana HS, Braseth A, Dhindsa BS, Ramai D, Taunk P, Gomez-Esquivel R, Dam A, Klapman J, Adler DG. Endoscopic cryotherapy: Indications, techniques, and outcomes involving the gastrointestinal tract.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy. 14(1) : 17-28, 2022.
Abbas A, Sethi S, Vidyarthi G, Taunk P. Predictors of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis, analysis of more than half a million procedures performed nationwide over the last 15 years.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. 4(4) : 736-742, 2020.
Mony S Pagan A Sethi S Kumar K Taunk . The Effect of a Pathologists Experience on Sample Adequacy in Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA): Another factor to consider?Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open. 1(1) : 11-16, 2020.
Taunk P, Atkinson CD, Lichtenstein D, Rodriguez-Diaz E, Singh SK. Computer-assisted assessment of colonic polyp histopathology using probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy.International journal of colorectal disease. 34(12) : 2043-2051, 2019.
Abbas A, Sethi S, Brady P, Taunk P. Endoscopic management of postcholecystectomy biliary leak: When and how? A nationwide study.Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 90(2) : 233-241.e1, 2019.
Abbas AM, Strong AT, Diehl DL, Brauer BC, Lee IH, Burbridge R, Zivny J, Higa JT, Falcão M, El Hajj II, Tarnasky P, Enestvedt BK, Ende AR, Thaker AM, Pawa R, Jamidar P, Sampath K, de Moura EGH, Kwon RS, Suarez AL, Aburajab M, Wang AY, Shakhatreh MH, Kaul V, Kang L, Kowalski TE, Pannala R, Tokar J, Aadam AA, Tzimas D, Wagh MS, Draganov PV. Multicenter evaluation of the clinical utility of laparoscopy-assisted ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.Gastrointestinal endoscopy. 87(4) : 1031-1039, 2018.
Brady PG, Taunk P. Endoscopic Treatment of Biliary Leaks After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Cut or Plug?Digestive diseases and sciences. 63(2) : 273-274, 2018.
Taunk P, Singh S, Lichtenstein D, Joshi V, Gold J, Sharma A. Improved classification of indeterminate biliary strictures by probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy using the Paris Criteria following biliary stenting.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. 32(10) : 1778-1783, 2017.
Taunk P Calderwood AH, . Colorectal cancer: screening and surveillance recommendations. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management.Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 22(1) : 130-142, 2015.
Taunk P, Cosgrove N, Loren DE, Kowalski T, Siddiqui AA. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy using a lumen-apposing self-expanding metal stent for decompression of afferent loop obstruction.Endoscopy. 47 Suppl 1 UCTN: E395-6, 2015.
Ton L, Lee H, Taunk P, Calderwood AH, Jacobson BC. Nationwide variability of colonoscopy preparation instructions.Digestive diseases and sciences. 59(8) : 1726-32, 2014.
Joshi V Taunk P Singh . Frontiers in Endoscopy: Advanced Imaging of the gastrointestinal lumen.Practical Gastroenterology. 38(1) : 16-25, 2014.
Dhaliwal A, Dhindsa BS, Saghir SM, Ramai D, Chandan S, Mashiana H, Bhogal N, Sayles H, Bhat I, Singh S, Dam A, Taunk P, Esquivel RG, Klapman J, McDonough S, Adler DG. Choice of sedation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: is monitored anesthesia care as safe as general anesthesia? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of gastroenterology. 34(6) : 879-887