Todd Baron

Todd Huntley Baron is an American gastroenterologist who is Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.[1] Additionally, he currently serves as the Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy within UNC's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He is known for his publishing in the field of gastroenterology particularly in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and other advanced endoscopic procedures.[2] He has developed interventional endoscopic techniques for the care of patients with gastrointestinal, liver and other medical conditions.[3] He was the first to describe endoscopic drainage of the gallbladder, placement of a colonic stent, and endoscopic pancreatic necrosectomy.

Todd H. Baron
Baron teaching at Johns Hopkins Hospital advanced endoscopy course in 2017
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Florida
University of Alabama at Birmingham
OccupationPhysician
EmployerUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine
Known forAdvanced endoscopy research

Early life

Baron was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1960, but was raised in South Florida from an early age. At the age of nine he entered competitive kart racing where he won numerous Florida State and Regional racing Championships and eventually won two International Kart Federation Grand National Championships.[4]

Medical career

Baron completed both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He completed his internal medicine residency, chief residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed additional training at Duke University in ERCP before joining the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he founded the ERCP program. He was recruited to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he became the director of pancreaticobiliary endoscopy.[5] In 2014 he joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina as a professor of medicine and director of advanced therapeutic endoscopy.[6]

Achievements
  • First to describe endoscopic drainage of the gallbladder[7]
  • First to describe placement of an expandable metal stent for the treatment of colonic obstruction[8]
  • First to describe endoscopic pancreatic necrosectomy[9]
  • First to describe drainage of a pelvic abscess through the rectum using a flexible endoscope[10]

Honors and awards

References
  1. "Todd Baron, MD". med.unc.edu. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. "Customer Review ERCP, 2nd Edition". amazon.com. June 7, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy". med.unc.edu. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. "IFK Grand National Results". russthompsonracing.com. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  5. "Mayo Clinic 'Model' at Center of Health Care Debate". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  6. "Baron named director of advanced therapeutic endoscopy". med.unc.edu. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  7. "Endoscopic transduodenal drainage of the gallbladder: implications for endoluminal treatment of gallbladder disease". scholar.google.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  8. "Expandable metal stents for the treatment of colonic obstruction: techniques and outcomes". scholar.google.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  9. "Endoscopic therapy for organized pancreatic necrosis". scholar.google.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  10. "Endoscopic transrectal drainage of a diverticular abscess". scholar.google.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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