RAMONA RAJAPAKSE MD

Selected Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1 Rajapakse R, Korelitz BI, Zlatanic J, Baiocco P, Gleim G. Outcome of pregnancies when fathers with inflammatory bowel disease are treated with 6-mercaptopurine. Am J Gastroenterol 2000 Mar 3; 95 : 684-8 2 Felder J, KorelitzB I, Rajapakse R , Schwarz S, Horatagis A, Gleim G. The effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a case-control study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000 Aug; 95 :1949-54 3 Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R. 6-MP for fathers with IBD at the time of conception: over unrelated controls. Am J Gastroenterol 2000 Sep; 95 : 2386-7. 4 Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R. Treatment of acute relapse of Crohn’s disease: recommendations for clinical trials. IOIBD 2000. 5 Ramona Rajapakse, Korelitz Burton I. Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Pregnancy. Current treatment options in Gastroenterol. 2001;4:245-51. 6 Burton Korelitz, Ramona Rajapakse. Ulcerative Duodenitis with Ulcerative Colitis. Is it Crohn’s disease or really Ulcerative Colitis. J clin Gastroenterol. 2001; 32: 97. 7 Korelitz BI and Rajapakse RO. The nature of perirectal and other fistulizing manifestations of Crohn’s Disease: Combined medical-surgical treatment. Drugs of Today(Suppl) 2001; 37: 1-7. 8 Rajapakse R, Warman J, Korelitz BI. Colchicine for persistent constipation after total abdominal colectomy with ileorestostomy for colonic inertia. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2001; 33: 81-4. 9 Zlatanic J, Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R, Kim PS, Rubin SD, Baiocco PJ, Panagopoulos G. Complications of pregnancy and child development after cessation of treatment with 6-mercaptopurine for inflammatory bowel disease. J Clin Gastroenterol 2003; 36: 303-309. 10 Disanti W, Rajapakse RO, Korelitz BI, Panagopoulos G, Bratcher J. Incidence of neoplasms in patients who develop sustained leukopenia during or after treatment with 6-MP for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology;2006, Vol 4; 1025-1029 11 Gold Jared, Rajapakse RO. Successful treatment of retinal neovascularisation and uveitis with infliximab in a patient with Crohn’s disease. Practical Gastroenterology 2006; August: 76-78. 12 Wiggins JB, Rajapakse R. Balsalazide: A novel 5-aminosalicylate prodrug for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis. Expert Opin. Drug Metab. Toxicol. 2009; vol5,No 10, 1279-84. 13 Anderson JC, Stein B, Kahi CJ, Rajapakse R, Walker G, Alpern ZV. Association of smoking and flat adenomas: results from an asymptomatic population screened with a high definition colonoscope. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Vol 71,Issue 7,June 2010, 1234-1240