Posts by Kyle D. Staller, MD, MPH
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Virtual Tai Chi Training Feasible, Effective for Patients With IBS-Constipation
Kyle D. Staller, MD, MPH, Braden Kuo, MD, and colleagues created a virtual, group-based Tai Chi program adapted for patients who have irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. In a proof-of-concept study, feasibility of recruitment was excellent, and 67% of 27 participants attended at least seven of eight sessions.
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Review: Digital Health for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Gastroenterologists at Massachusetts General Hospital are encouraging wider adoption of digital health tools to engage and manage patients who have functional gastrointestinal disorders, noting they enable more frequent patient–provider interactions and give patients greater agency over their care.
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New GI Disorders Common After COVID-19 Recovery
Christopher Vélez, MD, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, and colleagues have documented a heavy burden (39.5%) of new-onset post–COVID-19 gastrointestinal disorders, including functional dyspepsia–like and irritable bowel syndrome–like disorders, among ambulatory patients in heavily urbanized Suffolk County (including Boston).
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Diagnostic Yield of Endoscopy Is Low After Initial Diagnosis of IBS
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory, and colleagues determined that the diagnostic yield of colonoscopy and upper endoscopy for organic disease is low in patients with a first-time diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, although it increases with age.
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Heartburn & COVID-19: A Q&A With Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, on Proton Pump Inhibitors and Patient Risk
Recent headlines highlight survey findings indicating an increased risk of COVID-19 among Proton Pump Inhibitors users. In this Q&A, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, disambiguates fact from hyperbole about the COVID-19–heartburn connection.
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Google Trends Useful for Assessing Global Burden of IBS
Ryan Flanagan, MD, MPH, Braden Kuo, MD, and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, have provided the first evidence that Google Trends can be used to investigate the global burden of a functional gastrointestinal disorder, complementing traditional epidemiologic methods.
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Review: Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults
Trisha Pasricha, MD, and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, of the Division of Gastroenterology, provide practical guidance to geriatricians and other primary care clinicians about managing fecal incontinence in older adults.
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Incorporating Advanced Practice Providers into GI Practice
Andrea H. Thurler, DNP, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, and Kristin E. Burke, MD, MPH, give pointers on how—and why—to integrate a nurse practitioner or physician assistant into a gastroenterology practice.
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Low-dose Gabapentin Significantly Improves Symptoms of Functional Dyspepsia
In the first study of its kind, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers showed that low-dose gabapentin is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for patients presenting with functional dyspepsia.
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Jackhammer Esophagus Very Common After Lung Transplantation
Mass General researchers have become the first to define the incidence of jackhammer (hypercontractile) esophagus after lung transplantation and identify risk factors.
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Heartburn & COVID-19: A Q&A With Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, on Proton Pump Inhibitors and Patient Risk
Recent headlines highlight survey findings indicating an increased risk of COVID-19 among Proton Pump Inhibitors users. In this Q&A, Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, disambiguates fact from hyperbole about the COVID-19–heartburn connection.
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Internet Searches on GI Symptoms Predict COVID-19 Incidence in US Hotspots
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., online searches for certain GI symptoms correlated with the incidence of COVID-19 in five states with high disease burden.
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Stool Burden Is a Reliable Marker of Slow Colonic Transit in Adults
Stool burden assessment on abdominal X-rays is a reliable method to assess colonic transit, particularly when the Leech method is used for grading.
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IMPACT: A Standardized Tool for Assessment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
A consortium of professional societies caring for patients with different pelvic floor disorders (PVD) has reached consensus on standardized measures for initial assessment of the most commonly reported symptoms of PVDs.
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Eating Disorders Common in Patients with Chronic Constipation
About one in five patients with chronic constipation screened positively for eating disorder symptoms, which may underlie constipation symptoms because of fear and worry around gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Recent Marijuana Use Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Constipation
The first population-based study of marijuana and bowel function provides important insights into its effects on constipation and diarrhea.
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Moderate Physical Activity Tied to Reduced Risk of Fecal Incontinence in Women
Regular moderate, low-impact physical activity may help maintain the neuromuscular health of the anorectal continence mechanism in aging women.
Biography
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, is a gastroenterologist and the director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory at Mass General. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit. Dr. Staller specializes in disorders of gastrointestinal motility and neurogastroenterology and is a faculty member of the MGH Center for Neurointestinal Health and the MGH Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders. His clinical practice is devoted to treating patients with GI motility disorders and disorders of brain-gut interaction.
Dr. Staller’s research interests include clinical and epidemiologic research in neurogastroenterology and motility with particular interest in chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fecal incontinence, eating disorders and women’s health in functional GI diseases. His research has been published in medical journals across the spectrum of GI, and he also serves as a medical liaison to the media with appearances in national news outlets as well as health and wellness magazines.
Dr. Staller received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for residency and gastroenterology (GI) fellowship. He also completed formal training in epidemiology culminating in a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and subspecialty training in neurogastroenterology and motility at MGH before joining the faculty.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.