Ian Grimm MD

Dr. Ian Grimm is Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has been practicing advanced therapeutic endoscopy since 1993 and where he has served as the Director of GI Procedures since 2000. In 2016, he studied endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) while on sabbatical in Japan. Currently, his practice is devoted primarily to advanced resection and third-space endoscopic procedures.

Selected Bibliography:

• Ngamruengphong S, Ferri L, Aihara H, et al. Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Superficial Gastric Neoplasia in a large Cohort in North America. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2021;19:1611-1619.

• Draganov PV, Aihara H, Karasik MS, et al.  Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in North America: A Large Multicenter Study. Gastroenterology. 2021;160:2317-2327.

• Ichkhanian Y, Vosoughi K, Diehl DL, Grimm IS, et al. A large multi-center cohort on the use of full-thickness resection device for difficult colonic lesions. Surg Endosc.2021;35:1296-1306.

• Oswaldo Ortiz, Douglas K Rex, Grimm Ian, et al. Factors associated with complete clip closure after endoscopic mucosal resection of large colorectal polyps. Endoscopy. 2020;1332-6727.

• Grimm IS, Kroch DA, Peery AF et al. Surgery for benign colorectal polyps: changing behavior patterns. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020;92:231-232.

• Pohl H, Grimm IS, Moyer MT, et al. Effects of Blended (Yellow) vs Forced Coagulation (Blue) Currents on Adverse Events, Complete Resection, or Polyp Recurrence After Polypectomy in a large Randomized Trial. Gastroenterology. 2020;159:119-12.