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Jason Rocha, M.D.
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Jason
P. Rocha, M.D., P.N.S., is a clinical assistant professor at the Long School of
Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Rocha is one of a handful of general
gastroenterologists in South Texas with expertise in nutritional support and is
a certified physician nutrition specialist. Dr. Rocha is actively involved in
teaching, research, and providing both inpatient and outpatient clinical care.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2014 - MD - Internal Medicine - UT Health San Antonio
Training
- 2020 - Fellowship - Gastroenterology - UT Health San Antonio
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Service
Department
Admissions Committee for Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Education, 2014
Service Admissions Committee for Joint Admission Medical Program, 2014
Admissions Committee Interviewer for UTHSCSA SOM Class of 2018
Applied for ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship in 2019, pending acceptance Art Editor for Connective Tissue Journal during 2011-2012 academic year
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Publications
Abstracts Subramanian S, Thomas A, Patel C, Malakouti M, Rocha J, Wright R. Rogue Stent: Migrated esophageal stent to sigmoid colon. Program No. P0202. ACG 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American College of Gastroenterology.
Rocha, J, Aburime, E, Linsteadt, J, Vanderveldt, H. A Case of Incomplete pancreas divisum with anomalous pancreatic duct-biliary duct junction with type IV A choledochal cyst complicated by cystolithiasis. Am J Gastroenterol 2016; 111: S585-6.
Ukabam, O, Rocha, J, Brady, C. Case Report: Kaposi Sarcoma with Gastrointestinal Involvement. Am J Gastroenterol 2015; 107: S620.
Rocha, J, Lee, S, Siegel, L, Mathur, N, Agarwal, S, Sostre, C, Kundrotas, L. In vivo diagnosis of colorectal polyps by gastroenterology endoscopists using high-definition narrow-band imaging. Am J Gastroenterol 2014; 109: S619.Articles
Rocha J, Camero A, Malakouti M, Hughston A, Kataria A, Patel C, Singh T, Byeong Y, Qianqian L, Hubbard H, Echavarria J. Safety review of colonoscopy complication rates in patients with cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2019; Pending submission.
Rocha J, Laster J, Parag B, Shah N. Health benefits and risks associated with vegetarian diets. Current Nutrition Reports 2019; In peer review.
Shah N, Rocha J, Omer E, Buhtani N, Hurt R. Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease. Nutrition in Clinical Practice 2019; In peer review.
Laster J, Bonnes S, Rocha J, Gershuni V. Increased use of emulsifiers in processed foods and the links to obesity. Current Gastroenterology Reports 2019; In peer review.
Rocha, Jason. (March 20, 2014). Secondary Prevention of Postherpetic Neuralgia. In Wikipedia. Retrieved September 23, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Postherpetic_neuralgia#Secondary_prevention
Brian G. Yust; Lawrence C. Mimun; Dhiraj K. Sardar; Gangadharan Ajith Kumar; Peter J. Hornsby; Jason P. Rocha; Highly efficient phosphors in cancer sensing and photodynamic therapy. Proc. SPIE 8233, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications IV, 823312 (February 9, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.908986.
Editorials Rocha, Jason. (2012). Connective Tissue in a Blue Bottle. In Connective Tissue, Vol. 5. San Antonio, TX: UTHSCSA. 54-55.Letters Rocha, Jason. (2013). Know your role and earn straight 5’s. In Letters to a Third Year Student from the Class of 2014 (Special Publication – 11th volume). The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Office of Student Affairs.