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Peter A. Banks is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly within the study of pancreatitis and related gastrointestinal disorders. Their research spans several subfields, including surgery, oncology, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and genetics.

The main focus of Banks' work includes pancreatitis pathology and treatment, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, diabetes and associated disorders, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, abdominal surgery and complications, and frailty in older adults.

Banks has published research in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Pancreatology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Digestive Diseases and Sciences
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Lactated Ringers vs Normal Saline Resuscitation for Mild Acute Pancreatitis: A Randomized Trial," 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "Multiple zeta values in deformation quantization," 2020, Inventiones mathematicae
  • "Pain Experience in Pancreatitis: Strong Association of Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety and PTSD in Patients With Severe, Constant, and Constant-Severe Pain," 2021, The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • "Autoimmunity May Explain Diabetes in a Subset of Patients With Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: A Pilot Study," 2021, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "Acute pancreatitis precedes chronic pancreatitis in the majority of patients: Results from the NAPS2 consortium," 2022, Pancreatology

Frequent collaborators in Banks' research include:

  • David X. Jin
  • Julia McNabb-Baltar
  • David C. Whitcomb
  • Timothy B. Gardner
  • Dhiraj Yadav

The research portfolio by Peter A. Banks encompasses significant contributions to both clinical and theoretical aspects of medicine, focusing heavily on pancreatitis and related disorders. Their interdisciplinary work connects surgery and oncology with broader medical research themes such as respiratory medicine and genetics, reflecting a comprehensive approach to complex medical conditions.

Best Publications

  • Classification of acute pancreatitis—2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus

    Peter A Banks;Thomas L Bollen;Christos Dervenis;Hein G Gooszen

  • Practice guidelines in acute pancreatitis.

    Peter A. Banks;Martin L. Freeman;Ronnie Fass;Darren S. Baroni

  • IAP Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Acute Pancreatitis

    Waldemar Uhl;Andrew Warshaw;Clement Imrie;Claudio Bassi

  • The early prediction of mortality in acute pancreatitis: a large population-based study

    Bechien U Wu;Richard S. Johannes;Xiaowu Sun;Ying Tabak

  • Tumours of histiocytes and accessory dendritic cells: an immunohistochemical approach to classification from the International Lymphoma Study Group based on 61 cases

    S. A. Pileri;T. M. Grogan;N. L. Harris;P Banks

  • Acute Pancreatitis: Bench to the Bedside

    Stephen J. Pandol;Ashok K. Saluja;Clement W. Imrie;Peter A. Banks

  • Lactated Ringer's solution reduces systemic inflammation compared with saline in patients with acute pancreatitis.

    Bechien U. Wu;James Q. Hwang;Timothy H. Gardner;Kathryn Repas

  • Alcohol Consumption, Cigarette Smoking, and the Risk of Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

    Dhiraj Yadav;Robert H. Hawes;Randall E. Brand;Michelle A. Anderson

  • A modified CT severity index for evaluating acute pancreatitis: Improved correlation with patient outcome

    Koenraad J. Mortele;Walter Wiesner;Lisa Intriere;Shridhar Shankar

  • Early diagnosis of pancreatic infection by computed tomography-guided aspiration

    Stephen G. Gerzof;Peter A. Banks;Alan H. Robbins;Willard C. Johnson

  • Comparison of existing clinical scoring systems to predict persistent organ failure in patients with acute pancreatitis.

    Rawad Mounzer;Christopher J. Langmead;Bechien U. Wu;Anna C. Evans

  • Relationship of necrosis to organ failure in severe acute pancreatitis

    S Tenner;G Sica;M Hughes;E Noordhoek

  • A comparative evaluation of radiologic and clinical scoring systems in the early prediction of severity in acute pancreatitis.

    Thomas L Bollen;Vikesh K Singh;Rie Maurer;Kathryn Repas

  • A double-blind comparison of oral versus rectal mesalamine versus combination therapy in the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis.

    M Safdi;M DeMicco;C Sninsky;P Banks

  • A prospective evaluation of the bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis score in assessing mortality and intermediate markers of severity in acute pancreatitis.

    Vikesh K Singh;Bechien U Wu;Thomas L Bollen;Kathryn Repas

  • Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis

    David C. Whitcomb;Jessica LaRusch;Alyssa M. Krasinskas;Lambertus Klei

  • AGA technical review: Treatment of pain in chronic pancreatitis

    Andrew L. Warshaw;Andrew L. Warshaw;Peter A. Banks;Peter A. Banks;Carlos Fernàndez–del Castillo;Carlos Fernàndez–del Castillo

  • Hemoconcentration Is an Early Marker for Organ Failure and Necrotizing Pancreatitis

    Alphonso Brown;John Orav;Peter A. Banks

  • Type of pain, pain-associated complications, quality of life, disability and resource utilisation in chronic pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study

    Daniel K. Mullady;Dhiraj Yadav;Stephen T. Amann;Michael R. O'Connell

  • A MODIFIED CT SEVERITY INDEX FOR EVALUATING ACUTE PANCREATITIS: IMPROVED CORRELATION WITH PATIENT OUTCOME.

    K.J. Mortele;K.H. Zou;P.A. Banks;S.G. Silverman

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Whitcomb
David C. Whitcomb University of Pittsburgh
Randall E. Brand
Randall E. Brand University of Pittsburgh
Stuart Sherman
Stuart Sherman Indiana University
Joao A. Paulo
Joao A. Paulo Harvard University
Hanno Steen
Hanno Steen Boston Children's Hospital
Robert H. Hawes
Robert H. Hawes Orlando Health
David L. Carr-Locke
David L. Carr-Locke NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
Stuart G. Silverman
Stuart G. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hein G. Gooszen
Hein G. Gooszen Radboud University
Hjalmar C. van Santvoort
Hjalmar C. van Santvoort Utrecht University

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