Abraham Mathew MD

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Esophagus Disease

Professor, Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

500 University DrHershey, PA 17033
Phone+1 800-233-4082

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Education & Training

Pennsylvania State UniversityM.Sc., 1999 - 2002
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1998 - 2001
Abington Memorial HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Kottayam Medical CollegeClass of 1994

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - Present
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Governors Award for Excellence in Clinical Research ACG, 2017
Second Place Award Winner ACG Video Forum, 2015
Presidential award 2014

Clinical Trials

Topical Pancreatic Duct Lidocaine for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Palliative use of lumen-apposing metal stents in tandem to alleviate malignant bowel obstructions in a patient with small-bowel adenocarcinoma with carcinomatosis.
Smriti Kochhar, Ibrahim Yaghnam, Abraham Mathew
Videogie. 2025-09-01
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Large Gastric Hyperplastic Polyps: Clinicopathological Study From a Single Center.
Xiaobang Hu, Julie C Fanburg-Smith, Francesca M Ruggiero, Justin B Roy, Robert Pantaleon Vasquez
Cureus. 2025-07-01
1 citations
EUS Guided Enterocolostomy for the Palliation of Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction From a Cecal Adenocarcinoma.
Brandon Rodgers, Abraham Mathew, Hadie Razjouyan
Gastro Hep Advances. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Aerophagia and subcutaneous emphysema in a patient with Rett syndrome
Clark CM, Shah-Becker S, Mathew A, Goyal N, Ear Nose Throat J, 1/1/2018
Cost-effectiveness of per oral endoscopic myotomy relative to laparoscopic Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia
Greenleaf EK, Winder JS, Hollenbeak CS, Haluck RS, Mathew A, Pauli EM, Surg Endosc, 1/7/2017
Reduced postoperative pain scores and narcotic use favor per-oral endoscopic myotomy over laparoscopic Heller myotomy
Docimo S Jr, Mathew A, Shope AJ, Winder JS, Haluck RS, Pauli EM, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2017

Abstracts/Posters

Clinical Symptomatology Based on the Scoring System after Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy
S Maher, J Chintanaboina, A Mathew, DDW, 1/1/2017
Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy is Less Painful than Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Permits Earlier Hospital Discharge.
Docimo S, Mathew A, Shope BS, Winder JS, Haluck RS, Pauli EM, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Boston, MA, 1/16/2016
Cost Effectiveness of Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy Relative to Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
Greenleaf EK, Winder JS, Hollenbeak CS, Haluck RS, Mathew A, Pauli EM, SAGES American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016

Lectures

Zenker�s diverticulum
Christina Medical College, Vellore, India - 1/20/2018
Natural orifice surgery in GI
Hershey Medical Center - 1/12/2018
Is Alcohol Required for Effective Pancreatic Cyst Ablation? The Prospective Randomized CHARM Trial.
Orlando, FL - 1/17/2017

Other

Restoration of Colonic Patency of a completely obstructed Crohn�s stricture using the Combined Antegrade-Retrograde Dilation (CARD) procedure. Digestive Disease Week 2...
Chintanaboina J, Moyer MT, Williams E, Puleo F, Mathew A, ASGE Online Learning Center
Chicago, IL - 1/9/2017
Endoscopic removal of an eroded surgical pledget causing liver abscesses and hepaticoduodenal fistula
Chintanaboina J, Mathew A, Video GIE, Augus
1/1/2017
Endoscopic Treatment of Hepaticoduodenal Fistula and Recurrent Liver Abscesses Secondary to an Unusual Clinical Entity (Video Presentation)
J Chintanaboina, A Mathew, ACG
Las Vegas, NV - 1/1/2016