Jason Alan Dominitz MD

PubMed

• Comparing the effectiveness of implementation strategies to improve liver and colon cancer screening for Veterans: protocol for a large cluster-randomized implementati...
  Shari S Rogal, Vera Yakovchenko, Timothy R Morgan, Jason A Dominitz, Heather McCurdy
  Implementation Science. 2025-08-09
• Associations Between Prescreening Dietary Patterns and Longitudinal Colonoscopy Outcomes in Veterans.
  April R Williams, Thomas S Redding 4th, Brian A Sullivan, Xuejun Qin, Belinda Ear
  Federal Practitioner. 2025-08-01
• Conventional screening measure does not accurately capture screening status in a minority of patients with colorectal cancer.
  Taylor M McCready, Shinjini Nandi, Yingzhi Qian, Shawn Wen, Simona C Kwon
  Medicine. 2025-07-18

Journal Articles

• Colorectal Cancer Screening: Is Colonoscopy the Best Option?  
  Jason Dominitz, MD, ScienceDirect
• National Trends in Use of Monitored Anesthesia Care for Outpatient Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration  
  Joel H Rubenstein, Jason A Dominitz, Sameer D Saini, JAMA
• Recommendations on Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Co...  
  Durno C, Boland CR, Cohen S, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Rex DK, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/28/2017
• Recommendations on Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Co...  
  Durno C, Boland CR, Cohen S, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Rex DK, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/28/2017
• A safe and effective multi-day colonoscopy bowel preparation for individuals with spinal cord injuries  
  Song SH, Svircev JN, Teng BJ, Dominitz JA, Burns SP, J Spinal Cord Med, 1/1/2017
• Colorectal cancer screening: recommendations for physicians and patients from the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer  
  Rex DK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2017
• Recommendations on Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Co...  
  Durno C, Boland CR, Cohen S, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Rex DK, Gastroenterology, 1/1/2017
• Recommendations on Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Co...  
  Durno C, Boland CR, Cohen S, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Rex DK, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/2017
• Colorectal cancer screening: recommendations for physicians and patients from the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer  
  Rex DK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Levin TR, Lieberman D, Robertson DJ, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/2017
• Overuse of repeat upper endoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration: a retrospective analysis  
  Rubenstein JH, Pohl H, Adams MA, Kerr E, Holleman R, Vijan S, Dominitz JA, Inadomi JM, Provenzale D, Francis J, Saini SD, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2017
• The name game: circumventing quality metrics by categorizing incomplete colonoscopy as sigmoidoscopy  
  Kaz AM, Dominitz JA, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2017
• Colonoscopy versus fecal immunochemical test in reducing mortality from colorectal cancer (CONFIRM): Rational for study design  
  Dominitz JA, Robertson DJ, Ahnen DJ, Allison JE, Antonelli M, Boardman KD, Ciarleglio M, Del Curto BJ, Huang GD, Imperiale TF, Larson MF, Lieberman D, O�Connor T, O�Le..., Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2017
• A health services research agenda for bariatric surgery within the Veterans Health Administration  
  Funk LM, Gunnar W, Dominitz JA, Eisenberg D, Frayne S, Maggard-Gibbons M, Kalarchian MA, Livingston E, Sanchez V, Smith BR, Weidenbacher H, Maciejewski ML, J Gen Intern Med, 1/1/2017
• Recommendations on fecal immunochemical testing to screen for colorectal neoplasia: a consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer  
  Robertson DJ, Lee JK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Lieberman D, Levin TR, Rex DK, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/18/2016
• Recommendations on fecal immunochemical testing to screen for colorectal neoplasia: a consensus statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer  
  Robertson DJ, Lee JK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, Giardiello FM, Johnson DA, Kaltenbach T, Lieberman D, Levin TR, Rex DK, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/4/2016
• Epidemiologic review of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and duodenoscopes and endoscopic ultrasonograhy in the Department of Veterans Affairs  
  Ryono RA, Schirmer PL, Lucero-Obusan C, Oda G, Dominitz JA, Holodniy M, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1/1/2016
• Editorial: Financial incentives to improve colorectal cancer screening: does it make cents?  
  Adler J, Dominitz JA, Am J Gastroenterology, 1/1/2016
• On the quality of quality metrics: rethinking what defines good colonoscopy  
  Dominitz JA and Spiegel B, Am J Gastroenterology, 1/1/2016
• Telemedicine specialty support promotes hepatitis C treatment by primary care providers in the Department of Veterans Affairs  
  Beste LA, Glorioso TJ, Ho PM, Au DH, Kirsh SR, Todd-Stenberg J, Chang MF, Dominitz JA, Baron AE, Ross D, Am J Med, 1/1/2016
• Consequences of increasing time to colonoscopy examination following positive result from fecal colorectal cancer screening test  
  Meester RG, Zauber AG, Doubeni CA, Jensen CD, Quinn VP, Helfand M, Dominitz JA, Levin TR, Corley DA, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1/1/2016
• Use of antibiotics among patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with reduced mortality  
  Moon AM, Dominitz JA, Ioannou GN, Lowy E, Beste L, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1/1/2016
• Use of a novel polyp �ruler snare� improves estimation of colon polyp size  
  Kaz AM, Anwar A, O�Neill DR, Dominitz JA, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1/1/2016
• Developing and testing an electronic measure of screening colonoscopy overuse in a large integrated healthcare system  
  Saini SD, Powell AA, Dominitz JA, Fisher DA, Francis J, Kinsinger L, Pittman KS, Schoenfeld P, Moser SE, Vijan S, Kerr EA, J Gen Intern Med, 1/1/2016
• Multi-Center Colonoscopy Quality Measurement Utilizing Natural Language Processing  
  Imler TD, Morea J, Kahi C, Cardwell J, Johnson CS, Xu H, Ahnen D, Antaki F, Ashley C, Baffy G, Cho I, Dominitz J, Hou J, Korsten M, Nagar A, Promrat K, Robertson D, Sa..., Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2015
• Quality indicators common to all GI endoscopic procedures  
  Rizk MK, Sawhney MS, Cohen J, Pike IM, Adler DG, Dominitz JA, Lieb JG 2nd, Lieberman DA, Park WG, Shaheen NJ, Wani S, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

• Yamada�s Handbook of Gastroenterology 
  Inadomi JM, Bhattacharya R, Dominitz JA and Hwang JHEditors: Yamada T.Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, United KingdomEdition 3rd,2013
• Endoscopic Oncology: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Cancer Management 
  Chapter: Colorectal cancer screening. 
  Dominitz JA and Grady WEditors: Faigel DO and Kochman ML.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ2006
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology for the Primary Care Provider: Principles, Practice and Guidelines for Referral 
  Chapter: Abdominal pain 
  Dominitz JA, Sekijima JH, Watts MEditors: Kimmey, MB.University of Washington Division of Gastroenterology, Seattle, WA2000
• Prostaglandin and Lipid Metabolism in Radiation Injury 
  Chapter: Alterations in locomotor activity induced by radioprotective doses of 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2. 
  Page 245 - 251Landauer MR, Walden TL, Davis HD, Dominitz JAEditors: Walden TL, Hughes HN.Plenum Press, New York, NY1987
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Abstracts/Posters

• Tethered Capsule Endoscopy (TCE) Versus Standard EGD for Screening for Barrett�s Esophagus: Preliminary Results from a Blinded Pilot Study.
  Dominitz JA, Seibel EJ, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 1/9/2011
• Accuracy of Medicare claims for identifying polyp or tumor findings, biopsy and polypectomy during colonoscopy.
  Ko CW, Dominitz J, Green P, Kreuter W, Baldwin LM, Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, LA, 1/3/2010
• Primary care providers and general surgeons are more likely than gastroenterologists to utilize additional colon exams within one year of colonoscopy.
  Ko CW, Dominitz J, Green P, Kreuter W, Baldwin LM, Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, LA, 1/2/2010
• Testing for and treatment of secondary causes of bone loss in inflammatory bowel disease patients with abnormal DEXA studies.
  Etzel JP, Larson MF, Anawalt BD, Collins J, Dominitz J, Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, LA, 1/2/2010
• Tethered-capsule endoscope with air channel allows for detailed unsedated esophageal imaging.
  Seibel EJ, Dominitz JA, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 1/3/2009
• Use and predictors of anesthesia assistance during colonoscopy.
  Ko CW, Dominitz JA, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 1/2/2009
• Predictors of DEXA use in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
  Etzel JP, Larson MF, Collins J, Anawalt BD, Dominitz JA, American Gastroenterological Association, San Diego, CA, 1/20/2008
• Risk factors for more than one upper endoscopy during hospitalization for acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
  Radaideh S, Dominitz JA, Provenzale D, Azzouz F, Musick BS, Imperiale TF, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, San Diego, CA, 1/18/2008
• Unsedated self-examination of the esophagus using a tethered-capsule endoscope (TCE).
  Seibel EJ, Melville CD, Johnston RS, Lee CM, Dominitz JA, and Kimmey MB, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2008
• Low-cost tethered capsule endoscope (TCE) for unsedated esophagoscopy
  Dominitz JA, Johnston RS, Melville CD, Kimmey MB, Seibel EJ, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Washington, DC, 1/23/2007
• Colonoscopy quality and outcomes in clinical practice.
  Ko CW, Baldwin LM, Dominitz JA, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Washington, DC, 1/22/2007
• Provider Intervention to Improve Fecal Occult Blood Test Follow-up
  Larson M, Ko CW, Dominitz JA, American Gastroenterological Association, Washington, DC, 1/22/2007
• Cost-Effectiveness of Testing for Hepatitis A Immunity Prior to Initiating Hepatitis A Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
  Chapko MK, Yee HS, Monto A, Dominitz JA, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Washington, DC, 1/21/2007
• Quality of care in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
  Kanwal F, Hoang T, Spiegel BMR, Gralnek IM, Dominitz J, Di Bisceglie A, Asch S, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, MA, 1/1/2006
• Prospective analysis of withdrawal times and polyp detection rates during screening colonoscopy and a comparison to US Multi-Society Task Force Recommendations: a comm...
  Hirota WK, Baerg RD, Bleau Bl, Carrougher JG, Lyons MF, Priebe WM, Schlepp GE, Tsuchida AT, Oh S, Dominitz JA, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Plenary Session, Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2006
• Cost-effectiveness of growth factors during hepatitis C antiviral therapy.
  Chapko MK, Dominitz JA, Gastroenterology; National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference; American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, New Orleans, LA, 2004; Washington, DC, 2005, 1/1/2004
• Central but not peripheral obesity is associated with cirrhosis-related death or hospitalization: a population-based, cohort study.
  Ioannou GN, Weiss NS, Boyko EJ, Kowdley KV, Kahn SE, Carithers RL, Tsai EC, Dominitz JA, Gastroenterology; American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2004
• Prevalence of hepatitis C infection in veterans: results of VA Cooperative Study #488.
  Dominitz JA, Boyko EJ, Koepsell TD, Heagerty PJ, Maynard C, Sporleder JL, VA Cooperative Study #488 Investigators, Gastroenterology; American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2004
• The association of race and treatment for hepatitis C.
  Rousseau CM, Ioannou GN, Todd-Stenberg JA, Sloan KL, Dominitz JA, Hepatology; American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, MA, 1/1/2004
• The characteristics associated with adequate adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer.
  Dobie S, Matthews B, Dominitz J, Wright G, Billingsley K, Baldwin LM, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2004
• Cost-effectiveness of testing strategies for chronic hepatitis C.
  Chapko MK, Dominitz JA, Davison J, Bankson DD, Dufour RD, Rigsby M, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Orlando, FL, 1/19/2003
• New clinical decision aids (CDAs) stratify risk for poor outcome from acute upper GI hemorrhage (UGIH).
  Imperiale TF, Dominitz JA, Provenzale DT, Boes LP, Bowers JC, Rose CM, Musick BS, Azzouz F, Perkins SM, 68th Annual Scientific Meeting - American College of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, MD, 1/14/2003
• Impact of group education on knowledge, satisfaction and quality of life among hepatitis c patients seen by gastroenterologists.
  Dominitz JA, Straits-Troster KA, Splan MF, Bush KR, Sloan KL, Lee SW, Kivlahan DR, 68th Annual Scientific Meeting - American College of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, MD, 1/14/2003
• Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) knowledge, health risk behaviors, and interest in health services among HCV+ veterans.
  Straits-Troster, K.A., Kivlahan, D.R., Bush, K., Splan, M., Sloan, K., Spordleder, J., & Dominitz, J.A., Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1/1/2003
• Fecal occult blood testing in a general medical clinic: comparison between guaiac-based and immunochemical tests.
  Ko CW, Nguyen TD, Dominitz JA, Gastroenterology; 104th Annual Meeting � American Gastroenterology Association, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2003
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Lectures

• Colorectal Cancer Prevention in 2018 
  AGC 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA - 10/7/2018
• Things Every Gastroenterologists Should Know About CRC Screening 
  Washington, DC - 1/17/2018
• Anesthesia Assistance for Colonoscopy? 
  Seattle, WA - 1/8/2018
• The Future of Colonoscopy 
  Washington, DC - 1/4/2018
• Maximizing Technique and Outcomes for Colonoscopy 
  Washington, DC - 1/3/2018
• Regional and Temporal Preferences for Colonoscopy or Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) for Colorectal Cancer Screening in US Veterans Who Declined to Participate in a... 
  Washington, DC - 1/3/2018
• Defining a Quality Gastroenterologist: The Health System Perspective 
  Washington, DC - 1/2/2018
• Colorectal Cancer Screening 
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
• Getting the Most Out of FIT 
  Chicago, IL, 2017; Seattle, WA, 2017 - 1/23/2017
• Sedation Practices for Colonoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration 
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1/9/2017
• Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening in the VA 
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA - 1/7/2017
• Update on Quality in the Study of Colonoscopy vs. Fecal Immunochemical Test in Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer 
  Washington, DC - 1/5/2017
• Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening 
  Multiple Locations, 2012, 2017 - 1/1/2017
• Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Shining Light Where the Sun Don�t Shine 
  Multiple Locations, 2015, 2016, 2017 - 1/1/2017
• Sessile and Serrated Polyps: Is There a Better Classification? 
  New York University, New York, NY - 1/1/2017
• Access to High Cost GI Drugs in the Veterans Administration 
  San Diego, CA - 1/23/2016
• Uptake: How Can We Improve Adherence to Cancer Screening 
  San Diego, CA - 1/22/2016
• Crossing the Colonoscopy Quality Chasm 
  Downers Grove, IL - 1/19/2016
• Update on the CONFIRM Study 
  San Diego, CA - 1/19/2016
• Post-Procedural Quality: Maximizing Colonoscopist Effectiveness 
  Las Vegas, NV - 1/17/2016
• Improving Adenoma Detection 
  Dallas, TX - 1/11/2016
• Colorectal Cancer Screening: Shining Light Where the Sun Don't Shine 
  University of Colorado, Denver, CO - 1/30/2015
• Challenging Cases in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance 
  Seattle, WA, 2015; Honolulu, HI, 2015 - 1/21/2015
• Colonoscopy vs. Fecal Immunochemical Test in Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer 
  Oslo, Norway, 2012; Seattle, WA, 2015 - 1/20/2015
• FIT and Stool DNA Testing: How Good are They and How Good Will They Get? 
  Washington, DC - 1/19/2015
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Other

• Tethered Capsule Endoscope interview with Eric Seibel (demonstration). 
  Dominitz JA, ABC News
  1/8/2008
• Risk index reduces colonoscopy use in cancer screening 
  Dominitz JA, AGA e-Digest
  1/26/2006
• New study identifies factors associated with incomplete chemotherapy for colon cancer (regarding Dobie JNCI paper) 
  Dominitz JA, JNCI
  1/2/2006
• Granulocyte simulating colony factor criteria for use for hepatitis C treatment-related neutropenia. 
  Tortorice K, Yee H, Bini E, Chapko M, Chiao T, Goetz M, Hansen E, Ho S, Ioannou G, Miller R, Morrison E, Mun H, Reddy R, Wongcharatrawee S, Wright T, Dominitz J
  http://www.pbm.va.gov/criteria/GCSFCriteriaForUseForHepatitisC.pdf
  1/1/2006
• Recombinant erythropoietin criteria for use for hepatitis C treatment-related anemia. 
  Tortorice K, Yee H, Bini E, Chapko M, Chiao T, Goetz M, Hansen E, Ho S, Ioannou G, Miller R, Morrison E, Mun H, Reddy R, Wongcharatrawee S, Wright T, Dominitz J
  http://www.pbm.va.gov/criteria/ErythropoietinCriteriaForUseForHepatitisC.pdf
  1/1/2006
• Management of psychiatric and substance use disorders in patients with hepatitis C: a reference for hepatitis C care providers. 
  Ho SB, Dieperink E, Willenbring ML, Wingert MJ, Rigsby M, Burgess J, Morrill J, Hamlett-Berry K, Davey V, Deyton LR, Garcia-Tsao, Wright TL, Dominitz J, Durfee J, McCa..., VA Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and National Hepatitis C Program Office, Veterans Health Admi
  1/1/2005
• Obesity tied to cirrhosis in non-drinkers 
  Dominitz JA, Medline Plus
  1/3/2003
• Obesity linked to death from cirrhosis in non-drinkers 
  Dominitz JA, AGA News Release
  1/1/2003
• Treatment of patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension: literature review and summary of recommended interventions. Version 1 
  Garcia-Tsao G, Wongchararatrawee S, Rigsby M, Burgess J, Davey V, Raab C, Deyton LR, Wright TL, Ho SB, Dominitz JA, Austin G, Awad J, Bini E, Bradley L, Dufour R, Feld..., VA Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and National Hepatitis C Program Office, Veterans Health Admi
  1/1/2003
• Assessment of vital status in Department of Veterans Affairs National Databases: comparison with state death certificates 
  Dominitz JA, Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults, Winter
  1/1/2000
• Controversies in dyspepsia management (audiotape). 
  Dominitz JA, Clinical Advances in Gastroenterology
  1/1/2000
• Outcomes of Infants Born to Mothers with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 
  Dominitz JA, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News
  1/1/1999
• The test that could save your life. 
  Dominitz JA, Prevention
  1/1/1998
• Cutting Costs without Cutting Corners: A Search for Better Approaches to Managing Common Gastrointestinal Complaints 
  Dominitz JA, Gastroenterology Observer
  1/1/1997
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