Dr. Kent George Benner MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1111 Ne 99th Ave Suite 301 Portland OR, 97220Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Kent Benner is a gastroenterologist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Benner specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Benner performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1977
University of California 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pretransplant ursodeoxycholic acid therapy and liver transplantation in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: win, win, win?
- Association of fungal infection and increased mortality in liver transplant recipients.
- Risks of drug interactions with St. John's Wort.
- Changing compliance to the American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of variceal hemorrhage: a regional survey.
- Re-establishment of biliary tract continuity by a combined ERCP and PTC approach after iatrogenic common bile duct ligation.
- Emphysematous gastritis secondary to gastric infarction.
- Liver disease in cystic fibrosis.
- Psychological assessment of quality of life following liver transplantation.
- Protein-losing enteropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Diagnosis and monitoring immunosuppressive therapy by alpha-1-antitrypsin clearance in stool.
- Endoscopic versus TIPS therapy for the prevention of variceal hemorrhage: is TIPS tops?
- The use of naturopathic remedies for chronic liver disease.
- Cytomegalovirus viremia: risk factor for allograft cirrhosis after liver transplantation for hepatitis C.
- Biliary tract complications of side-to-side without T tube versus end-to-end with or without T tube choledochocholedochostomy in liver transplant recipients.
- Liver transplantation for disulfiram-induced hepatic failure.
Treatments
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
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