Education & Training
Medical School
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Residency
Internal Medicine
- University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
Fellowship
Gastroenterology
- University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
Boards
American Board of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
Insurances
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Academic Information
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Director of Outpatient Services
Liaison of VA Gastroenterology
Chair, Dept of Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Committee
Research Interests
- Colonoscopy
- Nutrition
Areas of Expertise
- General Gastroenterology
- Bowel Preparations
- Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Nutrition
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- Outcomes Research
Awards & Honors
- 2019 Vice-Chair – American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Annual Conference Program Committee
- 2019 ASPEN 2019 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference – Moderator – Roundtable 2
- 2019 Best Doctors in America Award
- 2019 Digestive Disease Week – Moderator – ASGE Lower GI 1 Section
- 2020 Co-Chair – American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Enteral Nutrition Committee
- 2020 Chair – American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Annual Conference Program Committee
- 2021 Fellowship to the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
- 2021 ASPEN 2021 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference – Moderator – Nutrition During a Pandemic – Making Sense of the Chaos
- 2021 Vice-President – Missouri GI Society
Professional Organizations:
- American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
Committees:
- American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
- National Conference Planning Committee – Chair
- Enteral Nutrition Committee – Co-Chair
- Value Project Taskforce Committee
- American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
- Annual Scientific Program Committee Representative – Lower GI 3
- Missouri Gastroenterology Society
- Member Founding Governing Board
- Bylaws Committee
- Organizing Committee
- Veterans Administration Enteral Access Committee
- Veterans Administration Colorectal Cancer Awareness Committee
- University Physicians Quality Committee
- Colorectal Cancer Task Force – University of Missouri Health Care
- Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee – University of Missouri
- GI Bleeding Committee – University Hospital
- Sedation Committee – University Hospital
- Clinical Affairs Committee – Department of Medicine
- Quality Improvement Committee – Department of Medicine
- Quality Improvement Committee – Division of Gastroenterology
- Co-Chairman, Gastroenterology Committee– Harry S. Truman VA Hospital
Editorial Board:
- The Internet Journal of Gastroenterology
Publications
Book Chapters
- Bechtold ML, Matteson-Kome ML, Sherwin LB. (2021)
Enteral access for clinicians. Evidence-Based Gastrointestinal Nutrition: A Clinician's Handbook.
Slack Publishers.
Manuscripts
- Sherwin LB, Yevu-Johnson J, Matteson-Kome M, Bechtold M, Reeder B.
Remote usability testing to facilitate the continuation of research.
Medinfo 2021 – Accepted. - Sherwin LB, Deroche CB, Yevu-Johnson J, Matteson-Kome M, Bechtold M, Jahnke I, Alexander GL.
Usability evaluation of a smartphone medication reminder application in patients treated with short-term antibiotic.
Comput Inform Nurs 2021;39(10):547-553. - Bechtold ML, Regunath H, Tyler R, Guenter P, Barrocas A, Collins NA.
Impact of a Nutrition Support Therapy on Hospital Acquired Infections: A Value Analysis.
Nutr Clin Pract. 2021 Oct;36(5):1034-1040. - Asif A, Walayat S, Puli S, Bechtold M, Revanur V.
EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis for pain in pancreatic cancer patients - a metaanalysis and systematic review. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2021;11(4):536-42. - Mossvi Z, Duong JT, Bechtold ML, Nguyen DL.
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Risks of postoperative complications with preoperative use of anti-tumor necrosis factoralpha biologics in inflammatory bowel disease patients.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021;33(6):799-816. - Kuwajima V, Bechtold ML.
Should I start with post-pyloric feeding?
Nutr Clin Pract 2021;36(1):76-79. - Moosvi Z, Duong JT, Bechtold ML, Nguyen DL.
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Preoperative vedolizumab and postoperative complications in patients with IBD.
South Med J 2021;114(2):98-105. - Parsa N, Grisham EA, Cockerell CJ, Matteson-Kome ML, Bysani RV, Samiullah S, Nguyen DL, Tahan V, Ghouri YA, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
Split-dose vs same-day bowel preparation for afternoon colonoscopies: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
World J Meta-Anal 2020;8(6):462-471. - Sherwin LB, Ross D, Matteson-Kome M, Bechtold M, Deroche C, Wakefield B.
Patient Perspectives on Short-Course Pharmacotherapy: Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence.
J Patient Exp 2020;7(5):726-733. - Bechtold ML, Samiullah S.
Key publication review. ASPEN website 2020. https://www.nutritioncare.org/About_ASPEN/Membership/Key_Publication/. - Heath RD, Parsa N, Matteson-Kome ML, Buescher V, Samiullah S, Nguyen DL, Tahan V, Ghouri YA, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
The use of music during colonoscopy: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. World J Meta-Anal 2020;7(9):428-435. - Bechtold ML, Turse EP, Dailey FE.
Response.
Gastrointest Endosc 2020;92(4):986. - Tyler R, Barrocas A, Guenter P, Araujo Torres K, Bechtold ML, Chan LN, Collier B, Collins NA, Evans DC, Godamunne K, Hamilton C, Hernandez BJD, Mirtallo JM, Nadeau WJ, Partridge J, Perugini M, Valladares A;
ASPEN Value Project Scientific Advisory Council. Value of Nutrition Support Therapy: Impact on Clinical and Economic Outcomes in the United States.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2020;44(3):395-406. - Zoeller S, Bechtold ML, Burns B, Cattell T, Grenda B, Haffke L, Larimer C, Powers J, Reuning F, Tweel L, Guenter P;
ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Task Force. Dispelling Myths and Unfounded Practices About Enteral Nutrition.
Nutr Clin Pract 2020;35(2):196-204. - Sherwin LB, Deroche CB, Krisanabud P, Matteson-Kome M, Bechtold M, Ruppar T.
Adherence to short-course pharmacotherapy in adults with irritable bowel ayndrome.
West J Nurs Res 2020;42(7):524-534. - Patel JB, Revanur V, Forcione DG, Bechtold ML, Puli SR
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial marker placement in pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
World J Gastrointest Endosc 2020;12(8):231-240. - Turse E, Nguyen DL, Bechtold ML.
Impact of moderate versus deep sedation on adenoma detection rate in index average-risk screening colonoscopies.
Gastrointest Endosc 2019;90(3):502-505. - Badshah MB, Vanar V, Kandula M, Kalva N, Badshah MB, Revenur V, Bechtold ML, Forcione DG, Donthireddy K, Puli SR.
Peroral cholangioscopy with cholangioscopy-directed biopsies in the diagnosis of biliary malignancies: a systemic review and meta-analysis.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;31(8):935-940.
Abstracts
- Bechtold ML, Dahip MS, Matteson-Kome ML, Puli SR, Nguyen DL.
Using artificial intelligence for polyp size in colonoscopy: A phantom study.
Am J Gastroenterol 2021;116:S445 (312). - Heath RD, Parsa N, Matteson-Kome ML, Samiullah S, Nguyen DL, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
Music during colonoscopy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Am J Gastroenterol 2019;114:S328-9 (569). - Parsa N, Cockerell CJ, Matteson-Kome ML, Samiullah S, Nguyen DL, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
Split-dose vs same-day bowel preparation for afternoon colonoscopies: A meta-analysis.
Gastrointest Endosc 2019;89(6):AB519 (Mo1681). - Cockerell CJ, Parsa N, Matteson-Kome ML, Samiullah S, Nguyen DL, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
Hemospray monotherapy for non-variceal upper GI bleeding: A meta-analysis.
Gastrointest Endosc 2019;89(6):AB558 (Tu1103). - Parsa N, Matteson-Kome, ML, Samiullah Sami, Bechtold ML.
New patient access in a gastroenterology clinic: A quality improvement initiative.
Gastroenterology 2019;156(6):S139 (659). - Romana B, Kuwajima-Smith V, Matteson-Kome ML, Nguyen DL, Puli SR, Bechtold ML.
Erythromycin and upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A meta-analysis for 2018.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018;113:S307 (536). - Rossow B, Tahan V, Bechtold M, Samiullah S, Bragg J.
A hard pill to swallow: Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018;113:S1002 (1755). - Lui F, Hussain S, Patel A, Bechtold M, Nguyen D.
Decreased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence with direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C: A meta-analysis.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018;113:S547-8 (971). - Tran K, Romana B, Kuwajima V, Matteson-Kome M, Nguyen D, Puli S, Bechtold M. Mallory-Weiss
Tear Following Banding of Esophageal Varices: A rare complication.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018;113:S1643 (2985). - Kuwajima V, Romana B, Matteson-Kome M, Nguyen D, Puli S, Bechtold M.
Enhancing Communication between Gastroenterology fellows and Medicine residents. A quality initiative.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018;113:S633 (1092). - Romana B, Hundal Jasmine, Yousef M, Kuwajima V, Bechtold M, Tahan V.
Esophageal parakeratosis: Not all white plaques are Candida.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018; 113:S993-4 (1740). - Kandula M, Patel J, Forcione DG, Revenur V, Bechtold ML, Puli SR.
Peroral cholangioscopy directed biopsies in the diagnosis of biliary malignancy: A meta-analysis.
Gastrointest Endosc 2018;87(6):AB212 (Sa1321). - Kandula M, Patel J, Forcione DG, Revenur V, Bechtold ML, Puli SR.
Peroral cholangioscopic visual impression in the diagnosis of biliary malignancy: A meta-analysis.
Gastrointest Endosc 2018;87(6):AB596 (Tu1433). - Turse E, Nguyen DL, Bechtold ML.
Impact of sedation type of quality indicators for screening colonoscopy.
Gastrointest Endosc 2018;87(6):AB160-1 (Sa1053).
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