James S. Scolapio M.D. Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Medicine Department: Department of Medicine Business Phone: (904) 427-7275 Business Email: James.scolapio@jax.ufl.edu Appointments and Locations Board Certifications Internal MedicineGastroenterology Show More Clinical Profile Specialties Gastroenterology Interests Clinical Special Interests: Nutrition support (enteral nutrition and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) deliveryResearch Special Interests: Short bowel syndrome, nutrition support in GI illness, medical education Show More Publications 2021Kaolin Clay Anemia.Cureus.13(3):e13796-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.13796.[PMID] 33842169.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Barriers to treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct acting antivirals in an urban clinic.Annals of hepatology.18(2):304-309[DOI] 10.1016/j.aohep.2018.06.001.[PMID] 31053544.21 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Initial Evaluation and Care of the Patient with New-Onset Intestinal Failure.Gastroenterology clinics of North America.48(4):465-470[DOI] 10.1016/j.gtc.2019.08.001.[PMID] 31668176.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Ipilimumab and Nivolumab induced steroid-refractory colitis treated with infliximab: A case report.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics.10(1):29-34[DOI] 10.4292/wjgpt.v10.i1.29.[PMID] 30697447.9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Safety and efficacy of over-the-scope clip-assisted full thickness resection of duodenal subepithelial tumors: A case report.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy.11(2):168-173[DOI] 10.4253/wjge.v11.i2.168.[PMID] 30788035.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Medical management of esophageal food impaction refractory to endoscopic interventions.SAGE open medical case reports.6():2050313X18774733-[DOI] 10.1177/2050313X18774733.[PMID] 29780590.PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Nutritional Considerations in Liver Disease.Gastroenterology clinics of North America.47(1):243-252[DOI] 10.1016/j.gtc.2017.09.010.[PMID] 29413017.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2015Nutrition support in gastrointestinal disease.World review of nutrition and dietetics.111():141-5[DOI] 10.1159/000362312.[PMID] 25418404.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2015Proton radiotherapy dose perturbations caused by esophageal stents of varying material composition are negligible in an experimental model.Endoscopy international open.3(1):E46-50[DOI] 10.1055/s-0034-1390709.[PMID] 26134771.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2013Gastrointestinal manifestations, diagnosis, and management of hereditary angioedema.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.47(10):817-23[DOI] 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31829e7edf.[PMID] 24141983.20 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2013Nutrition in the elderly. Frequently asked questions.The American journal of gastroenterology.108(8):1252-66; quiz 1267[DOI] 10.1038/ajg.2013.125.[PMID] 23711624.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2009A low pretransplant peripheral blood mononuclear cell complex I activity predicts metabolic disturbances and inability to regain fat free mass in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver transplantation.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.).29(1):26-34[DOI] 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.10.004.[PMID] 19185774.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2009Risk factors for hyperechogenic pancreas on endoscopic ultrasound: a case-control study.Pancreas.38(6):672-5[DOI] 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181a9d5af.[PMID] 19506531.97 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2008Advances and controversies in clinical nutrition: the education outcome of a live continuing medical education course.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.23(1):90-5[DOI] .[PMID] 18203969.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2008Continuing medical education questions.The American journal of gastroenterology.103(1):220-[DOI] 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01733.x.[PMID] 18184124.PubMed·Publisher's Site2008Education of gastroenterology trainees: first annual fellows' nutrition course.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.42(2):122-7[DOI] 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181595b6a.[PMID] 18209578.25 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2008Fat luck: three siblings requiring liver transplantation for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation.21(2):189-91[DOI] .[PMID] 17949404.4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2007Continued medical education provided by medical journals: the "red journal's" experience.The American journal of gastroenterology.102(8):1590-3[DOI] .[PMID] 17686064.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2007Decreasing aspiration risk with enteral feeding.Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America.17(4):711-6[DOI] .[PMID] 17967376.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2007Gastrointestinal and nutritional complications after bariatric surgery.The American journal of gastroenterology.102(11):2571-80; quiz 2581[DOI] .[PMID] 17640325.74 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2007Home parenteral and enteral nutrition.Gastroenterology clinics of North America.36(1):123-44, vii[DOI] .[PMID] 17472879.27 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2007Pancreatic enzyme pharmacotherapy.Pharmacotherapy.27(6):910-20[DOI] .[PMID] 17542772.55 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2006Glucagon for the relief of esophageal food impaction does it really work?Digestive diseases and sciences.51(11):1930-3[DOI] .[PMID] 17004122.28 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2006Short bowel syndrome: recent clinical outcomes with growth hormone.Gastroenterology.130(2 Suppl 1):S122-6[DOI] .[PMID] 16473059.16 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2006Teduglutide for the treatment of short bowel syndrome.The Annals of pharmacotherapy.40(6):1105-9[DOI] .[PMID] 16705029.20 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2005Contribution of ascites to impaired gastric function and nutritional intake in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.3(11):1095-100[DOI] .[PMID] 16271340.61 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2005Is zinc concentration in pancreatic fluid a marker for pancreatic diseases?JOP : Journal of the pancreas.6(5):425-30[DOI] .[PMID] 16186663.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2005Teduglutide (ALX-0600), a dipeptidyl peptidase IV resistant glucagon-like peptide 2 analogue, improves intestinal function in short bowel syndrome patients.Gut.54(9):1224-31[DOI] .[PMID] 16099790.329 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2005Urticaria associated with parenteral nutrition.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.29(6):451-3[DOI] .[PMID] 16224040.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2005What route to feed patients with severe acute pancreatitis: vein, jejunum, or stomach?The American journal of gastroenterology.100(2):440-1[DOI] .[PMID] 15667505.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004A review of the trends in the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition support.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.38(5):403-7[DOI] .[PMID] 15100518.21 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Current update of short-bowel syndrome.Current opinion in gastroenterology.20(2):143-5[DOI] .[PMID] 15703636.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Diagnosis and treatment of postprandial nausea, allergy, and eosinophilia.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.38(3):260-3[DOI] .[PMID] 15128073.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Gastric motility disorders: management that optimizes nutritional status.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.38(7):549-57[DOI] .[PMID] 15232356.27 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Metabolic and catheter complications of parenteral nutrition.Current gastroenterology reports.6(4):327-34[DOI] .[PMID] 15245703.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Parenteral nutrition-associated hepatotoxicity.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.19(3):274-83[DOI] .[PMID] 16215115.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Recurrent pancreatitis due to a cystic pancreatic tumor: a rare presentation of acinar cell carcinoma.JOP : Journal of the pancreas.5(3):151-4[DOI] .[PMID] 15138338.4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2004Selenium concentrations in pancreatic juice of patients with chronic pancreatitis.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.28(5):339-41[DOI] .[PMID] 15449574.4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003AGA technical review on short bowel syndrome and intestinal transplantation.Gastroenterology.124(4):1111-34[DOI] .[PMID] 12671904.284 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Chest pain associated with total parenteral nutrition infusion.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.18(4):333-5[DOI] .[PMID] 16215060.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Influence of tacrolimus and short-duration prednisone on bone mineral density following liver transplantation.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.27(6):427-32[DOI] .[PMID] 14621125.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Pulmonary microcrystalline cellulose deposition from intravenous injection of oral medication in a patient receiving parenteral nutrition.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.27(1):91-2[DOI] .[PMID] 12549606.11 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Serum and hepatic vitamin E assessment in cirrhotics before transplantation.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.27(1):71-3[DOI] .[PMID] 12549602.PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Tales from the crypt.Gastroenterology.124(2):561-4[DOI] .[PMID] 12557159.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2003The art and science.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.18(1):75-[DOI] .[PMID] 16215022.PubMed·Publisher's Site2003Total enteral nutrition versus total parenteral nutrition: what do our patients think?Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.18(4):308-9[DOI] .[PMID] 16215056.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Arterioportal fistula causing acute pancreatitis and hemobilia after liver biopsy.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.34(4):481-4[DOI] .[PMID] 11907368.13 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Audit of nutrition support for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at a single institution.Mayo Clinic proceedings.77(7):654-9[DOI] .[PMID] 12108603.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Chronic radiation enteritis: a ten-year follow-up.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.35(3):214-7[DOI] .[PMID] 12192195.9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Enteral versus parenteral nutrition: the patient's preference.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(4):248-50[DOI] .[PMID] 12090690.29 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Methods for decreasing risk of aspiration pneumonia in critically ill patients.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(6 Suppl):S58-61; discussion S61[DOI] .[PMID] 12405624.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002North American Summit on Aspiration in the Critically Ill Patient: consensus statement.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(6 Suppl):S80-5[DOI] .[PMID] 12405628.163 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Nutrition therapy in liver disease.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.17(6):331-[DOI] .[PMID] 16215008.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Nutritional assessment of serum and hepatic vitamin A levels in patients with cirrhosis.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(3):184-8[DOI] .[PMID] 12005460.38 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Nutritional management of short bowel syndrome.Seminars in gastrointestinal disease.13(3):161-8[DOI] .[PMID] 12230319.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Nutritional problems in end-stage liver disease: contribution of impaired gastric emptying and ascites.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.34(1):89-93[DOI] .[PMID] 11743254.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Outcome of patients with radiation enteritis treated with home parenteral nutrition.The American journal of gastroenterology.97(3):662-6[DOI] .[PMID] 11922561.40 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Pheochromocytoma producing vasoactive intestinal peptide.Mayo Clinic proceedings.77(1):97-100[DOI] .[PMID] 11795252.18 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Short bowel syndrome.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(5 Suppl):S11-6[DOI] .[PMID] 12216714.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2002Sleep patterns of cyclic parenteral nutrition, a pilot study: are there sleepless nights?JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.26(3):214-7[DOI] .[PMID] 12005465.19 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Dysphagia without endoscopically evident disease: to dilate or not?The American journal of gastroenterology.96(2):327-30[DOI] .[PMID] 11232671.32 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Effect of glutamine in short-bowel syndrome.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland).20(4):319-23[DOI] .[PMID] 11478829.48 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Influence of tacrolimus and prednisone on serum lipids after liver transplantation.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.25(3):148-51[DOI] .[PMID] 11334064.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Metastasis of head and neck carcinoma to the site of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: case report and literature review.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.25(5):282-5[DOI] .[PMID] 11531220.52 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Prophylactic placement of gastrostomy feeding tubes before radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer: is it worthwhile?Journal of clinical gastroenterology.33(3):215-7[DOI] .[PMID] 11500610.62 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Rational approach to patients with unintentional weight loss.Mayo Clinic proceedings.76(9):923-9[DOI] .[PMID] 11560304.49 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2001Treatment of short-bowel syndrome.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care.4(6):557-60[DOI] .[PMID] 11706294.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Effect of growth hormone and glutamine on the short bowel: five years later.Gut.47(2):164-[DOI] .[PMID] 10896902.11 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Endoscopic YAG laser treatment of watermelon stomach (gastric antral vascular ectasia) in patients with systemic sclerosis.Clinical and experimental rheumatology.18(5):605-8[DOI] .[PMID] 11072602.31 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Nutritional support in pancreatitis.Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology.35(10):1010-5[DOI] .[PMID] 11099052.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Severe upper GI bleeding secondary to a migrated J tube: a rare complication.The American journal of gastroenterology.95(5):1383-[DOI] .[PMID] 10811375.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Substrate oxidation in patients with cirrhosis: comparison with other nutritional markers.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.24(3):150-3[DOI] .[PMID] 10850939.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2000Tetany and profound diarrhea--a diagnostic combination you cannot miss.The American journal of gastroenterology.95(6):1598-9[DOI] .[PMID] 10894616.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999A randomized prospective study comparing rigid to balloon dilators for benign esophageal strictures and rings.Gastrointestinal endoscopy.50(1):13-7[DOI] .[PMID] 10385715.114 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Acute abdominal pain as a leading symptom for Degos' disease (malignant atrophic papulosis).The American journal of gastroenterology.94(4):1098-9[DOI] .[PMID] 10201491.23 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Effect of growth hormone, glutamine, and diet on body composition in short bowel syndrome: a randomized, controlled study.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition.23(6):309-12; discussion 312[DOI] .[PMID] 10574477.68 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Elevated liver enzymes preceding vessel involvement in Takayasu's arteritis.Journal of hepatology.30(2):349-50[DOI] .[PMID] 10068122.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Nutrition supplementation in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis.Gastroenterology clinics of North America.28(3):695-707[DOI] .[PMID] 10503145.29 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Nutritional management of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.28(4):306-12[DOI] .[PMID] 10372926.24 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Nutritional support for the patient with short-bowel syndrome.Current gastroenterology reports.1(4):331-4[DOI] .[PMID] 10980969.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Success with intestinal failure: from adaptation to transplantation.Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland).17(2):107-12[DOI] .[PMID] 10545716.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999Survival of home parenteral nutrition-treated patients: 20 years of experience at the Mayo Clinic.Mayo Clinic proceedings.74(3):217-22[DOI] .[PMID] 10089988.167 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1999The role of total parenteral nutrition in the management of patients with acute attacks of inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of clinical gastroenterology.29(3):223-4[DOI] .[PMID] 10509948.13 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1998Medium-term effects of a new 5HT3 antagonist, alosetron, in patients with carcinoid diarrhoea.Gut.42(5):628-34[DOI] .[PMID] 9659155.36 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1998Short bowel syndrome.Gastroenterology clinics of North America.27(2):467-79, viii[DOI] .[PMID] 9650028.31 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1998Short-bowel syndrome.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care.1(5):391-4[DOI] .[PMID] 10565381.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1997Effect of growth hormone, glutamine, and diet on adaptation in short-bowel syndrome: a randomized, controlled study.Gastroenterology.113(4):1074-81[DOI] .[PMID] 9322500.207 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1997Gastrointestinal motility considerations in patients with short-bowel syndrome.Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland).15(4-5):253-62[DOI] .[PMID] 9359015.20 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1996Endoscopic findings in systemic mastocytosis.Gastrointestinal endoscopy.44(5):608-10[DOI] .[PMID] 8934172.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1996Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as a giant gastric ulcer.The American journal of gastroenterology.91(4):804-5[DOI] .[PMID] 8677958.17 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1996Nonulcer dyspepsia.The Gastroenterologist.4(1):13-23[DOI] .[PMID] 8689141.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1995Ascending colon response to feeding: evidence for a 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 mechanism.Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology.30(6):562-7[DOI] .[PMID] 7569764.20 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site1993The watermelon stomach in scleroderma.Arthritis and rheumatism.36(5):724-5[DOI] .[PMID] 8489553.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site Show More Office Information Academic Office 3rd Floor, LRC653-1 West 8th Street, L-13Jacksonville, FL 32209(904) 427-7275 James.scolapio@jax.ufl.edu Administrative Manager Joann Harnden(904) 427-7275Joann.Harnden@jax.ufl.edu Show More Education Medical Degree1991 · Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USAInternal Medicine Residency1994 · Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USAGastroenterology Fellowship1997 · Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA Show More News July 26, 2012 Shands Jacksonville Named a Best Regional Hospital March 23, 2012 Full lineup planned for Medical Education Week April 9-13