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Board Certification	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Fellowship	The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency	Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Internship	Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Medical School	Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

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Research

Dr. Wald is interested in studying colonic and ano-rectal disorders, including constipation and incontinence.

Publications

Read Dr. Wald's articles on PubMed

PubMed Articles

Caldera F Saha S Wald A Garmoe CA McCrone S Megna B Ley D Reichelderfer M Hayney MS Lower Sustained Diphtheria and Pertussis Antibody Concentrations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. Dig Dis Sci . 2018 Jun;63(6):1532-1540

[PubMed ID: 29594970]

Wald A Bile Acids and Bowel Function: Do They Play a Role in Constipation-Associated Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2018 Apr;16(4):486-487

[PubMed ID: 29155167]

Wald A Diagnosis and Management of Fecal Incontinence. Curr Gastroenterol Rep . 2018 Mar 26;20(3):9

[PubMed ID: 29582182]

Megna B Saha S Wald A Agni R Matkowskyj KA Caldera F Symptomatic Microscopic Colitis Atop Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case Series. ACG Case Rep J . 2017;4:e124

[PubMed ID: 29299484]

Caldera F Saha S Wald A Cooley DM Zhao YQ Li Z Bartels CM Comparing guideline-based care quality for inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis patients within a medical home. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2016 Jun;10(6):759-66

[PubMed ID: 27029237]

Wald A Update on the Management of Fecal Incontinence for the Gastroenterologist. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) . 2016 Mar;12(3):155-64

[PubMed ID: 27231444]

Wald A Constipation: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA . 2016 Jan 12;315(2):185-91

[PubMed ID: 26757467]

Orenstein SR Wald A Pediatric Rectal Exam: Why, When, and How. Curr Gastroenterol Rep . 2016 Jan;18(1):4

[PubMed ID: 26739462]

Tack J Wald A Gastroparesis: Time for a Reappraisal? Gastroenterology . 2015 Dec;149(7):1666-9

[PubMed ID: 26505820]

SchÃ¼ssler-Fiorenza Rose SM Gangnon RE Chewning B Wald A Increasing Discussion Rates of Incontinence in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Womens Health (Larchmt) . 2015 Nov;24(11):940-9

[PubMed ID: 26555779]

Wald A Poor quality evidence to support the use of biofeedback for the treatment of functional constipation in adults. Evid Based Nurs . 2015 Apr;18(2):55

[PubMed ID: 25097235]

Wald A Reply: To PMID 24534548. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2015 Jan;13(1):208-9

[PubMed ID: 25445771]

Wald A Constipation: pathophysiology and management. Curr Opin Gastroenterol . 2015 Jan;31(1):45-9

[PubMed ID: 25394234]

Wald A New treatments for fecal incontinence: update for the gastroenterologist. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2014 Nov;12(11):1783-8

[PubMed ID: 24534548]

Wald A Bharucha AE Cosman BC Whitehead WE ACG clinical guideline: management of benign anorectal disorders. Am J Gastroenterol . 2014 Aug;109(8):1141-57; (Quiz) 1058

[PubMed ID: 25022811]

Wald A Clonidine and botulinum toxin: a tale of two treatments. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2014 May;12(5):852-3

[PubMed ID: 23973926]

Saha S Midtling E Roberson E Nair VA Wald A Reichelderfer M Dysmenorrhea in women with Crohn's disease: a case-control study. Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2013 Jun;19(7):1463-9

[PubMed ID: 23598814]

Saha S Wald A Safety and efficacy of immunomodulators and biologics during pregnancy and lactation for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Expert Opin Drug Saf . 2012 Nov;11(6):947-57

[PubMed ID: 22954378]

Wald A Irritable bowel syndrome--diarrhoea. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol . 2012 Oct;26(5):573-80

[PubMed ID: 23384803]

Lee N Wald A Linaclotide: evidence for its potential use in irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. Core Evid . 2012;7:39-47

[PubMed ID: 22807692]