Photo of Tom K. Lin M.D.

Specialty

Gastroenterology

Specialty

Gastroenterology

Medical Group / IPA

CPMG/RCHN/RCSSD

Medical School

Wright State University (Dayton, OH)

Residency

University of Illinois at Chicago

Fellowship

Nationwide Children’s (Pediatric Gastroenterology), Duke University (ERCP Training)

Board Certifications

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Gender

M

Bio

Dr. Tom K. Lin is a pediatric gastroenterologist who helps child patients with conditions of the gastrointestinal or digestive tract. As a healthcare professional, he received his medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, and has spent much of his time after graduating helping children.

As a pediatric gastroenterologist, Dr. Lin has experience with pancreaticobiliary disorders in children, infants, and adolescents. Besides helping children with these conditions as a healthcare professional/specialist, he has been featured in publications focusing on topics, such as post-conflict settings, pancreatitis, and small bowel imaging.

Publications

Trends in pediatric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and interventional endoscopy
Vitale DS, Lin TK

Use of glue embolization in management of traumatic bile leak: a case report
Pulliam K, Kotagal M, Lin TK, Patel M

Cytokine profile elevations on admission can determine risks of severe acute pancreatitis in children
Farrell PR, Jones EK, Hornung L, Thompson T, Patel J, Lin TK, Nathan JD, Vitale DS, Habtezion A, Abu-El-Haija M

Effect of intraoperative fluid type on postoperative systemic inflammatory response and end organ dysfunction following total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation in children
Goddard GR, Wagner ML, Jenkins TM, Abu-El-Haija M, Lin TK, Goldstein SL, Nathan JD

MRCP versus ERCP for detection of anatomic variants of the pancreatic duct in children
Lin TK, Vitale DS, Abu-El-Haija M, Anton CG, Crotty E, Li Y, Zhang B, Trout AT

Predictors of glycemic outcomes at 1 year following pediatric total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation
Swauger SE, Hornung LN, Elder DA, Balamurugan AN, Vitale DS, Lin TK, Nathan JD, Abu-El-Haija M

Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in pediatric severe acute pancreatitis
Vitale DS, Lahni P, Hornung L, Thompson T, Farrell PR, Lin TK, Nathan JD, Wong HR, Abu-El-Haija M

Is there a benefit from islet autotransplantation in patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus undergoing total pancreatectomy?
Mun KS, Nathan JD, Lin TK, Elder DA, Jegga AG, Naren AP, Abu-El-Haija M

Health-related quality of life in pediatric acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis: association with biopsychosocial risk factors
Tham SW, Wang F, Gariepy CE, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Bellin MD, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gonska T, Heyman MB, Lin TK, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Nathan JD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wischanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A, Palermo TM

Interventional endoscopy for abdominal transplant patients
Lin TK, Abu-El-Haija M, Gurria JP, Saad M, Vitale DS

Ultrasound findings of acute pancreatitis in children
Trout AT, Patel R, Nathan JD, Lin TK, Vitale DS, Nasr A, Zhang B, Abu-El-Haija M

Analysis of INSPPIRE-2 cohort: risk factors and disease burden in children with acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis
Uc A, Cress GA, Wang F, Abu-El-Haija M, Ellery KM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Gonska T, Lin TK, Liu QY, Mehta M, Maqbool A, McFerron BA, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Serrano J, Shah U, Troendle DM, Wilschanski M, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME

Technological imbalance: seeking a small-caliber duodenoscope
Lin TK, Barth B, Fishman DS, Fox VL, Giefer MJ, Gugig R, Kramer RE, Liu QY, Mamula P, McOmber ME, Vitale DS, Wilsey MJ, Troendle DM

Prospective characterization of incident hepatic steatosis in pediatric and adolescent patients after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation
Vieira Alves VP, Qiu L, Abu-El-Haija M, Tellez S, Vitale DS, Lin TK, Tkach JA, Nathan JD, Dillman JR, Trout AT

Risk factors for post-ERCP pancreatitis in pediatric and young adults
Hassan A, Lin TK, Smith MT, Hornung L, Abu-El-Haija M, Nathan JD, Vitale DS

Image or scope: magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic testing for exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children
Saad M, Vitale DS, Lin TK, Thapaliya S, Zhou Y, Zhang B, Trout AT, Abu-El-Haija M

Pancreatic stones causing secondary biliary obstruction: an uncommon presentation of chronic pancreatitis
Judy WC, Lin TK

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