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Eamonn Quigley, MD

  • Houston Methodist gastroenterologist
  • Chief, Houston Methodist Hospital division of gastroenterology and hepatology
  • Director, Houston Methodist Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders
  • David M. Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders at Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Professor of medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute
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Eamonn Quigley, MD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Biomarkers for IBS
  • C. diff/Fecal transplants
  • Celiac disease
  • Chronic constipation
  • Functional GI disorders
  • Gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Gastroparesis
  • Gut microbiome
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Motility issues
  • Neurogastroenterology
  • Probiotics

Credentials

FELLOWSHIP
Gastroenterology
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Gastroenterology | American Board of Internal Medicine
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University College Cork School of Medicine, Cork, Ireland | 1976
RESIDENCY
Western Infirmary & Association Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland | 1977
INTERNSHIP
St. Finbarrs Hospital, Cork, Ireland | 1976

Publications

Recommendations to Improve Quality of Probiotic Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analyses
McFarland, LV, Hecht, G, Sanders, ME, Goff, DA, Goldstein, EJC, Hill, C, Johnson, S, Kashi, MR, Kullar, R, Marco, ML, Merenstein, DJ, Millette, M, Preidis, GA, Quigley, EMM, Reid, G, Salminen, S, Sniffen, JC, Sokol, H, Szajewska, H, Tancredi, DJ & Woolard, K 2023, , JAMA Network Open, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. E2346872. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46872

Efficacy of Probiotics in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Goodoory, VC, Khasawneh, M, Black, CJ, Quigley, EMM, Moayyedi, P & Ford, AC 2023, , Gastroenterology, vol. 165, no. 5, pp. 1206-1218. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.018

Look What the Cat Dragged in! Recurrent Clostridioides difficile from a Household Cat
Garza, MA, Thomas, B, Saleh, A, Nabbout, L, Quigley, EMM & Mathur, N 2023, , American Journal of Case Reports, vol. 24, e940923, pp. e940923-1-e940923-4. https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.940923

The Role of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Induction of Remission in Ulcerative Colitis
Saleh, A, Parsa, S, Garza, M, Quigley, EMM & Abraham, BP 2023, , Digestive Diseases, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 656-665. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529591


A systematic review of gut microbiota profile in COVID-19 patients and among those who have recovered from COVID-19
Simadibrata, DM, Lesmana, E, Gunawan, J, Quigley, EM & Simadibrata, M 2023, , Journal of Digestive Diseases, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 244-261. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-2980.13195

Probiotics in irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease: review of mechanisms and effectiveness
So, D, Quigley, EMM & Whelan, K 2023, , Current opinion in gastroenterology, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOG.0000000000000902

Editorial: bacterial gut symbionts as live biotherapeutic agents in IBS-a rosy future despite potential long-term safety concerns. Authors' reply
Quigley, EMM, Stevenson, A, Jeffery, I & Masters, J 2023, , Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 347-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17354


Randomised clinical trial: efficacy and safety of the live biotherapeutic product MRx1234 in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Quigley, EMM, Markinson, L, Stevenson, A, Treasure, FP & Lacy, BE 2023, , Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17310

Face-to-face interviews versus Internet surveys: Comparison of two data collection methods in the Rome foundation global epidemiology study: Implications for population-based research
Sperber, AD, Bor, S, Fang, X, Bangdiwala, SI, Drossman, DA, Ghoshal, UC, Simren, M, Tack, J, Whitehead, WE, Dumitrascu, DL, Fukudo, S, Kellow, J, Okeke, E, Quigley, EMM, Schmulson, M, Whorwell, P, Archampong, T, Adibi, P, Andresen, V, Benninga, MA, Bonaz, B, Fernandez, LB, Choi, SC, Corazziari, ES, Francisconi, C, Hani, A, Lazebnik, L, Lee, YY, Mulak, A, Rahman, MM, Santos, J, Setshedi, M, Syam, AF, Vanner, S, Wong, RK, Lopez-Colombo, A, Costa, V, Dickman, R, Kanazawa, M, Keshteli, AH, Khatun, R, Maleki, I, Poitras, P, Pratap, N, Stefanyuk, O, Thomson, S, Buyruk, M, Unal, N, Huang, D, Song, J, Hreinsson, JP & Palsson, OS 2023, , Neurogastroenterology and Motility, vol. 35, no. 6, e14583, pp. e14583. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14583

Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Trial of Vibrating Capsule for Chronic Constipation
Rao, SSC, Quigley, EMM, Chey, WD, Sharma, A & Lembo, AJ 2023, , Gastroenterology, vol. 164, no. 7, pp. 1202-1210.e6. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2023.02.013

Constipation in Parkinson's Disease
Quigley, EMM 2023, , Seminars in Neurology, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 562-571. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1771457


Fecal bacterial microbiota in constipated patients before and after eight weeks of daily Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 administration
Amieva-Balmori, M, García-Mazcorro, JF, Martínez-Conejo, A, Hernández-Ramírez, GA, García-Zermeño, KR, Rodríguez-Aguilera, O, Aja-Cadena, M, Barradas-Cortés, M, Quigley, EMM & Remes-Troche, JM 2023, , Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English), vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rgmxen.2022.06.014

Look What the Cat Dragged in! Recurrent Clostridioides difficile from a Household Cat
Garza, MA, Thomas, B, Saleh, A, Nabbout, L, Quigley, EMM & Mathur, N 2023, , American Journal of Case Reports, vol. 24, e940923, pp. e940923-1-e940923-4. https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.940923


Recognizing and Defining Occasional Constipation: Expert Consensus Recommendations
Rao, SSC, Lacy, BE, Emmanuel, A, Müller-Lissner, S, Pohl, D, Quigley, EMM & Whorwell, P 2022, , American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 117, no. 11, pp. 1753-1758. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000001945

DNA sensor-associated type I interferon signaling is increased in ulcerative colitis and induces JAK-dependent inflammatory cell death in colonic organoids
Flood, P, Fanning, A, Woznicki, JA, Crowley, T, Christopher, A, Vaccaro, A, Houston, A, McSweeney, S, Ross, S, Hogan, A, Brint, E, Skowyra, A, Bustamante, M, Ambrose, M, Moloney, G, MacSharry, J, Hammarström, ML, Hurley, M, Fitzgibbons, C, Quigley, EMM, Shanahan, F, Zulquernain, SA, McCarthy, J, Steven Dodson, G, Dabbagh, K, McRae, BL, Melgar, S & Nally, K 2022, , American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, vol. 323, no. 5, pp. G439-G460. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00104.2022

The serotonin receptor 3E variant is a risk factor for female IBS-D
Fritz, N, Berens, S, Dong, Y, Martínez, C, Schmitteckert, S, Houghton, LA, Goebel-Stengel, M, Wahl, V, Kabisch, M, Götze, D, D’Amato, M, Zheng, T, Röth, R, Mönnikes, H, Tesarz, J, Engel, F, Gauss, A, Raithel, M, Andresen, V, Keller, J, Frieling, T, Pehl, C, Stein-Thöringer, C, Clarke, G, Kennedy, PJ, Cryan, JF, Dinan, TG, Quigley, EMM, Spiller, R, Beltrán, C, Madrid, AM, Torres, V, Mayer, EA, Sayuk, G, Gazouli, M, Karamanolis, G, Bustamante, M, Estivil, X, Rabionet, R, Hoffmann, P, Nöthen, MM, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Schmidt, B, Franke, A, Lieb, W, Herzog, W, Boeckxstaens, G, Wouters, MM, Simrén, M, Rappold, GA, Vicario, M, Santos, J, Schaefert, R, Lorenzo-Bermejo, J & Niesler, B 2022, , Journal of Molecular Medicine, vol. 100, no. 11, pp. 1617-1627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-022-02244-w

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  • English