Harry Robert Aslanian MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Associate Director, Endoscopy; Director, Yale Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship; Director of Gastroenterology, Yale Health Plan

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupCancer Center, Yale: Gastrointestinal Cancer Program | Thoracic Oncology Program
Internal Medicine: Digestive Diseases: Gastroenterology: Interventional Endoscopy Program
Research Interests
advanced endoscopic techniques; gastrointestinal bleeding; colonoscopic polyp detection; evaluation of pancreas cysts; diagnosis of pancreas cancer; pancreatic and biliary disorders; therapy of bile duct obstruction via ERCP; Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS); fine-needle aspiration (FNA); advanced endoscopic imaging; sedation for endoscopy
Clinical Interests
Pancreatic and biliary disease; Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), including fine needle aspiration (FNA); Intestinal submucosal lesions; Endoscopic diagnosis, staging and therapy of gastrointestinal malignancy including Esophageal, pancreatic and rectal cancer, EUS-guided celiac plexus block and neurolysis; Evaluation of pancreatic cysts; Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): Therapeutic and interventional endoscopy; Esophageal, duodenal and biliary stent placement; Gastrointestinal bleeding including treatment of GAVE; Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), Colonoscopy and polypectomy; Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia
Education
- B.A., Brown University , 1992
- M.D., Brown University , 1996
Selected Publication
- Siddiqui, UD. Rossi, F, Rosenthal, LS., Padda MS., Murali-Dharan V., Aslanian, HR. EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreatic masses: a prospective, randomized trial comparing 22 gauge and 25 gauge needles. (2009) Gastrointest Endoscopy. Epub ahead of print July, 2009.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Fellow(2011) , American Gastroenterology Association
Articles

December 2010
Tiny scope is a big advance for GI cancers
Last year, when Harry Aslanian, M.D., associate professor of medicine, first looked at images produced by a new...


