Faculty Profiles
Mainor R. Antillon, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Vice Chairman of Clinical Programs for Internal Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Clinical & Reserch Interests
Dr. Antillon is interested in the application of new technologies such as: narrow banding imaging (NBI), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ERCP, pancreatoscopy, cholangioscopy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), and single-balloon enteroscopy.
Board Certification:
- American Board of Internal Medicine (1986)
- Gastroenterology (1989)
Medical School
Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala City, Guatemala
Residency
Internal Medicine- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceKing-Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship
Hepatology -
Rancho Los Amigos Medical CenterUniversity of Southern California
Gastroenterology
King-Drew Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA
Advanced Training
Gastrointestinal Oncology/Endoscopic UltrasoundUC Irvine Medical Center
Selected Publications:
- Antillon MR, Runyon BA Extracorporeal ultrafiltration and intravenous reinfusion of ascitic fluid vs. large-volume paracentesis: a randomized controlled trial. Hepatology. 1993; 17: 520-2.
- Antillon MR, Chen Y. Endoscopic therapy for gastric neoplasms. In: Ginsberg GG, Kochman ML, Norton I, Gostout CJ (eds). Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005, pp 505-528.
- Antillon MR, Shah RJ, Stiegmann G, Chen YK. Single-step endoscopic ultrasound guided drainage of simple and complicated pancreatic pseudocysts. Gastrointest Endosc 2006; 63: 797-803.
- Awadallah NS, Chen YK, Piraka C, Antillon MR, Shah RJ. Is there a role for cholangioscopy in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis? Am J Gastroenterology 2006; 101:284-291.
- Shah RJ, Langer DA, Antillon MR, Chen YK. Peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy with and without biopsy in patients with indeterminate pancreaticobiliary pathology. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 4:219-225.
- Schlenker C, Trotter J, Shah RJ, Everson G, Chen YK, Antillon Daphne, Antillon MR. Endoscopic gallbladder stent placement for treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis in patients with end-stage liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101;278-283.
- Mahnke D, Chen YK, Antillon MR, Brown WR, Mattison R, Shah RJ. A prospective study of complications of ERCP and EUS. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006;4:924-930.
- Kochman ML, Antillon M, Brill JV, Marcello PW, Margolin D. Alphabet Soup: EMR, WEMP, ESD, SAP, ESR. What is it and what is it worth to you? Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 66: 2008.
- Antillon MR, Bartalos CR, Miller ML, Diaz-Arias AA, Ibdah JA, Marshall JB. En bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection of a 14-cm lateral spreading adenoma of the rectum with involvement ot the anal canal: expanding the frontiers of endoscopic surgery. Gastrointest Endosc 2008; 67: 332-337
- Chen YK, Nichols MT, Antillon MR. Peroral cholecystoscopy with electrohydraulic lithotripsy for treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis in end-stage liver disease (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc 2008; 67:132-135.
- Puli SR, Reddy JB, Bechtold ML, Antillon MR, Ibdah JA. Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of distal and celiac axis lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Dig Dis Sci (in press).
- Antillon MR, Bechtold ML, Bartalos CR, Marshall JB. Transgastric endoscopic necrosectomy with temporary metallic esophageal stent placement for the treatment of infected pancreas necrosis (with video). Gastrointest Endosc (in press).
- Antillon MR, Bartalos CR, Tiwari P, Marshall JB. Taking spyglass outside the GI tract lumes in conjunction with EUS to assist in the diagnosis of a pancreatic cystic lesion (with video). Gastrointest Endosc (in press).

