Vishal Avinashi

MPH, BSc, MD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

I am interested in conditions that affect childrens' guts, particularly one which causes inflammation of the esophagus where the immune system is overreactive to certain food and environmental triggers.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Childhood Diseases

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

Transitioning to oral feeding: A retrospective cohort study of a family-centered, hunger-based tube weaning program

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Stokes, R.H. and Willms, A.L. and Cowie, H.K. and Browes, A. and Karamali, S. and Avinashi, V. and Zwicker, J.G.

DOI: 10.1002/ncp.11220

Working With Surgeons Who Provide Endoscopy in Underserved Areas for the Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Chua, G.T. and Dhir, A. and Cameron, S.B. and Avinashi, V. and Erdle, S.C. and Mak, R. and Ko, H.H. and Chan, E.S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.02.006

Antireflux Procedures in Children With Neurologic Impairment: A National Survey of Physician Perspectives

Hospital Pediatrics

Dewan, T. and Avinashi, V. and Beaudry, P. and Dore-Bergeron, M.-J. and Gaucher, N. and Nelson, K.

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007643

Post-discharge complications and hospital readmissions are associated with nutritional risk and malnutrition status in a cohort of Canadian pediatric patients

BMC Pediatrics

Ltourneau, J. and Blanger, V. and Marchand, V. and Boctor, D.L. and Rashid, M. and Avinashi, V. and Groleau, V. and Spahis, S. and Levy, E. and Marcil, V.

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04941-6

How We Manage Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Oral Immunotherapy Through a Shared Decision-Making Process"A Practical Guide for the Community Practitioner

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Chua, G.T. and Chan, E.S. and Invik, R. and Soller, L. and Avinashi, V. and Erdle, S.C. and Wong, T. and Cook, V.E. and Mak, R. and Cameron, S.B.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.11.015

Routine Elective Gastrojejunostomy Tube Changes Are Associated with Reduced Tube Complications and Radiation Exposure

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Hoang, T.T. and Maroo, S. and Lee, E.J. and Dewan, T. and Heran, M. and Avinashi, V.

DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003615

Application of the Eosinophilic Esophagitis Histology Scoring System Grade Scores in Patients at British Columbia Childrens Hospital

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Justin Cruz and Michael A. Irvine and Vishal Avinashi and Edmond S. Chan and Bruce A. Vallance and Lianne Soller and Jonathan W. Bush

DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2022.2028950

11 / 2022

Oral peanut immunotherapy acutely unmasking eosinophilic esophagitis with an esophageal stricture

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Vishal Avinashi and Zuwaina Al Yarubi and Lianne Soller and Godfrey Lam and Edmond S. Chan

DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2021.09.001

12 / 2021

Exome sequencing enables diagnosis of X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in patient with eosinophilic esophagitis and severe atopy

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Modi, B.P. and Del Bel, K.L. and Lin, S. and Sharma, M. and Richmond, P.A. and van Karnebeek, C.D.M. and Chan, E.S. and Avinashi, V. and Rehmus, W.E. and Biggs, C.M. and Wasserman, W.W. and Turvey, S.E.

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-021-00510-z

A198 EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS WITH STRICTURE PRESENTING SHORTING AFTER INITIATION OF ORAL PEANUT IMMUNOTHERAPY

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Al Yaarubi Z and Foster A and Avinashi V and Lam G and Soller L and Chan E

02 / 2020

Poor Correlation of Oral Swabs with Esophageal Eosinophil Counts

Dysphagia

Avinashi, V. and Chan, J.M. and Bush, J.W. and Vallance, B.A. and Yang, H. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Soller, L. and Mill, C. and Chan, E.S.

DOI: 10.1007/s00455-019-10082-1

Aiming for a shorter time to diagnosis: pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Jia, J. and Chan, E.S. and Avinashi, V. and Hsu, E. and Ko, H.H. and Soller, L.

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-020-00486-2

Multiple shifting phenotypes with cow's milk: From eosinophilic esophagitis to immediate hypersensitivity and back again

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Erdle, S.C. and Soller, L. and Avinashi, V. and Roberts, H. and Hsu, E. and Chan, E.S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.09.006

Assessment of Malnutrition Risk in Canadian Pediatric Hospitals: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Blanger, V. and McCarthy, A. and Marcil, V. and Marchand, V. and Boctor, D.L. and Rashid, M. and Noble, A. and Avinashi, V. and Davidson, B. and Groleau, V. and Spahis, S. and Levy, E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.09.045

Liberalized Versus Strict Cow's Milk Elimination for the Treatment of Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Teoh T and Mill C and Chan E and Zimmer P and Avinashi V

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy030 PubMed: 31294369

07 / 2018

A280 SPECIALIZED FORMULA USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF COW MILK PROTEIN ALLERGY.

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Avinashi V and Sadiq K and Nicol S

02 / 2018

Specialized Formula for the Treatment of Cow Milk Protein Allergy

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

V Avinashi and K Sadiq and S Nicol

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy008.281

02 / 2018

A228 FIRST REPORT OF ADRENAL CRISIS IN TWO PATIENTS WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS.

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology

Avinashi V and Amed S and Hursh B and Chan E

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy008.229

02 / 2018

Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis is associated with increased lamina propria immunoglobulin g4-positive plasma cells

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Mohammad, N. and Avinashi, V. and Chan, E. and Vallance, B.A. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Bush, J.W.

DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001949

Development of anaphylactic cow's milk allergy following cow's milk elimination for eosinophilic esophagitis in a teenager

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Soller, L. and Mill, C. and Avinashi, V. and Teoh, T. and Chan, E.S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.02.021

Fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in children

Journal of Infection

Chen, B. and Avinashi, V. and Dobson, S.

DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(17)30202-5

Allergic Background and Time to Diagnosis in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis in British Columbia

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Christopher Mill and Vishal Avinashi and Timothy Teoh and Christopher Koo and Edmond S. Chan

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.12.887

02 / 2016

Adrenal insufficiency exists for both swallowed budesonide and fluticasone propionate in the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis

Journal of Pediatrics

Harel, S. and Hursh, B.E. and Chan, E.S. and Avinashi, V. and Panagiotopoulos, C.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.056

Diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis in children.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien

Teoh T and Chan ES and Avinashi V and Ko HH and Goldman RD

PubMed: 26505065

08 / 2015

Diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis in children

Canadian Family Physician

Teoh, T. and Chan, E.S. and Avinashi, V. and Ko, H.H. and Goldman, R.D.

Adrenal suppression in children treated with oral viscous budesonide for eosinophilic esophagitis

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Harel, S. and Hursh, B.E. and Chan, E.S. and Avinashi, V. and Panagiotopoulos, C.

DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000848

Characterization of ethnicity among children with eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Teoh, T. and Koo, C. and Avinashi, V. and Chan, E.S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.04.016

A CARD9 polymorphism is associated with decreased likelihood of persistent conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in intestinal failure

PLoS ONE

Burghardt, K.M. and Avinashi, V. and Kosar, C. and Xu, W. and Wales, P.W. and Avitzur, Y. and Muise, A.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085915

Basiliximab with delayed introduction of calcineurin inhibitors as a renal-sparing protocol following liver transplantation in children with renal impairment

Pediatric Transplantation

Mouzaki, M. and Yap, J. and Avinashi, V. and Babu, A. and Fu, A. and Deangelis, M. and Van Roestel, K. and Ghanekar, A. and Kamath, B. and Avitzur, Y. and Fecteau, A. and Jones, N. and Ling, S. and Grant, D. and Ng, V.

DOI: 10.1111/petr.12158

Increasing interest in family medicine

CMAJ

Avinashi, V. and Shouldice, E.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050752

Current Projects

Evaluation of GERD in Cystic Fibrosis - impedance vs. oropharyngeal probe

Current Projects

Review of necessity of non-esophageal biopsies in patients with known Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Current Projects

Review of patients diagnosed with Cow Milk Protein Allergy

Current Projects

Registry of patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Grants

2010 - Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Warner Chilcott resident research training award

2010 - Nasivvik Scholarship for Graduate Students in Inuit Environment and Health Research

Honours & Awards

2015 - "Youth Friendly Award" - Youth Advisory Committee

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