Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS

Professional Titles

• Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Chair, Gastroenterology Subsection, Department of Medicine, Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Director of Endoscopy, Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Director, Johns Hopkins Heartburn Center

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Background

Videos

• Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) | FAQ's
• Concomitant Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication: An Innovative Anti-reflux Procedure
• Concomitant Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (cTIF) | Tripuri’s Story

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Endoscopic Ultrasound Measures Pressure in Hepatic Portal Vein, Hopkins Medicine News & Publications, (Fall, 2021)

  New Procedure for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease May Yield Improved Outcomes for Certain Patients, Johns Hopkins Medicine News & Publications (12/02/2022)

  A Woman's Journey: Insights that Matter Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), (04/04/2020)

Research Summary

Dr. Brewer Gutierrez's research interests include gastroesophageal reflux disease and antireflux interventions in the general population as well as in the obese and post bariatric surgery population. Other areas of interests include esophageal dysphagia, pancreatobiliary disease and cholangioscopy.

Selected Publications

• Brewer Gutierrez OI, Bekkali NLH, Raijman I, Sturgess R, Sejpal DV, Aridi HD, Sherman S, Shah RJ, Kwon RS, Buxbaum JL, Zulli C, Wassef W, Adler DG, Kushnir V, Wang AY, Krishnan K, Kaul V, Tzimas D, DiMaio CJ, Ho S, Petersen B, Moon JH, Elmunzer BJ, Webster GJM, Chen YI, Dwyer LK, Inamdar S, Patrick VB, Attwell A, Hosmer A, Ko C, Maurano A, Sarkar A, Taylor LJ, Gregory MH, Strand DS, Raza A, Kothari S, Harris JP, Kumta NA, Manvar A, Topazian MD, Lee YN, Spiceland CM, Trindade AJ, Bukhari MA, Sanaei O, Ngamruengphong S, Khashab MA. Efficacy and Safety of Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy for Difficult Biliary Stones. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun;16(6):918-926

• Brewer Gutierrez OI, Chang KJ, Benias PC, Sedarat A, Dbouk MH, Godoy Brewer G, Lee DP, Okolo Iii PI, Canto MI, Khashab MA. Is transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) an answer to post-peroral endoscopic myotomy gastroesophageal reflux? A multicenter retrospective study. Endoscopy 2022 Mar;54(3):305-309

• Brewer Gutierrez OI, Moran RA, Familiari P, Dbouk MH, Costamagna G, Ichkhanian Y, Seewald S, Bapaye A, Cho JY, Barret M, Eleftheriadis N, Pioche M, Hayee BH, Tantau M, Ujiki M, Landi R, Invernizzi M, Yoo IK, Roman S, Haji A, Hedberg HM, Parsa N, Mion F, Fayad L, Kumbhari V, Agarwalla A, Ngamruengphong S, Sanaei O, Ponchon T, Khashab MA. Long-term outcomes of per-oral endoscopic myotomy in achalasia patients with a minimum follow-up of 4 years: a multicenter study. Endosc Int Open. 2020 May;8(5):E650-E655.

• Brewer Gutierrez OI, Raijman I, Shah RJ, Elmunzer BJ, Webster GJM, Pleskow D, Sherman S, Sturgess RP, Sejpal DV, Ko C, Maurano A, Adler DG, Mullady DK, Strand DS, DiMaio CJ, Piraka C, Sharahia R, Dbouk MH, Han S, Spiceland CM, Bekkali NLH, Gabr M, Bick B, Dwyer LK, Han D, Buxbaum J, Zulli C, Cosgrove N, Wang AY, Carr-Locke D, Kerdsirichairat T, Aridi HD, Moran R, Shah S, Yang J, Sanaei O, Parsa N, Kumbhari V, Singh VK, Khashab MA. Safety and efficacy of digital single-operator pancreatoscopy for obstructing pancreatic ductal stones. Endosc Int Open 2019 Jul;7(7):E896-E903

• Dbouk M, Brewer Gutierrez OI, Kannadath BS, Camilion JV, Ngamruengphong S, Kumbhari V, Khashab M, Murray M, Janu P, Ihde G, Chang K, Thosani N, Canto MI. The learning curve for transoral incisionless fundoplication. Endosc Int Open. 2021 Nov 12;9(11):E1785-E1791

Honors

• Selected as one of the 2024 "Top Doctors" in gastroenterology by Washingtonian magazine
• Selected as one of the 2022 and 2023 "Top Doctors" in Gastroenterology by Baltimore magazine
• Appointed as the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy LATAM Special Interest Group Vice Chair, 2022-2024
• Kenner Family Award, Best abstract in early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. American Pancreatic Association 2019, Maui, Hawaii.
• First place in the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy World Cup, Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, 2019
• "Best of the best" award. This is an award given by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to the very best endoscopic video presented at the Digestive Disease Week in San Diego, 2019
• Top reviewer award, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal, 2018

Memberships

• American Gastroenterology Association (AGA)
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
• American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
• American Foregut Society (ASF)
• Member of the Latin American Club of Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Member of the Venezuelan Society of Gastroenterology
• Member of the Venezuelan Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy