Shima Ghavimi, MD

Assistant Professor

Departments

Internal Medicine

Clinical Interests

Abdominal Care
Chrohn's Disease
Digestive Health
Gastroenterology
GERD
Hepatitis C
Liver Disease
Ulcerative Colitis

Privileges

Biography

With three years of independent practice as a rural family physician along with vast gastroenterological and hepatological training, Dr. Ghavimi is skilled in performing colonoscopies, endoscopies, capsule endoscopies, manometry, PH testing and molecular testing for the prevention of colorectal cancer. She also specializes in Bravo, hemorrhoid banding, flexible sigmoidoscopy, paracentesis, women's digestive care and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Ghavimi manages diverse patients with a broad range of digestive diseases with compassionate, comprehensive care.

Education & Training

Medical School: Shahid Beheshti University School of Medicine (Tehran, Iran)
Internship: University of Chicago IBD Center - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Chicago, Ill.)
Residency: Howard University - Internal Medicine (Washington, D.C.)
Fellowship: Rutgers University - Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Newark, N.J.)

Honors & Memberships

SCOPY Award Recipient, American College of Gastroenterology (2021)
Presidential Poster Award, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting (2021)
Member, Women in GI Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
Advocacy Award, American Society of Human Genetics, Baltimore
Member, American Gastroenterological Association
Member, American College of Gastroenterology
Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Member, American Society of Human Genetics
Member, American College of Physicians
Member, Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
Member, Cabell County Medical Society
Member, West Virginia State Medical Association
Member, American NeuroGastroenterology and Motility Society

Certification

Certified: American Board of Internal Medicine, subspecialty certification in Gastroenterology
Certified: Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Additional Languages

Persian, French

Marshall Internal Medicine

An outpatient department of Cabell Huntington Hospital
Erma Ora Byrd Center
1249 15th Street
2nd & 3rd Floor
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304-691-1000

Map & Directions

Ghavimi S.. 2022. What Women Need to know About Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. O'Connor M, Haq H. 2022 Oct 20; 1(4):45-47. Taking Care of You: The Empowered Woman's Guide to Better Health. Mayo Clinic Press.

Singh D, Ezeh E, Biglow L, Raru Y, Ghavimi S.. 2022. (Submitted) A Rare Case of Endovascular Shunt Modification in a Geriatric Patient: Transgular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) and Geriatric Hepatic Encephalopathy 2022 July 7; A Rare Case of Endovascular Shunt Modification in a Geriatric Patient: Transgular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) and Geriatric Hepatic Encephalopathy. Journal of American Geriatric Society.

Ghavimi S, Damianos J, Sahyoun L, Patel P, Azimi H, Ahlawat S, Brennan G.. 2022. Outcomes of ERCP in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia (Submitted) Ghavimi S, Damianos J, Sahyoun L, Patel P, Azimi H, Ahlawat S, Brennan G. 2022, Outcomes of ERCP in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia.

Onyinye Ugonabo MD, Mujtaba Mohamed MD, Ebubechukwu Ezeh MD, Joey Simmons MD, Jonathan Cuda MD, Shima Ghavimi MD. 2022. A Rare Case of Metastatic Primary Rectal Melanoma in a Geriatric Male Ugonabo, O., Mohamed, M., Ezeh, E., Simmons, J., Cuda, J., & Ghavimi, S. (2022). A Rare Metastatic Primary Rectal Melanoma in a Geriatric Male. Journal Of Medical Cases, 13(8), 369-373. doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc3929
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Ghavimi S.. 2021. A Novel Backward Stepwise Logistic Regression and Classification and Regression Tree Model to Predict 180-day Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Patients. Journal of Clinical Translational Hepatology; EPub; Jul 22, 2021; DOI: 10.14218/JCTH.2021.00240
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Ghavimi S. 2021. A Novel Backward Stepwise Logistic Regression and Classification and Regression Tree Model to Predict 180-day Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-acute-on-chronic Liver Failure Patients. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2021 8 28;9(4):456-457.
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Abbasi A, Lau LH, Guo CL, Lui, R, Ghavimi S.. 2021. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Impact of Timing of Endoscopy on Patient Outcomes: Impact of Timing of Endoscopy on Patient Outcomes Abbasi A, Ghavimi S, Lau LH, Guo CL, Lui R. (2021). Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Impact of Timing of Endoscopy on Patient Outcomes: Impact of Timing of Endoscopy on Patient Outcomes. Gijournal, 1(1), doi:10.52697/gijournal.v1i1.27.

Hashemipour R, David C, Ghavimi C, Navabi S.. 2021. A Case of End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD) Predisposing to Disseminated Cryptococcosis (DC): Is Coagulopathy Defined by INR and Platelets? Hashemipour R, David C, Ghavimi S, Navabi S. (2021): A Case of End-Stage Liver Disease Predisposing to Disseminated Cryptococcosis. Is Coagulopathy Defined by INR and Platelets?. The American Journal of Gastroenterology October 2021, (116):pS1490.

Nasir U, Paer J, Jiang Y, Ghavimi S, Pergament K.. 2020. Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Leading to Idiopathic Terminal Ileal Ulceration. American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2020,(115):1105-S1106. doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000710444.56498.06

Ghavimi S, Apfel T, Azimi H, Persaud A, Pyrsopoulos NT. 2020. Management and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Immunotherapy: A Review of Current and Future Options. J Clin Transl Hepatol. Ghavimi, Shima et al. Management and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Immunotherapy: A Review of Current and Future Options. Journal of clinical and translational hepatology vol. 8,2 (2020): 168-176. doi:10.14218/JCTH.2020.00001
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Choi C, Barajas-Ochoa A, Uppuluri A, Hashemipour R, Ghavimi S, Panchal D, Nasir UM, Ahlawat S.. 2020. Prior Bariatric Surgery is associated with Lower rates of Portal Hypertension and Variceal Bleeding in Autoimmune Hepatitis Patients. Choi C, Barajas-Ochoa A, Uppuluri A, Hashemipour R, Ghavimi S, Panchal D, Nasir UM, Ahlawat S. 2020; Gastroenterology, VOLUME 158, ISSUE 6, SUPPLEMENT 1, S-1381, MAY 01, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(20)34120-2

Ghavimi S, Hashemipour R, Azimi H, Choi C, Nasir U, Ahlawat S.. 2020. Outcome of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Ghavimi S, Hashemipour R, Azimi H, Choi C, Nasir UM, Ahlawat S. (2020); Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 91 (6), AB390. DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.3881

Ghavimi S, Azimi H, Patel N, Shulik O. 2019. Geriatric Hepatology: The Hepatic Diseases of the Elderly and Liver Transplant (2019) Geriatric Hepatology: The Hepatic Diseases of the Elderly and Liver Transplant. J Dig Dis Hepatol 3: 167. DOI:10.29011/2574-3511.000067

Ghavimi, Shima MD; Nasir, Umair M. DO; Panchal, Dayna DO; Choi, Catherine MD; Fidan-Ozbilgin, Ozlem MD; Verma, Siddharth MD, JD.. 2019. Colon Polyp as Rare Manifestation of Breast Cancer Metastasis. Ghavimi S, Nasir UM, Panchal D, Choi C, Fidan-Ozbilgin O, Siddharth V. Colon Polyp as Rare Manifestation of Breast Cancer Metastasis, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2019; 114; p S831. DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000595536.19647.33

Ghavimi S, Neel Patel, Zhiwei Y, Ahlawat S.. 2018. Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Pancreas: An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain. Ghavimi, Shima MD; Patel, Neel MD; Yin, Zhiwei MD1; Ahlawat, Sushil MD. American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2018 - Volume 113 - Issue - p S787. DOI: 10.14309/00000434-201810001-01372

Azimi H, Singh S, Ghavimi S.. 2018. The Role of Gut Microbiome and Associated Diseases Azimi, Hamed; Singh, Sanmeet; Ghavimi, Shima. The Role of Gut Microbiome and Associated Diseases, American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2018 - Volume 113 - Issue - p S1523 doi:10.14309/00000434-201810001-02736

Okoronkwo N, Ghavimi S, Chokshi R, Peters S, Ahlawat S. 2018. Gastric calcifying fibrous tumor mimicking GI stromal tumor. Gastrointest Endosc. Okoronkwo N, Ghavimi S, Chokshi R, Peters S, Ahlawat S. Gastric calcifying fibrous tumor mimicking GI stromal tumor. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Sep;88(3):556-558. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.003. Epub 2018 Apr 6. PMID: 29627493.
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Ashktorab H, Azimi H, Nickerson M, Bass S, Boland J, Yeager M, Varma S, Daremipouran F, Sherif A, Ghavimi S, Shokrani B, Lee E, Laiyemo A, Brim H.. 2016. Targeted sequencing revealed distinctive and pathogenic mutations in African Americans with colorectal cancer In Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20;76:(14 Suppl). doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2016-4488

Sherif ZA, Saeed A, Ghavimi S, Nouraie SM, Laiyemo AO, Brim H, Ashktorab H. 2016. Global Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Perspectives on US Minority Populations. Dig Dis Sci. Sherif, Z.A., Saeed, A., Ghavimi, S. et al. Global Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Perspectives on US Minority Populations. Dig Dis Sci 61, 1214–1225 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-016-4143-0
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Ghavimi S, Singh S.. 2016. Knowledge of Gastroenterology Fellows in Various Hospitals of the United States of America, on Genetic Testing for Disease-Specific Biomarkers and Attitude Towards the Knowledge of Precision Medicine S Ghavimi, S Singh - American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016; LWW, 111;(s44). doi:10.14309/00000434-201610001-01025

Ghavimi S, Ashktorab H, Lee E, Adeyinka L, Brim H. 2016. Diverticular Disease-Associated Colectomy in Urban African American Patients: A Hospital Based Study Ghavimi S, Ashktorab H, Lee E, Adeyinka L, Brim H. Diverticular Disease-Associated Colectomy in Urban African American Patients: A Hospital Based Study, American Journal of Gastroenterology: 2016 October; Volume 111:(S90).

Heptegebriel Y, Sulieman M, Ghavimi S , Mehari A, Carter J.. 2015. Case Report: Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Lung. Chest. 2015;148(4_MeetingAbstracts):570A. doi:10.1378/chest.2281490