Norman Panitch, M.D., FACP

Expertise

Dr. Panitch is a gastroenterologist who is a specialist in all aspects of gastrointestinal disorders. He has been recognized as a leader in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy.

Education and Training

After graduating from Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York in 1964, Dr. Panitch went on to complete his medical training at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated with honors in 1968 and was inducted into AOA/Honor Medical Society. He finished his internship at Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College, New York, New York in 1969 and joined the United States Public Health Service in San Pedro, California from 1969 - 1971. He then completed an internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Harbor General Hospital - UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Panitch was voted best clinical educator of the year in the Gastroenterology for twenty-five years. Dr. Panitch, after completing his fellowship in gastroenterology, formed, along with Dr. Howard Resin, the South Bay Gastroenterology Medical Group in 1976 which now has expanded to include seven other gastroenterologists.

Dr. Panitch served as chief of the medical staff of Torrance Memorial Hospital from 1982-1983 and was the president of the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology in 1980-1981. Dr. Panitch is currently President of THIPA - Torrance Hospital Independent Physicians Association.

Dr. Panitch is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is a member of the AGA and the ASGE.

Practice Location

Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Little Company of Mary Hospital.

Honors

Dr. Panitch has recently been named one of the "best doctors in America – Pacific region" and was recognized in Los Angeles magazine as one of the "best doctors" in Los Angeles in his field.

Publications and Research

Articles

1. Chung EK, Panitch NM: A Positive Approach to the Diagnosis of Primary Myocardial Disease. GP XL: 101-109, 1969.
2. Chung D, Panitch NM, Chung EK: A Comparison of the Conventional Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Before and After the Development of Complete Left Bundle Branch Block. J Circ J 33: 19, 1969.
3. Panitch NM, Henn RM, Tedrud JW: Pseudo Ileo-vesical Fistula in Crohn's Disease. J Amer Medication Asso 232: 732-733, 1975.
4. Samloff IM, Liebman WM, Panitch NM: Serum Group I Pepsinogens by Radioimmunoassay in Control Subjects and Patients with Peptic Ulcer. Gastroenterology 69: 83-90, 1975.
5. Panitch NM: Acute Mediastinitis and Peritonitis. Western J Medication 126: 38-45, 1977.
6. Panitch NM, et al.: The Value of Endocopic Pancreatography in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Pleural Effusion. AM J Gastro 77:574-575, 1982.
7. Panitch NM, et al.: Campylobacter Colitis: Unique Coloscopic Findings Mimicking Carcinoma of the Colon. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 29:32-33, 1983.
8. Panitch NM: Gascousness and Indigestion: Conn's Current Therapy 1990.
9. David Vogel: Chairman, Editorial Committee American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - - Managed Care and Gastroenterology Published 1994.

Abstracts

1. Panitch NM, Schofferman JA: Proctalgia Fugax Revisited. Gastroenterology 68:1061, 1975.
2. Panitch NM, Cole D, Samloff IM, Horton R: The Effects of B-adrenergic Blockade on Cirrhotic Ascites. Gastroenterology 68:965, 1975.
3. Panitch NM, Piken E, Resin H: Colonoscopic Experience Using a Two-man Technique. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 27:127,1981.
4. Panitch NM, Piken E: Endoscopic Peridiverticulitis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 27: 127, 1981.
5. Panitch NM, Piken E: Invasive Giardiasis. Gastroenterology 80:1252, 1981.
6. Piken E, Panitch NM, et al.: Drug Usage at a Free Standing Endoscopy Center. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 40:32, 1994.
7. Piken E., Panitch Nm, et al.: Endoscopic Experience at a Free Standing Center. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 40:32, 1994.

Letters to the Editor

1. Medicine for the Mature Viewer. NEJM 282C 1970 —Reproduced in Human Hand and Other Ailments: Letters to the New England Journal of Medicine, S. Moskow, Little Brown, 1987.

Miscellaneous

1. Member, American College of Physicians.
2. Counselor, Southern California Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1977-82.
3. President, Southern California Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1980-81.
4. Director of Medical Education, Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center, 1979-1984.
5. Chief, Department of Medicine, Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center, 1979-81
6. Chief of Staff, Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center, 1982-83.
7. Faculty, "Controversies and problem solving with gastrointestinal endoscopy", Southern California Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. February 18-20, 1982, Beverly Hills, California.
8. Faculty, "Colo-Rectal Day": "The Role of Colonoscopy in Diverticular Bowel Disease," Cedars Sinai Medical Center, February 1981.
9. Faculty, "Continuing Education in Emergency Medicine -- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding," October 14, 1981. Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Long Beach, California.
10. Faculty, Endoscopy Course Classification of Gastritis, ASGE, Las Vegas, Nevada. 1979.
11. Board of Trustess, Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center, 1983-92. Vice President, 1984-88.
12. Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Laboratory, Torrance Memorial Hospital, 1980-92.
13. Faculty, CMA Annual Session: "Chronic Hepatitis", Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California 3-13-92.
14. Medical Director, The Endoscopy Center of the South Bay, 1991 — present.
15. Member, ASGE Committee for Outpatient Endoscopic Centers, 1992 — present.
16. Chairman, Committee for Managed Care, ASGE, 1993 — present.
17. Faculty, Practice Issues in Gastroenterology, Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers, ASGE, La Jolla, California. February 1992.
18. Board of Directors, Torrance Memorial Hospital Independent Medical Association, 1990 — present.
19. Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology, 1990 — present.
20. Faculty, Issues in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, ASGE, February 10-11, 1994, Orlando, Florida.
21. Faculty, Digestive Disease Week: "Gastroenterology and Managed Care"; ASGe, May 17-18, 1994, New Orleans, Louisiana.
22. Faculty, American College of Gastroenterology, 10-2-91, San Francisco, California.
23. Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1994
24. Faculty, "Contracting Issues for Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers", American Society of Outpatient Surgeons, San Diego, California, February 24, 1995.
25. Faculty, Digestive Disease Week: "Managed Care 1995", San Diego, California, May 1995.
26. Faculty, Digestive Disease Week: "Managed Care and Endoscopy Centers", San Diego, California, May 1995.
27. Faculty, "Trends in Cost Efficient and Culturally Sensitive Disease Management: Experiences from Asia and the United States", Presented by the the Center for Asian-Pacific Health, Sponsor, Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Foundation, July 30, 1995.
28. Faculty, "The National Practice Management Conference for Gastroenterology Fellows", Sponsor: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 29 — October 1, 1995.
29. Faculty, "Gastroenterology and Managed Care: Capitation Issues", American College of Gastroenterology, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 12, 1996.
30. Faculty, "Gastroenterology and Managed Care Environment", American Society for GI Endoscopy/American Gastroenterology Association, Los Angeles, California, March 30 and 31, 1996.
31. Faculty, "The Midwest Practice Management Conference for Gastroenterology Fellows", Sponsor American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1996.
32. Faculty, "Evolving Issues in Gastroenterology and Hepatology", Sponsor American College of Gastroenterology, Regional Post-Graduate Course, Palm Springs, April 5-6, 1997.
33. Faculty, "New Concepts in Acid Reflux Disease", Trump-Ocean Trails, December 4, 2005.