Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Dickinson College
Medical Degree – The Albany Medical College
Internship – Montefiore Medical Center
Residency – Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Board Certifications – Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, National Board of Medical Examiners
Honors & Awards
- Best Doctor 2010 – 2018, Inside New Jersey Magazine
- Top Doctor 2000 – 2019, Castle Connelly
- Best Doctor 2004, New York Magazine
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Treatment of Crohn’s and Colitis
- Treatment of refractory Constipation
Hospital Affiliations
- Englewood Hospital
- Holy Name Hospital
- Hackensack University Hospital (courtesy staff)
Other Appointments
- Active Medical Staff, Section of Gastroenterology at Englewood Hospital, 1982 – current
- Active Medical Staff at Holy Name Hospital, 1990 – current
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Acid Reflux
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Clostridium difficile(C. Diff)
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis
- Esophagitis and Stricture
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Gas
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- GERD
- H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer
- Heartburn
- Helicobacter Pylori/ Peptic Ulcer
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Liver Disease
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- SIBO
- Ulcerative Colitis
Procedures Performed
- Breath Testing, including Lactose and Fructose
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fructose Intolerance Breath Test
- Hydrogen Breath Test for SIBO
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE)