Education
Medical Degree – Russian State Medical University
Internship – Lenox Hill Hospital
Residency – Lenox Hill Hospital
Fellowship – St. Luke’s Hospital; St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center; Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Board Certifications – Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors 2018-2021, Bergen Magazine
- Top Doctor 2015, NJ Top Docs
Hospital Affiliations
- Englewood Hospital
- Holy Name Hospital
Other Appointments
- Member of Medical Executive Committee, Englewood Hospital and Medical center 2010-2011
- American Medical Association
- New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Gastroenterology Association
- American College of Gastroenterology
Research
- 2002-2004; Clinical Investigator; “Effects of Hepatitis C infection and its treatment upon fat distribution, insulin resistance, and serum liquid concentrations in HCV mono-infected and HCV/HIV co-infected individuals”; Sponsor: Empire State Clinical Research Training Program
- 2002-2003; Clinical Investigation Program; Sponsor: Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
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
- Bravo pH Study
- Breath Testing, including Lactose and Fructose
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fructose Intolerance Breath Test
- HET Hemorrhoid Procedure
- Hydrogen Breath Test for SIBO
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE)