Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Binghamton University
Medical Degree – Chicago Medical School
MS – Chicago Medical School
Internship – Montefiore Medical Center
Residency – Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship – Montefiore Medical Center
Board Certifications – American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate in Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate in Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors 2024, Bergen Magazine
- Excellence in Teaching Award 2011, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
- Outstanding Fellow of the Year/Excellence in Teaching 2006, Montefiore Medical Center
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Disorders of the pancreas
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Fecal microbial transplantation for recurrent C. difficile infection
Hospital Affiliations
- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
- Holy Name Hospital and Medical Center
Other Appointments
- 2012 – current: Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2014 – current: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- 2014 – 2015: Member of Medical Executive Committee, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Research
- Fecal Microbial Transplantation for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Acid Reflux
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- 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, Lactulose, Fructose Testing
- Colonoscopy
- Colonoscopy with Chromoendoscopy
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Esophageal High Resolution Manometry and 24-Hr pH Impedance Testing
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fructose Intolerance Breath Test
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Hydrogen Breath Test for SIBO
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
