Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Franklin & Marshall College
Medical Degree – Loyola University – Stritch School of Medicine
Internship – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Residency – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Board Certifications – Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors 2024, Bergen Magazine
- Clinical Teaching Award 2003, Englewood Hospital
- Top Doctors 2008, 2013, 2016-2020 NJ Magazine
- Top Doctors 2012-2016, 201 Magazine
- Doctor of the Year 2015, Englewood Hospital
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2016, 2018, 2020
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: 1st Edition
- Jersey’s Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Liver Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Hospital Affiliations
- Englewood Hospital
- Holy Name Hospital
- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine – Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine (non-clinical affiliation)
Other Appointments
- Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, 2016-current
- Associate Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, 2010-2016
- Chair, EHMC Credentials Committee, 2013
- P&T Committee at Englewood Hospital P&T Committee, 2003-current
- President of NJ Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Society (NJGES), 2006-2007
- President of NJ Gastrointestinal PAC (GIPAC), 2007-2014
- Secretary/Treasurer, EHMC Medical Staff, 2014-2016
- Vice President, EHMC Medical Staff, 2016-2018
- President, EHMC Medical Staff, 2018-2020
- EHMC Hospital Board Member (ex officio), 2016-current
Research
- Yellowstone Study – Principal Investigator. Multi center clinical research trial to determine if the investigational medication ozanimod is safe and effective for the treatment of moderately to severe active Crohn’s disease
- PN 943-03 Study – Principal Investigator. A phase II randomized double blind placebo-controlled multi-center study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral PN-943 in subjects with moderate to severe active ulcerative coliti
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
- Colonoscopy with Chromoendoscopy
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Esophageal High Resolution Manometry and 24-Hr pH Impedance Testing
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fructose Intolerance Breath Test
- Hydrogen Breath Test for SIBO
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Orbera Weight Loss Balloon
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE)