Education
Bachelor’s Degree – University of Pennsylvania
Medical Degree – SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine
Internship – Montefiore Medical Center
Residency – Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship – Montefiore Medical Center
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology, National Board of Medical Examiners
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors 2024, Bergen Magazine
- Top Doctors 2014, New York Magazine
- Outstanding Teaching Award 2000, 2002 & 2006, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Medicine
- Outstanding House Officer Award 1999, Montefiore Medical Center, Staff and Alumni Association
- E.J. Eddy Research Scholarship 1997, New York Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Honors Scholarship 1998, New York Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Advanced Endoscopy including diseases of the liver, bile duct, pancreas and removal of large polyps
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Hospital Affiliations
- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Other Appointments
- Department of Internal Medicine – Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, 1999-current
- Department of Internal Medicine – Holy Name Hospital, 1999-current
Research
- 2021 – A phase 3 multicenter, long term extension study of Mirikizumab in patients with Crohn’s Disease, I6T-MC-AMAX; Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
- 2020 – current; Investigator; A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel, Placebo-Controlled Induction Study of Mirikizumab in Conventional-Failed and Biologic-Failed Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (LUCENT 1); Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
- 2018 – Investigator; A Phase III Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Rebiotix RBX2660 (microbiota suspension) for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection; Sponsor: Rebiotix Inc.
- 2018 – Principle Investigator; A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Arm, Placebo-controlled Study of LY3074828 in Subjects with Active Crohn’s Disease (SERENITY); Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
- 2014 – 2018; A Phase III Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Parallel Group Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of a Fixed-Dose Combination RHB-104 in Subjects with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease; Sponsor: RedHill Biopharma Limited
- 2012 – 2015; Principle Investigator; A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Active-Controlled Study of CB_183,315 in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea; Sponsor: Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
- 2013 – 2014; Principle Investigator; A Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 12 Weeks of Treatment With Oral CNDO 201 Trichuris Suis Ova Suspension (TSO) as Compared to Placebo, Followed by a 12 Week Open-label Treatment Period in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease; Sponsor: Coronado Biosciences
- 2006 – 2012; Investigator; Limited Access Protocol for the Use of Oral Cisapride in the Treatment of Refractory Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and other Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders. Sponsor: PRA International, for Janssen Pharmaceuticals
- 2009 – 2011; Principle Investigator; A Phase II Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Dose Ranging Study to Assess the Immunogenicity and Safety of a Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine (ACAM-CDIFF) in Subjects with Clostridium Difficile Injection (CDI); Sponsor: Sanofi Pasteur
- 2008 – 2010; Principle Investigator; A Randomized Double-Blind Parallel Study of Rabeprazole extended release versus Esomeprazole after 4 to 8 weeks of treatment among subjects with erosive GERD; Sponsor: Eisai Pharmaceuticals
- 2008 – 2010; Principle Investigator; A Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PROCHYMAL (ex vivo cultured adult human mesenchymal stem cells) intravenous infusion for the induction of remission in subjects experiencing treatment-refractory moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease; Sponsor: Osiris Therapeutics
- 2007 – 2008; Principle Investigator; A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled multicenter study to assess the safety and efficacy of AST-120 in mild to moderately active Crohn’s patients with fistulas. Sponsor: Ocera Therapeutics
- 2006 – 2009; Principle Investigator; A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Rifaxamin Compared to Vancomycin for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea. Sponsor: Salix Pharmaceuticals
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
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Fructose Intolerance Breath Test
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Hydrogen Breath Test for SIBO
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Orbera Weight Loss Balloon
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)