Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Rutgers College
Medical Degree – Tufts University
Internship – Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency – Mount Sinai Hospital (Chief Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital)
Fellowship – Mount Sinai Hospital (Chief Fellow, Mount Sinai Hospital)
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctors, NJ Magazine 2018, 2019, 2022
- Nurses choice, Physician of the Year (2013, 2021)
- Top Fellow Presentation, Video Endoscopy Forum, NYSGE, 2010
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Advanced endoscopy comprising EUS, ERCP, stenting
- General GI and Hepatology
Hospital Affiliations
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- Monmouth Medical Center
Other Appointments
- Director of advanced endoscopy, JSUMC
Research
During training, research focused on colon cancer prevention and hepatitis B. Not currently involved in research.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux
- Anorectal Disease
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Clostridioides Difficile
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Constipation
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagitis and Stricture
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Gas
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Gastroparesis
- Genetic Colon Cancer Syndromes
- GERD
- Heartburn
- Helicobacter Pylori/Peptic Ulcer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Hernias (Abdominal, Groin, and Hiatal)
- High-Risk Colon Cancer Screening
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Jaundice
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Disease
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Silent Reflux
- Stomach Ulcers
Procedures Performed
- Anorectal Manometry
- Bacterial Overgrowth Test
- Barrett’s Treatment
- Bravo pH Study
- Breath Testing, including Lactose, Lactulose, Fructose Testing
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Cholangioscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Complex Polypectomy
- Diagnostic & Therapeutic Colonoscopy
- Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Endoscopic Pseudocyst Drainage
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration
- Enteral Stents
- ERCP
- Esophageal Dilation/Testing
- Esophageal High Resolution Manometry and 24 Hr pH Impedance Testing
- Esophageal Manometry
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and IRC
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Hemorrhoid Treatments (IRC and Banding)
- Infusion
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Lactose Tolerance Test
- Luminal Stent
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (PEJ)
- Polypectomy
- Push Enteroscopy
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett's
- SpyGlass Cholangioscopy
- Upper Endoscopy
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Urea Breath Test (UBT)
- Variceal Banding
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
