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Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition


Steven Lobritto M.D.

Title:

Acting Director, Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition
Medical Director, Hepatology and Liver Transplant Program

Education:

New York Medical College

Residency:

New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, NY

Fellowship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests:

Adult/Pediatric Endoscopy, Pediatric liver disease-Transplant hepatology Adult/Pediatric. TPN Colestasis/Short Bowel Syndrome/Small Bowel Transplant.

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.7082/3000 (Liver)

 

Office Fax# 212.305.8995



Richard Deckelbaum M.D.

Title:

Research Director; Director Institute for Human Nutrition

Contact Info. : Office Telephone# 212.305.4808


Amy DeFelice M.D.

Title:

Director, Nutrition Support Service

Education:

Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara-Guadalajara Mexico

Residency:

Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Fellowship:

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Interests:

IBD, intravenous feeding, tube feeding, special nutritional disorders, GI problems of cystic fibrosis

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.8802

 

Office Fax# 212.342.5756



Philip Kazlow M.D.

Title:

Director, Clinical Gastroenterology

Education:

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Residency:

Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Interests:

IBD, Celiac disease, Swallowing disorders, pancreatic disease

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.342.5521

 

Office Fax# 212.305.8995

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Joseph Levy M.D.

Title:

Director, Pediatric Neurogastroenterology Program

Education:

Hadassah Medical School, Israel

Residency:

Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Fellowship:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY

Interests:

Electrogastrogram, IBD, Crohn's Disease

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.5693

 

Office Fax# 212.305.7124



Mercedes Martinez, MD

Title:

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education:

Higher Institute of Medicine Santiago de Cuba

Residency:

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, NY

Fellowship:

MSCHONY Columbia University

Interests:

Liver diseases, Intestinal rehabilitation, Liver and Small Bowel Transplant

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.8802

 

Office Fax# 212.305.8995



Ali Mencin, MD

Title:

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education:

Williams College, Williamstown, MA (BA)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (MD)

Residency:

Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine,Bronx, NY

Chief Residency:

Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Fellowship:

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Clinical Interests:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Constipation, Nutrition

Research Interests: Liver disease related to a-1 antitrypsin deficiency and cystic fibrosis

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.5903

 

Office Fax# 212.305.8995


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Elyanne Ratcliffe M.D.

Title:

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Residency: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fellowship: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Interests: Special nutritional disorders, tube feeding, neurogastroenterology
Contact Info. : Office Telephone# 212.305.7082

Office Fax# 212.305.8995



Lesley Smith M.D.

Title:

Medical Director, Gut Rehabilitation and Intestinal Transplant Program

Education:

McGill University School of Medicine

Residency:

Hadassah University Hospital, Israel
Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada

Fellowship:

Boston University Medical Center

Interests:

Metabolic Disorders, Atherosclerosis,Lipid Metabolism, Nutrition,
Malnutrition, Waterborne Causes of Disease

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.342.2914

 

Office Fax# 212.305.8995



Aaron Turkish M.D.

Title:

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education: State University of New York-Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University
Interests: Obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, research in genetics and molecular biology of lipid metabolism
Contact Info. : Office Telephone# 212.305.5654
Office Fax# 212.305.8995


Diana Volpert M.D.

Title:

Attending Physician

Education:

Sackler School of Medicine, Tel -Aviv University, Israel

Residency:

Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot Israel
Nassau University Medical Center, NY

Fellowship:

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Interests:

IBD,fatty liver,GERD

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone # 212.305.5903

 

Office Fax # 212.305.8995



Christine Williams M.D.

Title:

Medical Director, Hyperlipidemia and Weight Reduction Service.

Education:

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Residency:

Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Public Hygiene/ Public Health
Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowship:

Karolinska Institutet, NY
Medical College of Pennsylvania

Interests:

abnormal blood lipids , obesity;Pediatric Nutrition and preventative cardiology

Contact Info. :

Office Telephone# 212.305.7815

 

Office Fax# 212.305.7124


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Other Division Personnel

Nutrition Support Nurse Practitioners/Nurses:

Dorcas Koenigsberger, 212.305.5902
Joanne Carroll, 212.342.3899

Outpatient Nurse Practitioners:

Ellen Shaw, 212.342.3648
Jessica Lessing, 212.342.3647

Liver and Small Bowel Transplant Nurse Practitioner Coordinators:

Patricia Harran, 212.305.0655
Kara Ventura, 212.342.2997

Outpatient Nutritionists:

Susan Brodlie, 212.305.6225

Inpatient Nutritionists:

Kanan Patel, 212.305.6330
Janet Schauben, 212.342.0945

Clinical Research Coordinator:

Mayka Benitez-Jackson, 212.305.2225

Divisional Administrator:

Nick Lopiano - 212.305.5831

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