The First Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on Interventional Innovations in Digestive Care

Faculty List


Program Co-Directors

Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE
Chief, Advanced Endoscopy
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Marc Bessler, MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Minimal Access/Bariatric Surgery
Director, Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Jeffrey Milsom, MD, FACS, FACG
Jerome J. Decosse, MD Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Guest Faculty

Todd H. Baron, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Medical Center

Kenneth L. Brayman, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Chief, Transplant Division, Department of Surgery
Director, Transplant Services, University of Virginia Health System
Director, Renal, Pancreas and Islet Transplant Programs
Director, Center for Cellular Therapy and Biotherapeutics

Martin L. Freeman, MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Interim Director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Medical Director for Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation
Director of the Advanced Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy Fellowship
University of Minnesota Medical Center

Norio Fukami, MD, FASGE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound
Co-Director, Endoscopy
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Gregory B. Haber, MD, FRCP, FACG
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Lenox Hill Hospital

Anthony Kalloo, MD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
The John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The John Hopkins Hospital

John A. Martin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Director of Endoscopy
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Kai Matthes, MD, PhD
Director, Developmental Endoscopy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Kiyokazu Nakajima, MD, PhD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Marianne Ortner, MD
TBC

Mark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG, FASGE, FACP
Sholz-Leeds Professor of Gastroenterology
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
NYU Langone Medical Center

Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD, FACG
Professor of Medicine
Keck/USC School of Medicine
Director, Advanced Digestive Health Center
Keck/USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Martin R. Weiser, MD
Associate Member
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Weill Cornell Medical College

Nasser Khaled Altorki, MD
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Melissa Bagloo, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

John A. Chabot, MD, FACS
Vice President, ColumbiaDoctors
David V. Habif Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of GI/Endocrine Surgery
Executive Director, Pancreas Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

K.S. Clifford Chao, MD
Chu H. Chang Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Radiation Oncology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor and Chief, Radiation Oncology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Radiation Oncology-in-Chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Daniel Cherqui, MD
Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Daniel L. Feingold, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Ira Jacobson, MD, FACG
Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Sang W. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Courses
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Michael Lieberman, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Director of Surgery at The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health
Director of Surgical Oncology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Charles J. Lightdale, MD, MACG
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Clinical Research
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Oliver J. Muensterer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, General Pediatric Endosurgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief, Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

John M. Poneros, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Interim Director of Endoscopy
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Francesco Rubino, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief of Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery
Director, Diabetes Surgery Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Benjamin Samstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Surgical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program
Director, Transplant Surgery Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Savreet Sarkaria, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Felice H. Schnoll-Sussman, MD, FACG
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Director of Research at The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Amrita Sethi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Joshua R. Sonett, MD, FACS
Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Surgical Director, High-Risk Lung Assessment Program
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Jonathan Susman, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Clinical Director, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Adam D. Talenfeld, MD
Division of Interventional Radiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Brian G. Turner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center


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