Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Brown University
Medical Degree – Columbia University
Internship – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Residency – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Top Doctor Award, 2022-present
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Women’s GI Health
Hospital Affiliations
- Good Samaritan
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Research
- Effects of Increasing Interferon Alopha-2b Dose in Patients with Chrnoic Hepatitis C Not Responding to 3 Million Units 3 Times a Week.
Delariva E, Puppo MD, Factor SH, Sarabanchong V, Ligresti RJ, Finegold J, Riley TH, Garcia-Carrasquillo RJ, Markowitz DD, Magun AM, Worman HJ.
Hepatology, 26 (4); p. 417 A (abstract) November 1997 - Interferon-a-2b and Ribavirin for Retreatrnent of Chronic Hepatitis C.
Dettmer R, Reinus JF, Clain DJ, Aytaman A, Levendoglu H, Bloom AA, Isaacson MP, Spinnell M, Meyer D, Sarabanchong V, Zhang Y, Garcia-Carrasquillo RJ, Markowitz DD, Magun AM, Worman HJ. Hepato-Gastroenterology 2002; 49:758-763 - April 2003 -Abbott Laboratories: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study of Human Anti-TNF Monoclonal Antibody Adalimumab for the Induction and Maintenance of Clinical Remission in Subjects with Crohn’s Disease.
- September 2003 -GlaxoSmithKline -A 12-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, PlaceboControlled Study of PRN BID and Fixed Dosing Regimens of Alosetron in Female Subjects with Severe Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Who Have Failed Conventional Therapy.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux
- Anorectal Disease
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Bile Duct Blockages and Stones
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Clostridioides Difficile
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Diarrhea
- 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
- H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer
- 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
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Cancer
- Reflux Esophagitis/Stricture
- Silent Reflux
- Stomach Ulcers
- Swallowing Difficulty
- Ulcerative Colitis
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 Infrared Coagulation Therapy
- Hemorrhoid Treatments (IRC and Banding)
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Lactose Tolerance Test
- Luminal Stent
- Orbera Weight Loss Balloon
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (PEJ)
- Polypectomy
- Pseudocyst Drainage
- Push Enteroscopy
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett's
- Remicade Infusion
- SpyGlass Cholangioscopy
- Upper Endoscopy
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Urea Breath Test (UBT)
- Variceal Banding