Education
Bachelor’s Degree – University of Pennsylvania
Medical Degree – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Internship – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Fellowship – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- CCFA Honor
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Liver Disease
Hospital Affiliations
- Good Samaritan
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Other Appointments
- Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Clinical Instructor, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Board Member, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Fairfield and Westchester
Research
- Stimmel, B., Vemace, S.J., Heller, E.A., et al: Hepatitis B antigen and antibody in former heroin addicts on methadone maintenance: Correlation with clinical and histologic findings. Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Methadone Treatment, Washington, DC -March 17-19, NY NAPAN, 1973, pp. 501-506
- Shaw, S., Heller, E.A., Friedman, H.S. et al:
Increased hepatic oxygenation following ethanol administration in the baboon.
Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 156-569 (1977) - Hazzan, D, Fishman, E., Heller, E., Chapman, M., Bauer, J. J. Liver Abscess in Chron’s Disease: a report of three cases MT Sinai J Med 2004: 71(5) 351-4
Fun Facts
- In his spare time, Dr. Heller enjoys paddleboarding.
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