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Faculty

 

Edward Lebovics, M.D.

Edward Lebovics, M.D.

Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Medicine
Director, Sarah C. Upham Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Diseases, New York Medical College
Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Westchester Medical Center

Professional Interests: advanced therapeutic endoscopy, biliary and pancreatic endoscopy, hepatitis B and C virus infection, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic cholestatic diseases, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, 1976-1980
Internship/Residency: Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Washington University, 1980-1983
Fellowship: Liver Diseases, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, CUNY, 1983-1984
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, New York Medical College, 1984-1986


Brad Dworkin, M.D.

Associate Professor
Associate Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Diseases
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Diseases

Dr. Dworkin is a renowned specialist in esophageal, gastrointestinal functional, and motility disorders, nutrition, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Medical: Jefferson Medical College (Pennsylvania, Philadelphia), 1972-1976
Internship: NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (New York, New York), 1976-1977
Residency: NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (New York, New York), 1977-1979
Chief Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York), 1978
Fellowships: GI Fellowship-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York), 1979-1981; Nutrition Fellowship-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York), 1981-1982

Governor, American College of Gastroenterology, Southern, NY, 2012-2016


Beth Schorr-Lesnick, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatobiliary Diseases

Dr. Schorr-Lesnick is the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Director and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center. She attended Yale University, Mount Sinai-Icahn School of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center for her  Residency and New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center for her Gastroenterology Fellowship.

Since her training, she worked at a private proctology practice, at Beth Israel Medical Center as a full time Attending Physician for nearly 10 years and in private practice in Westchester for an additional 16 years.  She was Chief of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers. At New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center since August 2016, she sees private GI patients, administers the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, and mentors and supervises the Fellows, who will be the next generation of Gastroenterologists.

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York), 1981-1985
Internship: Montefiore Medical Center (New York, Bronx), 1985-1986
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center (New York, Bronx), 1986-1988
Fellowships: Fellowship in Gastroenterology-NY Medical College/Westchester Medical Center (New York, Valhalla) 1988-1990


Virendra Tewari, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Virendra Tewari is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He specializes in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. He is dedicated to bringing novel endoscopic techniques to the practice with his international training and clinical expertise. He underwent GI training in the US and India and has been involved in gastroenterology practice, academics and research in India, UAE and the US.

His research interests and publications include: endoscopic sedation, virtual colonoscopy, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, biliary, liver and pancreatic diseases.

He performs the following procedures:

Screening and diagnostic colonoscopy, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreaticography), cholangioscopy, EUS (Endoscopic ultrasound), Bravo pH, Barrett’s ablative therapy, esophageal manometry, and a wide range of therapeutic and palliative endoscopic interventions.


Dana R. Berg, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dana R. Berg, MD is the Medical Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at New York Medical College / Westchester Medical Center. Dr. Berg received her B.A from Columbia University and MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She then completed her internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, gastroenterology fellowship at New York Medical College / Westchester Medical Center, and her advanced inflammatory bowel disease training at New York University Langone Hospital.

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship: Gastroenterology Fellowship at New York Medical College / Westchester Medical Center
Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at New York University Langone Medical Center


David C. Wolf (9-7-17)

David C. Wolf, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director
Liver Transplant
Transplant Hepatologist

Dr. Wolf is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. Previously he served on the faculties at the University of Cincinnati and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In 1996, Dr. Wolf was involved in the establishment the Liver Transplant Program at the Westchester Medical Center. He has published more than 30 papers and 60 abstracts, primarily focusing upon the variceal bleeding and liver cancer.

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Bronx Municipal Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine


Roxana Bodin (9-7-17) 
 

Roxana Bodin, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Bodin serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College, and an Attending Transplant Hepatologist at Westchester Medical Center

Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Residency: New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital
Fellowship: New York Medical College, Westchester County Medical Center