EDUCATION

B.A., magna cum laude, Yeshiva University, New York, NY - 1970
M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY - 1974

M.B.A., Columbia Business School, New York, NY - 2000

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING & FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS

Intern in Medicine - 1974-1975
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Junior Assistant Resident in Medicine - 1975-1976
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Senior Assistant Resident in Medicine - 1976-1977
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology - 1977-1979
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine - 1977

Board Certified, Gastroenterology - 1979

LICENSURE

# 124712 New York State


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Solo private practice of internal medicine and gastroenterology - 1979-Present

Assistant Attending Physician - 1979-Present

Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Clinical Instructor in Medicine
Weill Cornell College of Medicine - 1979-Present

PUBLICATIONS

Failing GR, Borges JS. Bacillus cereus osteomyelitis. Arch Int Med 137: 401, 1977.

Franklin JE. Oral cholecystography during convalescence from acute alcoholic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology 74: 964, 1978.

Tuazon CU, Murray HW, Levy C, MN, et al. Serious infections from Bacillus sp. JAMA 241: 1137-1140, 1979.

ABSTRACTS

Kassan SS, Kammerer WH, Lockshin MD, Shaefer RA. Gastrointestinal perforation associated with cortisteroid therapy. Gastroenterology 72: 5, A-111, 1977.

CONSULTANCIES

Physician Advisory Board, ePocrates

SOCIETIES

Member, American College of Physicians
Member, American Gastroenterological Association
Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Member, New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology