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Ashish Atreja, MD
About Me
Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH completed his internal medicine and gastroenterology training at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH and joined Mount Sinai Medical Center in July 2013. He has formal training and experience in public health and informatics. Dr. Atreja's clinical interests are inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, recurrent clostridium difficile infection, diarrhea, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), also referred to as stool transplant. Dr. Atreja believes in providing culturally-sensitive, patient-centered care through education, counseling and empowerment. He is currently accepting patients from New York Metropolitan area as well as out-of state referrals for second-opinion.
Language
English
Position
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology, ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Antibiotic-Associated Colitis-C Difficile
- Celiac Disease
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colon Polyps
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Endoscopic Band Ligation
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Malabsorption
- Peptic Ulcer
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Upper GI Endoscopy
Awards
2013
Performed the first fecal microbiota transplantation in Mount Sinai Medical Center
Received NIH K23 award for improving quality of life and quality of care among patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
2011
Nominated as Editor for Online Education at American Gastroenterology Association (AGA)
2009
Fellow representative to American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) Editorial Board for Online Education.
2008
Invited Presentation at Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Fl.
2008
Awarded fellowship (FACP ) to American College of Physicians.
2006
Awarded Distinquished poster award at AMIA Spring Meet, Phoenix, AZ
2006
Invited Presentation at Center for Disease Control (CDC) on using electronic health records for infection control and biosurveillance, Atlanta, GA.
2005
Nominated for the top ten papers (distinguished papers) at AMIA Annual Meet, Washinton, DC.
2005
Awarded the best merit paper at ACP-OHIO Annual Meet, Cleveland, OH.
2000
Recipient of National Delta Omega Awards for excellence in Public Health, Chicago, IL.
1993
National award for standig among the top 25 students in India selected for physics Olympiad
1993
First in the State and 7th in the nation in medical entrance examination
1991
National Talent Search Scholarship, Govt. of India
Publications
Selected Publications
- Health Care Quality and Patient Safety in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Piyush Mathur, Reem Khatib, Dharan Sankar Jaisankar, Ashish Atreja. Medical Clinics of North America
- Using a Multilingual AI Care Agent to Reduce Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening for Higher Fecal Immunochemical Test Adoption Among Spanish-Speaking Patients: Retrospective Analysis. Meenesh Bhimani, R. Hal Baker, Markel Sanz Ausin, Gerald Meixiong, Rae Lasko, Mariska Raglow-Defranco, Alex Miller, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Saad Godil, Anderson Cook, Jonathan D. Agnew, Ashish Atreja. Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Texting in the Fourth Trimester: mHealth for Postpartum Care. Kelly C. Bogaert, Elianna Kaplowitz, Ashish Atreja, Omara Afzal. American Journal of Perinatology
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Atreja has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.