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Bruce Gelman, MD
Gastroenterology
About Me
Bruce P. Gelman M.D. was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he subsequently went on to complete an internship and residency in Internal Medicine. He did a Gastroenterology fellowship at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He stayed in Philadelphia where he was in private practice for 35 years and was an attending physician at the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Moss Rehabilitation Center and Temple University, Jeanes campus.
Dr. Gelman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine and is the GI Hospitalist at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside where he cares for inpatients and lectures and instructs GI fellows, internal medicine residents and medical students. His interests include endoscopic mucosal resection of colonic polyps, the endoscopic treatment of GI bleeding and complex enteral access issues including direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (DPEJ), trans abdominal percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), PEG in challenging patient populations such as patients with an extremely high BMI and the management of dislodged enteral access tubes.
Dr. Gelman is a long standing member of the New York Society for Gastroenterology, The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American Gastroenterological Association and the American College of physicians.
He currently resides in Manhattan with his wife.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai West
Education
MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Internship, Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University-Homewood Campus
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Temple University Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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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. Gelman 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.