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Edward Lung, MD, MPH is the Director of Endoscopy for the Division of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai West/ Mount Sinai Morningside, Director of Advanced Endoscopy at Mount Sinai West/ Mount Sinai Morningside, and previously served as the Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Lung is a Professor of Medicine and serves as an officer of the Medical Board. He is a member of the Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Mount Sinai. Dr. Lung received his undergraduate degree from New York University, where he graduated with honors in Biology. He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Lung completed residency training in Internal Medicine at NYU Medical Center and served as Chief Medical Resident. He then completed his fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also served as Chief Fellow. He then received a Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Lung was a faculty member and advanced endoscopist at UCSF in the Division of Gastroenterology before returning to New York.
Dr. Lung’s clinical interests are in diseases and cancers of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, biliary tract, and colon. He performs advanced endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), cholangioscopy, endoscopic submucosal resection and dissection, endoluminal stent placement, complex polypectomy, and endoscopic bariatric therapies.
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PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology
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Mount Sinai Morningside
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About Me
Edward Lung, MD, MPH is the Director of Endoscopy for the Division of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai West/ Mount Sinai Morningside, Director of Advanced Endoscopy at Mount Sinai West/ Mount Sinai Morningside, and previously served as the Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Lung is a Professor of Medicine and serves as an officer of the Medical Board. He is a member of the Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Mount Sinai. Dr. Lung received his undergraduate degree from New York University, where he graduated with honors in Biology. He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Lung completed residency training in Internal Medicine at NYU Medical Center and served as Chief Medical Resident. He then completed his fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also served as Chief Fellow. He then received a Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Lung was a faculty member and advanced endoscopist at UCSF in the Division of Gastroenterology before returning to New York.
Dr. Lung’s clinical interests are in diseases and cancers of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, biliary tract, and colon. He performs advanced endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), cholangioscopy, endoscopic submucosal resection and dissection, endoluminal stent placement, complex polypectomy, and endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Honors • 2004 Academic Skills Workshop Participant, American Gastroenterological Association • 2003 Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Fellowship Award • 2001 American College of Gastroenterology Clinical Research Award • 1992 NIH Summer Student Fellowship • 1990 Horace W. Stunkard Prize, New York University • 1986-1990 College of Arts and Science Scholar, New York University • 1986-1990 Dean’s Fellow, New York University
Research
1. Pancreatic Cancer 2. Esophageal Cancer 3. Colon Cancer 4. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 5. Therapeutic Endoscopy 5. ERCP 7. EUS 8. Enteral Stenting
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Mount Sinai Doctors Gastroenterology & Liver Assoc425 West 59th Street, Suite 3A, New York, NY, 10019
1199 SEIU
AETNA - Commercial
AETNA - Medicare
Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
Amidacare Medicaid
CIGNA Healthcare
Centivo
Elderplan
EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
EmblemHealth - HIP
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NJ Medicaid
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Oscar
Partners Health Plan
Senior Whole Health
United Health Care - Commercial
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United Health Care - Oxford Care
United Health Care - Top Tier
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1199 SEIU
AETNA - Commercial
AETNA - Medicare
Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
Amidacare Medicaid
CIGNA Healthcare
Centivo
Elderplan
EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
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4.8 out of 5
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. Lung 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.
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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. Lung 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.