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Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD
Gastroenterology
About Me
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, is the Director of the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Since 1984, his research has focused on IBD, and thanks to the development of multiple local, national, and international collaborations, he has been able to contribute to important advances in the pathophysiology of the disease. He is past president of the GETAID, European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization and past chair of International Organization for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD).
Dr. Colombel was awarded the United European Gastroenterology Federation Research Prize in 2009, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Clinical Research Award in 2014, the Sherman Prize in 2018 and the Jacobi Medallion in 2022. One tangible result of Dr. Colombel’s work has been the publication as primary author or co-author of more than 1,100 peer-reviewed papers with an H index of 185.
Language
English, French
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology, PROFESSOR | Immunology & Immunotherapy
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
 
Clinical Focus
- Celiac Disease
 - Crohn's Disease
 - Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
 - Gastroenterology
 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease
 - Ulcerative Colitis
 
Video
Education
MD, Universite Picardie
Fellowship, Transplant Hepatology
Hospital Center University De Lille
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
 - CIGNA Healthcare
 - Centivo
 - Elderplan
 - EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
 - EmblemHealth - HIP
 - EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
 - Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
 - Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
 - Horizon NJ
 - Magnacare-Health Care
 - Medicare - NJ
 - Medicare - NY
 - Multiplan PHCS
 - Oscar
 - Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
 - 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
 - VillageCareMax
 - WellCare Health Plan
 
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Natural History of Anal Strictures in Pediatric-Onset Crohn’s Disease: Long-term Follow-up of a Population-Based Study. Perrine Mortreux, Ariane Leroyer, Delphine Ley, Claire E. Dupont-Lucas, Valérie Bertrand, Nathalie Guillon, Pauline Wils, Hugues B. Coevoet, Thierry Paupard, Corinne Gower-Rousseau, Laurent Siproudhis, Nicolas Richard, Dominique D. Turck, Guillaume Savoye, Hélène Sarter, Mathurin Fumery, R. Al Hameedi, M. Al Khatib, S. Al Turk, E. Agoute, J. M. Andre, M. Antonietti, A. Aouakli, A. Armand, L. Armengol-Debeir, I. Aroichane, F. Assi, J. P. Aubet, E. Auxenfants, A. Avram, F. Ayafi-Ramelot, K. Azzouzi, D. Bankovski, B. Barbry, N. Bardoux, P. Baron, A. Baudet, P. Bayart, B. Bazin, A. Bebahani, J. P. Becqwort, S. Bellati, V. Benet, H. Benali, C. Benard, C. Benguigui, E. Ben Soussan, A. Bental, I. Berkelmans, J. F. Colombel. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
 - Anti-integrin αvβ6 Autoantibodies Are Increased in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients With Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Correlate With Liver Disease Severity. Hannah Bloemen, Alexandra E. Livanos, Adrielly Martins, Richard Dean, Ana Catarina Bravo, Arno R. Bourgonje, Michael Tankelevich, Jake Herb, Judy Cho, André Anastácio Santos, Cecília M.P. Rodrigues, Francesca Petralia, Jean Frederic Colombel, Christopher L. Bowlus, Thomas Schiano, Joana Torres, Cynthia Levy, Saurabh Mehandru. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
 - Reply. Manasi Agrawal, Vishal Midya, Jean Frederic Colombel. Gastroenterology
 
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
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Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
This provider is top of top tier.
Excellent experience with a new doctor - [...]
Jean-Frederic Colombel is a world-class physician and I'm lucky to be his patient.
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Colombel during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
 - Envision Pharma
 - Immunic
 - GlaxoSmithKline
 - Pfizer Inc.
 - Shire
 - Ferring Pharmaceuticals
 - Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation
 - Anapty Bio
 - Boxer
 - Eli Lilly and Company
 - Ensho
 - Merck & Co., Inc.
 - Microbia Novartic
 - Landos
 - Alimentiv
 - Tigenix
 - Celgene Corporation
 - Teva
 - Amgen Inc.
 - Sanofi
 - Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
 - Bristol-Myers Squibb
 - WEBMD Health Corp
 - Integritas Communication
 - Prometheus Laboratories Inc.
 - AbbVie Inc.
 - Sun
 - Arena
 - Imedex, LLC.
 - Seres
 - Allergan, Inc.
 - Genentech, Inc.
 - Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 - Union Therapeutics A/S
 - Iterative Scope
 - Vifor
 - Galmed research
 - Guide Point
 - Kaleido
 
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Intestinal Biotech Development
 
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.