Laurie A Keefer, PhD

Clinical Focus

• Behavioral Health
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Crohn's Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis

• Behavioral Health
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Crohn's Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis

Locations

Physician Office

IBD Center, 17 East 102 Street, 5th Fl., New York, NY, 10029

212-241-8100

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.

Patients with Healthfirst Medicare Advantage insurance: Effective 9/1/2024, Mount Sinai’s primary care providers (internal medicine, family practice, and geriatrics) are not accepting new Healthfirst Medicare patients. Please contact Healthfirst for help finding a primary care provider. Healthfirst Medicare members who have a relationship with a Mount Sinai primary care provider can continue to book appointments with them.

Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).

Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.

Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.

Publications

Selected Publications

• Development and validation of a 13-item short version of the inflammatory bowel disease self-efficacy scale. Makoto Tanaka, Aki Kawakami, Kayoko Sakagami, Tomoko Terai, Jovelle Fernandez, Laurie Keefer, Hiroaki Ito. BMC Gastroenterology
• Deconstructing the “Pain” Points When Considering the Impact of Brain-Gut Behavior Therapies on Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Olga C. Aroniadis, Laurie Keefer. Gastroenterology
• Mental Health Experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Transition to Adult Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Brooke Allemang, Mira Browne, Melanie Barwick, Natasha Bollegala, Nancy Fu, Kate Lee, Ashleigh Miatello, Emily Dekker, Irina Nistor, Sara Ahola Kohut, Laurie Keefer, Samantha Micsinszki, Thomas D. Walters, Anne M. Griffiths, David R. Mack, Sally Lawrence, Karen I. Kroeker, Jacqueline de Guzman, Aalia Tausif, Pranshu Maini, Claudia Tersigni, Samantha J. Anthony, Eric I. Benchimol. Journal of Pediatrics

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