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Rashmi Advani, MD
Obesity Medicine, Gastroenterology
About Me
Dr. Rashmi Advani is an Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist who specializes in the endoscopic management of obesity and pancreaticobiliary diseases. Dr. Advani is the Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Mount Sinai’s Center for Interventional Endoscopy and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Advani is triple board-certified in Gastroenterology, Obesity Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Advani obtained her medical degree at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY and completed internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Dr. Advani completed general gastroenterology training at Stony Brook Hospital in NY and interventional gastroenterology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Advani is passionate about improving physical/mental wellness and creating equal access to care for her patients. She contributes to efforts that improve medical education, promote gender equity in medicine, and advance research in Gastroenterology. Her work is well-recognized and is published online and on her various social media platforms that are geared to provide easy access to evidence-based information on gastroenterological diseases. Dr. Advani also is a source for career mentorship to trainees at her local institutions and to hundreds of premedical and medical students across the country. Dr. Advani is published in peer-reviewed journals and has authored over 25 manuscripts (original, abstracts, book chapters). She serves on various committees and leadership roles for gastroenterological organizations such as American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Scrubs and Heels, and Women in Endoscopy (WIE).
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai South Nassau
About Me
Dr. Rashmi Advani is an Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist who specializes in the endoscopic management of obesity and pancreaticobiliary diseases. Dr. Advani is the Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Mount Sinai’s Center for Interventional Endoscopy and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Advani is triple board-certified in Gastroenterology, Obesity Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Advani obtained her medical degree at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY and completed internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Dr. Advani completed general gastroenterology training at Stony Brook Hospital in NY and interventional gastroenterology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Advani is passionate about improving physical/mental wellness and creating equal access to care for her patients. She contributes to efforts that improve medical education, promote gender equity in medicine, and advance research in Gastroenterology. Her work is well-recognized and is published online and on her various social media platforms that are geared to provide easy access to evidence-based information on gastroenterological diseases. Dr. Advani also is a source for career mentorship to trainees at her local institutions and to hundreds of premedical and medical students across the country. Dr. Advani is published in peer-reviewed journals and has authored over 25 manuscripts (original, abstracts, book chapters). She serves on various committees and leadership roles for gastroenterological organizations such as American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Scrubs and Heels, and Women in Endoscopy (WIE).
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai South Nassau
Clinical Focus
- Gastroenterology
Education
MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Montefiore-Albert Einstein
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Certifications
Am Bd of Obesity Medicine
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- Mount Sinai Doctors - Bellmore2750 Merrick Rd, Bellmore, NY, 11710
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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. Advani 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.
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. Advani 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.