Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Specialties
Colon and Rectal Surgery, more

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 8
New York, NY 10032
US

ColumbiaDoctors - Riverdale

3050 Corlear Avenue
Suite 204
Bronx, NY 10463
US

ColumbiaDoctors - 1 Pondfield Road

1 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, NY 10708
US
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About Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS


Dr. Dionigi is a double board certified colon and rectal surgeon with a specific interest and expertise in colon and rectal cancer, polyposis syndromes, re-operative colorectal surgery, as well as robotic and minimally invasive procedures.


Dr. Dionigi obtained her medical degree with highest honors from the University of Pavia, Italy. After a surgical internship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, she completed her general surgery residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School in Boston. During this time, she also did a two-year translational research fellowship related to mesenchymal stem cells at Boston Children Hospital. She then completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the Salvati Fellowship Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson in New Jersey, followed by two years of advanced training in complex reoperative colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. Dr. Dionigi then joined the Division of Colorectal Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center as Assistant Professor of Surgery.


Since her arrival at NYP/Columbia, she has created the Women in Surgery Association (WINGS) first of its kind at Columbia with the goal of promoting women in leadership, she has served as Associate Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program, and she is the founder and co-Chair of the collaborative translational project on Early Onset Colon and Rectal Cancer within the Columbia Research Cancer Center. Her dedication to the education of surgery residents was recognized with the 2023 Teacher Award.


She is the author of several publications, received national and international awards for her research, and has been an invited speaker to national and international meetings.


Board Certifications

  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Surgery

Specialties & Expertise

  • Anorectal Disorder
  • Colon and Rectal Disease
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colon Surgery
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Diverticular Disease/Diverticulosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Ulcerative Colitis

Education

  • Medical School: University of Pavia
  • Residency: Brigham Health / Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Fellowship: Rutgers Robert W. Johnson University

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Awards & Honors

  • 2013 Best podium presentation - 42nd International Symposium in Obergurgl, Austria
  • 2013 Best poster presentation - 9th Annual Symposium Boston Children's
  • 2013 Resident travel award and best podium presentation - 42nd International Symposium Austria
  • 2014 Annual Starr Poster Resident Competition Award - Association of Women Surgeons
  • 2014 John Caffey Award - The Society of Pediatric Radiology
  • 2014 Joseph Murray Resident Research Award - Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons
  • 2014 Poster of distinction - Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons
  • 2015 Joseph Murray Resident Research Award - Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons
  • 2015 Manfred Hausmann Travel Award- International Fetal Medicine and Surgical Society Meeting
  • 2015 Young Ambassador of Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons Italian Chapter of ACS
  • 2015-2017 Elected Councilor of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons
  • 22th Annual Basic Science Award - New England Surgical Society

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