Sheila Rustgi, MD

Gastroenterology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Genetic Counseling, more

Locations and Appointments


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ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown

51 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
US
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About Sheila Rustgi, MD


Sheila D. Rustgi is a gastroenterologist with a special interest in the prevention and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers. After graduating from Yale University with a degree in Economics, she completed her medical degree, internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she served as Chief Fellow during her final year. Dr. Rustgi has published on the care of patients with pancreatic cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of health insurance on patient care. Dr. Rustgi's clinical interests include the care of patients at high risk for gastrointestinal cancer due to an inherited cancer syndrome, colon cancer screening, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and general GI diagnoses such as IBS. Dr. Rustgi joined the faculty of the Division of Digestive and Liver Disease in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2020.


Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Cancer Genetics
  • Celiac Disease
  • Clostridioides Difficile (C. diff) Colitis
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colon Cancer Screening
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cricopharyngeal Bar
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Esophageal Disease
  • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
  • Gastrointestinal Cancer
  • General Gastroenterology
  • General Hepatology
  • Genetic Screening
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Interventional Endoscopy
  • Lynch Syndrome
  • MUTYH-Associated Polyposis
  • Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
  • Pancreatic Cyst
  • Pancreatic Disease
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
  • Polyposis Syndromes
  • Positive Cologuard
  • Sessile Serrated Polypsis Syndrome
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Virtual Colonoscopy

Education

  • Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Fellowship: The Mount Sinai Hospital

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

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