Steven Itzkowitz

Steven H. Itzkowitz, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of The Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, and Director of the GI Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Itzkowitz is past Chair of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Section of the American Gastroenterological Association, and past President of the New York Gastroenterological Association.  He is a recipient of a distinguished Jacobi Medallion from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has served as a Study Section member for the National Cancer Institute, Veteran's Affairs Merit Review Board, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, and US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, and as an editor of the International Journal of Colorectal Disease, and associate editor of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Gastric Cancer. Dr. Itzkowitz serves on the Steering Committee of the NY City Department of Health Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition ("C5 Coalition").  He spearheaded efforts to secure NCI funding for the East Harlem Partnership for Cancer Awareness: a program based at Mount Sinai, designed to raise awareness in the East Harlem community regarding the risks and treatment for several common cancers including colon cancer.  His research interests are in the field of gastrointestinal cancer.  His laboratory conducts research into the mechanisms of cancer inhibition and promotion by trefoil factors.  Clinical studies have focused on detecting and preventing colon cancer in inflammatory bowel disease, reducing disparities in colon cancer screening, and developing new non-invasive stool DNA tests for colon cancer.

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