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Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS


Call (212) 342-1155 for appointments.

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.

Expertise:

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

Honors:

2015-2017 Elected Councilor of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons

2015 Young Ambassador of Massachusetts Chapter of the American Collage of Surgeons Italian Chapter of ACS

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

22th Annual Basic Science Award - New England Surgical Society

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

2014 Annual Starr Poster Resident Competition Award - Association of Women Surgeons

2014 John Caffey Award - The Society of Pediatric Radiology

2013 Resident travel award and best podium presentation - 42nd International Symposium Austria

2013 Best podium presentation - 42nd International Symposium in Obergurgl, Austria

2013 Best poster presentation - 9th Annual Symposium Boston Children's

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

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

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 8
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 342-1155

Other Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors - Riverdale

3050 Corlear Avenue
Suite 204
Bronx, NY 10463

ColumbiaDoctors - 1 Pondfield Road

1 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, NY 10708

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [Student Health, EPO, Aetna Signature Administrators, NY Signature, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, PPO, POS]
Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
AmeriHealth of New Jersey [PPO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, EPO - New Jersey Services]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [Medicaid Managed Care]
Amida Care [Special Needs]
CIGNA [POS, POS, EPO, Great West (National), Medicare Managed Care, PPO, HMO]
Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/HIP [Select Care (Exchange), Vytra, EPO, Medicare Managed Care, HMO, PPO, POS, ConnectiCare, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Medicaid Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [PPO, Medicare Managed Care, HMO, EPO]
Fidelis Care [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]
Healthfirst [Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicare Managed Care]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield [HMO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, EPO - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services, New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, NYP Employee Plan]
MVP Health Care [HMO, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care, MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only), MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]
Medicare [Traditional Medicare, Railroad]
Multiplan [Multiplan]
QualCare [POS - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services]
RiverSpring [Special Needs]
TRICARE [TRICARE]
UnitedHealthcare [PPO, HMO, POS, PPO, Empire Plan, Compass (Exchange), Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, Medicare Managed Care, Medicaid (Community Plan)]
VNSNY CHOICE [SelectHealth, Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]
WellCare [Medicare Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Dionigi B., Sapci I., Church J., Gorgun E. Complete Occlusion of lumen after Over-The –Scope- Clip deployment during ESD. A lesson learned. DCR- submitted awaiting publication

Li F., Mehta N., Liska D., Dionigi B., Kalady M.F., Burke C.A., Bhatt A. Combined endoscopic and surgical management of small-bowel polyposis in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Endoscopy. 2019 Sep 27. doi: 10.1055/a-1011-4122.

Fields A.C., Dionigi B., Scully R.E., Stopfkuchen-Evans M.F., Maldonado L., Henry A., Goldberg J.E., Bleday R. Reduction in Cardiac Arrhythmias Within an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program in Colorectal Surgery. J Gastrointest Surg. 2019 Jun 21. doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04298-7.

Armstrong LB, Mooney DP, Paltiel H, Barnewolt C, Dionigi B, Arbuthnot M, Onwubiko C, Connolly SA, Jarrett DY, Zalieckas JM. Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the evaluation of blunt pediatric abdominal trauma. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Mar 20.

Pennington, E., Rialon, K.L., Dionigi. B., Ahmed, A., Zurakowski, D., Fauza, D.O. The Impact of Gestational Age on Targeted Amniotic Cell Profiling in Experimental Neural Tube Defects. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 2015, Aug; 37(1): 65-9. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25171576. Pub Status: Published.

Dionigi, B., Brazzo J.A., Ahmed, A., Feng, C., Wu, Y., Zurakowski, D., Fauza, D.O. Trans-Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy (TRASCET) Minimizes Chiari-II Malformation in Experimental Spina Bifida. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2015, Jun; 50(6): 1037–1041. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25929798.Pub Status: Published.

Fisher, J.G., Sparks, E.A., Khan, F.A, Dionigi, B., Wu, H., Brazzo, J.A., Fauza, D.O., Modi, B., Safranski, D.L., Jaksic, T. Extraluminal distraction enterogenesis using shape-memory polymer. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2015, Jun; 50(6): 938-942. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25812443. Pub Status: Published.

Dionigi, B., Bairdain, S., Smithers, C.J., Foker J.E., Jennings, R.W., Hamilton, T.E. Restoring esophageal continuity following a failed colonic interposition for long gap esophageal atresia. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2015, Apr; 2015(4): 1-4. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25907539. Pub Status: Published

Pennington, E., Dionigi, B., Gray, F., Ahmed, A., Brazzo, J.A, Dolinko, A., Calderon, N., Darrah, T., Zurakowski, D., Nazarian, A., Snyder, B., Fauza, D.O. Limb reconstruction with Decellularized, Non-Demineralized Bone in a Young Leporine Model. Biomedical materials. 2015, Feb; 10(1): 015021. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25668190. Pub Status: Published.

Dionigi B., Ahmed, A., Brazzo J.A., Connors, J.P., Zurakowski, D., Fauza, D.O. Partial or Complete Coverage of Experimental Spina Bifida by Simple Intra- Amniotic Injection of Concentrated Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2015, Jan; 50(1): 69-73. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25598096. Pub Status: Published.

Dionigi, B., Brazzo, J.A., Connors, J.P., Fisher, J.G., Ahmed, A., Zurakowski, D., Fauza, D.O. Extraluminal Helicoidal Stretch (Helixtretch): A Novel Method of Intestinal Lengthening. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2014, Dec; 49(12): 1787-90. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25487484. Pub Status: Published.

Dionigi, B., Ahmed, A., Pennington, E., Zurakowski, D., Fauza, D.O. A Comparative Analysis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Response to Hypoxia In Vitro: Implications to Translational Strategies. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2014, Jun; 49(6): 915-8. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 24888834. Pub Status: Published.