Our Super Specialty: Corrective Endoscopy and Surgery

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Columbia's colorectal program offers unique expertise in the management of immediate, early and late complications and effects of prior surgery. Complications of surgery, scarring leading to adhesions or narrowing of the gastrointestinal tract, sinuses and fistulas, malalignment of the colon, rectum or pouch, tension or floppiness at an anastomosis, problems with orientation and twisting of structures can lead to problems with function that can affect health and quality of life. Our team has unique expertise in the understanding and management of these problems.

To make an appointment with our team, please call us at (212) 342-1155.

Colorectal Care at Columbia/NYP

Our colorectal program provides a unique blend of personalized care that combines medical, nutritional, interventional endoscopic, procedural, and surgical treatments for colorectal, IBD, and pouch conditions - all under one roof.

We aim to serve as a 'last stop' for patients with colorectal conditions that could not be treated effectively elsewhere. From complicated and complex disease management to corrective procedures to address problems resulting from previous surgeries, we provides options for people who have been told they have none.

Who We Treat

Using a combination of interventional endoscopy and surgical expertise, our team is able to help correct and revise structural problems that affect function. An integrated multidisciplinary approach that focuses on restoration and ostomy avoidance even in the most challenging of circumstances.

Conditions We Treat

Some of the situations where our gastroenterologists and surgeons are able to help include:

Pouch dysfunction due to structural problems related to the J pouch and K pouch (continent ileostomy)
- Revisional and corrective endoscopy
- Revisional and restorative surgery
Complex enterocutaneous and intestinal fistula
Anastomotic problems: leak, stricture, sinus, fistula
- Revisional and corrective endoscopy
- Revisional and restorative surgery
Postoperative adhesions and narrowing of the gastrointestinal tract
Radiation related strictures
Anoperineal or rectovaginal fistulae, pouch perineal or pouchvaginal fistulae, pouch prolapse, pelvic floor dysfunction

Program Highlights

Unmatched Outcomes That Preserve Dignity and Quality of Life

Our program has excellent outcomes for patients with all forms of colorectal disease. Our patients consistently report a high quality of life post-surgery.

World-Class Minimally Invasive Options

We are the preeminent center for endoscopy for pouch surveillance, corrective procedures for pouch dysfunction, strictures, fistulas, and pouchitis.

Advancing Care Through Research and Education

Our team works to improve the standard of care nationally and globally through our commitment to high-quality clinical research, global symposia, and the education and training of select fellows. Our leadership team has been recognized as top 10 worldwide in terms of impact and influence for the field of colorectal care.

Specialized Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Support

Our highly trained nursing team has the wound and ostomy care expertise to help troubleshoot problems with intubation, pouch care, seepage, or incontinence.

Out-of-State Coordination of Care

For our out-of-state and international patients, our team helps coordinate office appointments, testing, surgery, postoperative care, and follow-up to make travel and care easy for patients coming from far away. Information on accommodation in the NY/NJ area that allows easy access for consultations, procedures, and surgery is readily available.

Stories & Perspectives

Sara Musikoff shares her experience with severe inflammatory bowel disease, including the multiple operations that it took to repair her digestive tract. Now, Sara is out and about and living life to its fullest. Read the full story at nyp.org.

Our Team

Physician Assistants (Colorectal/Gastroenterology)

Christian Munoz Pineda, PA Inpatient Colorectal Surgery/Gastroenterology

Danny Shlomo, PA Inpatient Colorectal Surgery/Gastroenterology

Nutrition

Sabrina Oliver, MS, RD | (347) 712-0894

Our Locations

Washington Heights

NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (Main Campus)
Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10032-3784
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Midtown West

51 West 51st Street, Suite #380
New York, NY 10019
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Upper East Side

12 East 86th Street, Suite #1
New York, NY 10028
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Hudson Valley

NYP/Hudson Valley Hospital
1985 Crompond Road, Building E
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
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Make an Appointment

To make an appointment with our colorectal team, please call us at (212) 342-1155.

We accept a number of insurance plans, and our team can help confirm your coverage.