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John M Poneros, MD
Program Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Associate Director of the Endoscopy Unit

Call 212-342-1636 for appointments.
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About John M Poneros, MD:

Dr. Poneros is a Professor at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Program Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Endoscopy Unit and is a Fellow of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Poneros graduated from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital. After serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Poneros returned to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in 2008. He has published widely on pancreaticobiliary diseases and the treatment and evaluation of Barrett’s esophagus. Dr. Poneros maintains a busy clinical practice and has been named a New York Magazine Castle Connolly Top Doctor.

Expertise:

Barrett's Esophagus
Bile Duct Cancer
Biliary Disease
Biliary Stones
Cancer Care
Cholangitis
Colon Cancer
Colon Cancer Screening
Esophageal Cancer
Gastroenterology
Interventional Endoscopy
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cyst
Pancreatic Disease
Pancreatic Diseases
Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pancreatitis

Interests:

Dr. Poneros' research focuses on Barrett's esophagus and pancreaticobiliary diseases.

Appointments:

Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
MD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
Suite 862
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
212-342-1636
Fax:
212-305-1081

Insurances:

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

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

Publications:

Cui Y, Khanna LG, Saqi A, Crapanzano JP, Mitchell JM, Sethi A, Gonda TA, Kluger MD, Schrope BA, Allendorf J, Chabot JA, Poneros JM. The Role of Endoscopic UltrasoundGuided Ki67 in The Management of Non-Functioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Clin Endosc. 2019 Jul 15. doi: 10.5946/ce.2019.068. PMID: 31302988

Guo A, Poneros JM. The role of endotherapy in recurrent acute pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2018; 28(4):455-476. PMID: 30241638

Poneros JM, Faye AS, Barr Fritcher EG, Sen A, Anandasabapathy S, Bresalier RS, Marcon N, Turgeon DK, Appelman H, Normolle D, Morrison LE, Brenner DE, Halling KC. Dig Dis Sci. 2017; 62(5):1216-1222. PMID: 28265829

Poneros JM, Brand S, Bouma BE, Tearney GJ, Compton CC, Nishioka NS (2001) Diagnosis of Specialized Intestinal Metaplasia by Optical Coherence Tomography. Gastroenterology 120:7-12

Poneros JM, Tearney GJ, Shishkov M, Kelsey PB, Lauwers GY, Nishioka NS, Bouma BE (2002) Optical Coherence Tomography of the Biliary Tree during ERCP Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 55:84-88

Wang V, Hornick J, Sepulveda J, Maurer R, Poneros JM (2009) Low Prevalence of Invasive Adenocarcinoma at Esophagectomy: A 20 year experience Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 69:777-83