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Anil K Rustgi, MD
Gastroenterology
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About Anil K Rustgi, MD
Anil K. Rustgi is the Herbert and Florence Irving Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Rustgi is a world-renowned leader in the field of gastrointestinal oncology. His interdisciplinary research focuses on tumor initiation, the tumor microenvironment and tumor metastasis in the context of gastrointestinal cancers, including cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, and colon.
Dr. Rustgi's lab works to translate their discoveries into improving molecular diagnostics and finding new experimental therapeutics for patients, and is funded through several grants including an NCI P01 (program...
Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Massachuetts General Hospital
- Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Titles & Positions
- Associate Dean of Oncology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Chief, Cancer Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus
- Herbert and Florence Irving Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC)
- Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Education
- Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
- Fellowship: Massachuetts General Hospital
Awards & Honors
- 2024, American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research (AAISCR) Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2024, AACR Daniel Von Hoff award for outstanding contributions to education and training and cancer research
- 2023, AGA Beaumont Prize for distinction in basic/translational research2022Selected by NCI to co-chair task force on esophageal and gastric cancers
- 2019, Election to National Academy of Medicine
- 2017, AGA Julius Friedenwald Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2017, Elected to Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2017, Elected to Membership, American Clinical and Climatological Association
- 2016, AGA Distinguished Mentorship Award
- 2013, AGA GI Oncology Distinguished Mentor Award
- 2013, The Ruth C. Brufsky Award for Excellence in Research in Pancreatic Cancer
- 2012, Arthur Asbury Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award, University of Pennsylvania; and, Biomedical Postdoctoral Program Distinguished Mentor Award, Philadelphia, PA
- 2010-2014, Selected to NIDDK Council
- 2009, American Cancer Society Research Professor
- 2007, Elected to the American Association of Physicians (AAP)
- 1999, Osler Society (Interurban Club) Young Investigator Award
- 1999, Elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation
- 1997, GRG/AGA Young Investigator Award for Research Achievement in Gastroenterology
- 1996, AGA Funderberg Research Award in Gastric Cancer Biology
- 1996, American Cancer Society Jr. Faculty Research Award
- 1995, AGA Fiterman Basic Science Research Award (Walter B. Cannon Award)
- 1991-1995, NIH Clinical Investigator Award
- 1987, New England Endoscopy Society Winner for Clinical Study
- 1984, Alpha Omega Alpha and Trent Prize in the History of Medicine, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
- 1983, Davison Scholarship for Study of Tropical Diseases in Brazil, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
- 1980, Summa cum laude and Department Honors in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Titles & Positions
- Associate Dean of Oncology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Chief, Cancer Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus
- Herbert and Florence Irving Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC)
- Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications
- gastroenterology