Reem Z. Sharaiha, M.D., MSc
Locations and Appointments
The Innovative Center for Health and Nutrition in Gastroenterology (ICHANGE)
Gastroenterology and Hepatology at David H. Koch Center
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About Reem Z. Sharaiha, M.D., MSc
Dr. Reem Sharaiha is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is also the Director of Interventional Endoscopy. She is board certified in gastroenterology, internal medicine (in both the United States and UK) and is also an advanced fellowship trained interventional gastroenterologist.
Dr. Sharaiha received her medical degree from the University of London. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus and her fellowship in Gastroenterology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia Campus, where she also received a masters in patient oriented research. She also completed her Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
Dr. Sharaiha is dedicated to putting her patients first. She has a special interest in the endoscopic treatment of obesity and the diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract, including pancreatitis, fluid collection, sphincter of oddi dysfunction and pancreatic cancer. She is grant funded for trials with malignant biliary obstruction. She sees patients for advanced endoscopic procedures, staging of GI cancers, and treatment or removal of early cancer lesions, surveillance and ablation of pancreatic cysts, and for obesity treatment.
For more information on obesity treatment, view the video in the Media section.
Expertise
Bariatric Endoscopy
Barrett's Esophagus
Bile Duct Cancer
Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention
Colonoscopy
Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound Examination of Peritoneum and Biopsy of Intraabdominal Organ
Endoscopic Suturing
Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Esophagus, Pancreas and Stomach
Endoscopic Ultrasound of Esophagus
Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreas
Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreas With Biopsy of Pancreatic Lesion
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transmural Fine Needle Aspiration of Esophagus
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transmural Fine Needle Aspiration of Esophagus, Stomach and Small Intes
Endoscopy
Endosocopic Mucusoal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
ERCP With Balloon Dilation of Ampulla, Biliary, and Pancreatic Duct
ERCP With Stent Insertion into Bile Duct
EUS Guided Procedures Including EUS Guided Biliary, Gallbladder and Pancreatic Drainage
Fiducial Placement for Radiation
Gallstone
Gallstone Pancreatitis
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Cancer
General Gastroenterology
Genetic Screening
ICHANGE
Interventional Endoscopy
Obesity
Pancreas Cyst
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Disease
Pancreatitis
Photodynamic Therapy
Radiation Proctitis
Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Barrett's Esophagus
Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of the Bile Duct
Stomach Cancer
Stricture and Stenosis of Esophagus
Therapeutic Biliary and Pancreatic Endoscopy
XR Fluoro Guided Endoscopic Insertion of Esophageal Stent
Education
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Kingston General Hospital
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Residency: St. George's Hospital
Titles & Positions
Associate Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Education
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Residency: Kingston General Hospital
- Residency: St. George's Hospital
- Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Physician
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English