Sheila Rustgi, MD
Sheila Rustgi, MD

Sheila Rustgi, MD

Gastroenterology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Genetic Counseling, more

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  • AETNA
  • Affinity Health Plan
  • AgeWell
  • Amida Care
  • CIGNA
  • Emblem/GHI
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  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
  • Fidelis Care
  • Healthfirst
  • Local 1199
  • Magnacare (National)
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • MVP Health Care
  • Quality Health Management
  • RiverSpring
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • VNSNY CHOICE
  • WellCare
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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About Sheila Rustgi, MD

Sheila D. Rustgi is a gastroenterologist with a special interest in the prevention and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers. After graduating from Yale University with a degree in Economics, she completed her medical degree, internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she served as Chief Fellow during her final year. Dr. Rustgi has published on the care of patients with pancreatic cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of health insurance on patient care. Dr. Rustgi's clinical interests include the care of patients at high risk for gastrointestinal cancer due to an inherited cancer syndrome, colon cancer screening, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and general GI diagnoses such as IBS. Dr. Rustgi joined the faculty of the Division of Digestive and Liver Disease in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2020.


Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
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Expertise

  • Cancer Genetics

  • Celiac Disease

  • Clostridioides Difficile (C. diff) Colitis

  • Colon Cancer

  • Colon Cancer Screening

  • Colonoscopy

  • Cricopharyngeal Bar

  • Crohn's Disease

  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis

  • Esophageal Disease

  • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)

  • Gastrointestinal Cancer

  • General Gastroenterology

  • General Hepatology

  • Genetic Screening

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

  • Interventional Endoscopy

  • Lynch Syndrome

  • MUTYH-Associated Polyposis

  • Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

  • Pancreatic Cyst

  • Pancreatic Disease

  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

  • Polyposis Syndromes

  • Positive Cologuard

  • Sessile Serrated Polypsis Syndrome

  • Stomach Cancer

  • Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer

  • Ulcerative Colitis

  • Virtual Colonoscopy

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Education

  • Fellowship: The Mount Sinai Hospital

  • Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital

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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

Education

  • Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Fellowship: The Mount Sinai Hospital

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine