Brad Dworkin, M.D., is a renowned specialist in esophageal, gastrointestinal functional and motility disorders, nutrition, and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Dworkin's extensive experience and varied expertise makes him the resource for the region's most puzzling gastrointestinal challenges. He is certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology from the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a part of the American Board of Nutrition. Dr. Dworkin currently heads the state-of-the-art GI Motility Lab.

Areas of Expertise

• Esophageal motility disorders
• Gastrointestinal functional and motility disorders
• GERD
• Constipation
• Incontinence
• Nutrition
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Vomiting Syndromes

Education

• M.D., Jefferson Medical College
• Residency: NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
• Chief Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Fellowship: Gastrointestinal, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Fellowship: Nutrition, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha

Research

Canageenan Colitis in Mice - A model for ulcerative colitis, and the effects of Hydrocortisone and Levamisole on this model. Work performed with Dr. Eleanor Deschner, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York.

Publications

• Tang W, Lin Z, Sharma P, et. al. "Gastrointestinal Alpha Heavy Chain Disease With Persistent Campylobacter Jejuni Colonization and Refractory Giardiasis." ACG case reports journal, 11(8), (2024) e01467. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001467
• Barbash B, Mehta D, Siddiqui MT, et. al. "Impact of Cannabinoids on Symptoms of Refractory Gastroparesis: A Single-center Experience." Cureus, 11(12), (2019) e6430. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6430
• Siddiqui MT, Bilal M, Singh A, et. al. "Prevalence of cannabis use has significantly increased in patients with cyclic vomiting syndrome." Neurogastroenterology and motility, 32(4), (2020) e13806. doi: 10.1111/nmo.13806
• Siddiqui MT, Bilal M, Schorr-Lesnick B, et. al. "Opioid use disorder is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in patients with gastroparesis." Annals of gastroenterology, 32(4), (2019) 370-377. doi: 10.20524/aog.2019.0389
• Chugh P, Collazo T, Dworkin B, et. al. "Ineffective Esophageal Motility Is Associated with Impaired Bolus Clearance but Does Not Correlate with Severity of Dysphagia." Digestive diseases and sciences, 64(3), (2019) 811-814. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5384-x
• Farkas ZC, Chawla L, Frager S, et. al. "Spindle Cell Pseudotumor Mimicking Malignancy in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device." ACG case reports journal, 5(), (2018) e43. doi: 10.14309/crj.2018.43
• Chakinala RC, Farkas ZC, Barbash B, et. al. "Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Malnutrition and Distal Colonic Bowel Obstruction." Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2018(), (2018) 2808565. doi: 10.1155/2018/2808565

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Memberships and Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Nutrition
• Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
• Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association