Jonathan Potack, M.D., has extensive experience and expertise in the management of complicated Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis. In addition to board certifications in internal medicine and gastroenterology, he is board certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine and has clinical interests in the medical management of obesity and fatty liver disease.

Areas of Expertise

• Gastroenterology
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Obesity
• Fatty Liver Disease

Education

• B.A., History, Northwestern University
• M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Publications

• Trindade AJ, Khaitov S, Potack JZ, et. al. "Successful EUS-guided FNA through a colonic stent array for diagnosis of an extraluminal pelvic malignancy causing colonic obstruction." Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 76(5), (2012) 1070-2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.11.033
• Muldoon TJ, Thekkek N, Roblyer D, et. al. "Evaluation of quantitative image analysis criteria for the high-resolution microendoscopic detection of neoplasia in Barrett's esophagus." Journal of biomedical optics, 15(2), (2010) 026027. doi: 10.1117/1.3406386
• Potack J, Itzkowitz SH. "Practical advances in stool screening for colorectal cancer." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN, 8(1), (2010) 81-92.
• Potack J, Itzkowitz SH. "Colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease." Gut and liver, 2(2), (2008) 61-73. doi: 10.5009/gnl.2008.2.2.61
• Potack JZ, Chokhavatia S. "Complications of and controversies associated with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: report of a case and literature review." Medscape journal of medicine, 10(6), (2008) 142.
• Trindade AJ, Potack JZ, Parkas V, et. al. "Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: Kaposi's sarcoma." Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 22(7), (2007) 1165.
• Greenberg D, McCaffery J, Potack JZ, et. al. "Differential satiating effects of fats in the small intestine of obesity-resistant and obesity-prone rats." Physiology & behavior, 66(4), (1999) 621-6.

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Teaching Responsibilities

• Faculty preceptor GI Fellows Clinic