Lionel S. D’Souza, MD, Director, Center for Interventional Endoscopy
Dr. D’Souza is the Director of the Center for Interventional Endoscopy at Stony Brook University Hospital and the Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. His area of expertise is in diseases of the pancreas and bile duct, and malignant and pre-malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and he specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoluminal stent placement.
Dr. D’Souza has a special interest in the use of advanced minimally invasive endoscopic techniques such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM, G-POEM/POP, Z-POEM) and endoscopic suturing that has led to the establishment of a third-space endoscopic surgery program that offers endoscopic options for the resection of cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions of the GI tract as well as for the management of diseases like Achalasia, Gastroparesis, Zenker diverticulum and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Jonathan M. Buscaglia, MD
Dr. Buscaglia is a nationally recognized expert in advanced endoscopy and in diseases of the pancreas and bile duct and established the Center for Interventional Endoscopy at Stony Brook University Hospital in 2008. He specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoluminal stent placement, endoscopic management of Barrett esophagus and deep small bowel enteroscopy. His career has included significant contributions to research in gastrointestinal diseases including natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) as well as in diseases of the pancreas and bile duct.
Asim Khokhar, MD
Dr. Khokhar is a member of the Interventional Gastroenterology team at Stony Brook University Hospital with specific interest and expertise in diseases of the pancreas and bile duct. In addition, he specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoluminal stent placement, and deep small bowel enteroscopy. He attended medical school at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan, and completed his residency training at Internal Medicine, Unity Health/University of Rochester, NY. Dr. Khokhar also completed his fellowship training in Clinical Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, MA, and Advanced Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, MA. He completed a fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Meera P. Bhardwaj, MD
Dr. Bhardwaj is a member of the Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy team at Stony Brook University Hospital with expertise in pancreatic diseases, biliary tract diseases and malignant and pre-malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. She specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), full thickness resection (FTRD), Barrett’s esophagus therapies, double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) and endoluminal stent placement.
Dr. Bhardwaj attended medical school at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where she pursued the Population Health Track. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY in the Healthcare Leadership track. She completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY, and served as Chief Fellow. She stayed on at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine for an Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship.