<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/02-21/medicine-new-leadership.html" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>02/21/2023 09:40:41 PM</pubDate><title>Department of Medicine Welcomes New Leadership</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate welcomes the newest member of the Department of Medicine’s leadership specializing in Gerontology, Hepatology, and critical care. Sushil K. Ahlawat, M.D., MS, MBBS, FACP, FASGE, AGAF, professor of medicine, chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. A trained interventional gastroenterologist with expertise in advanced endoscopic procedures, Dr. Alhawat specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection/polypectomy, endoluminal stent placement, and deep small bowel enteroscopy.</description><author>Office of The President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/02-21/_images/ahlawat.jpg" alt="Sushil K. Ahlawat, M.D., MS, MBBS, FACP, FASGE, AGAF"/></image><tags><tag>Department of Medicine</tag></tags><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>