Gastroenterology & Hepatology Faculty
Our Faculty & Staff
Care and understanding are part of the job.
Our outstanding faculty has extensive clinical and research experience.
Our physicians also serve as department chiefs at major medical centers and teaching hospitals, and as officers, council members and committee chairmen of national GI organizations.
A number of our doctors have been nationally recognized by Castle Connolly, Consumers' Research Council of America and the Best Doctors in America.
Sushil K. Ahlawat, MD, MS, MBBS, FACP, FASGE, AGAF
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Ayse Aytaman, MD, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Bani Chander-Roland, MD, FACG
Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Motility
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Daniel DiLeo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Hepatology
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
David Frank, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
VA NY Harbor Health Care System – Brooklyn Campus
Yaniuska Lescaille, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Service
NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County
Laura A. Martello-Rooney, PhD
Director of GI Research
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Safak Reka, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Savanna Thor, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, GI Fellowship Program
Qi Yu, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Service
NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County