David M. Schwartzberg, MD, FACS

Scott R. Steele, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS, FPSCRS (Hon.)

David Schwartzberg, MD, is a staff Colon and Rectal Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. He was born in Queens, NY, and raised in Long Island, NY. He attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and played division I lacrosse. From there he attended medical school at AUA College of Medicine in NY and Antigua, graduating Cum Laude. He performed his internship at Stony Brook Medicine, NY and his general surgery at Robert Wood Johnson-Barnabas Health, NJ, before finishing up at NYU School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital in NY. During his residency, he spent additional time performing research with Drs. Paty and Nash at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, focusing on colorectal cancer. He went on to complete his Colorectal Surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic here in Cleveland, OH, finishing in 2018. Following his fellowship, he spent an additional year training in complex reoperative surgery for inflammatory bowel disease and redo pelvic pouch surgery at NYU Langone's IBD Center, followed by a staff position at Northwell Health from 2019 to 2022, prior to his most recent move to Columbia University.

Clinically, David is a busy surgeon. He enjoys all aspects of colon and rectal surgery and is inspired daily by helping his patients. His passion within surgery involves the technical aspects of completing complex operations and having the opportunity to improve or save the lives of his patients. He enjoys teaching medical students and residents, focusing on understanding anatomy and the fundamentals of surgery. He has also published articles in several peer-reviewed journals as well as authoring multiple book chapters and is very active in colorectal societies.

He and his wife Sarah have sons Jack, Drew, and Adam, as well as their German Shepherd, Alice. Outside of medicine, he loves to play and teach his children drums, guitar, and piano. He also enjoys playing golf and hockey as well as coaching his children's sports teams.

On behalf of the readers and staff of Clinics of Colon and Rectal Surgery, I sincerely thank Dr. Schwartzberg for serving as a Guest Editor and for providing us with a superb issue on the surgical aspects of ulcerative colitis and the decisions that go along with it.

Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
18. Oktober 2022