Boris Chusid, M.D.

Boris Chusid, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Dr. Chusid consults on over 6000 patients a year and personally performs over 3500 endoscopic procedures per year with particular emphasis on colonoscopy, complex and difficult polypectomies, hemorrhoid ligation and infrared treatments, ERCP, upper endoscopies and small bowel wireless capsules. Dr. Chusid has performed over 35,000 endoscopic procedures and consults in the New York and New Jersey area. Endoscopies are performed in Brooklyn, Bronx, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York and Roseland, New Jersey.

Dr. Chusid attended the prestigious Brown University School of Medicine and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Lenox Hill Hospital is rated as one of the best hospitals in the United States for gastroenterology and is a Center of Excellence for advanced therapeutic endoscopy. Dr. Chusid has worked with leaders in the field of colonoscopy, ERCP and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He has been an Endoscopy Proctor at Lenox Hill Hospital since 2001 providing training in endoscopy to the Gastroenterology fellows.

Dr. Chusid has extensive experience in current treatments of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hepatitis B and C and has participated in local leadership groups examining their collective experiences with treatments of these diseases.


Skills

EGD, Colonosconv- Hemorrhoid treatment, Small bowel enteroscopy —diagnostic and therapeutic, Paracenteses-Diagnostic/Therapeutic Liver Biopsy, ERCP-diagnostic; biopsy; Therapeutic: sphincterotomy, balloon duct clearance/dilatation, stent placement: Wall, pig-tail, straight, lithotripsy, E US- EGD and Flex Sig, Remicade Infusion and evaluation


Education

1995-1991
Brown University School of Medicine Providence, RI.
Degree: MD

1991-1987
Brown University Providence, RI.
Degree: BA in Psychology


Professional License

New Jersey State Medical License

New York State Medical License

DEA Registration Certificate BE in GI


Languages

Fluency in Russian language; Some fluency in Spanish