Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gut Microbiome

Prediction of inflammatory bowel disease and early events in disease pathogenesis centered on the interactions among the gut mucosal immune system, the epithelium and the stroma.

Alexandra E. Livanos, MD, PhD, is an Instructor in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Livanos completed her MD and PhD at NYU Grossman School of Medicine during which she was selected for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Medical Research Fellows Program . She completed her internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center during which she was awarded the Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Livanos specializes in the care of patients with gastrointestinal illnesses with a particular focus on patients with inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Her PhD work with Dr. Martin Blaser focused on the impact of the gut microbiome on the developing immune system and autoimmunity. Her current research focuses on prediction of inflammatory bowel disease and early events in disease pathogenesis centered on the interactions among the gut mucosal immune system, the epithelium and the stroma.