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Ari Grinspan
Assistant Professor, Director of the GI Microbial Therapeutics
Institution

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Feinstein IBD Center

Area of interest

Fecal Microbiota Transplant for C Difficile Colitis

Research focus

Exploring the mechanism and clinical utility of FMT in Clostridium difficile infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Bio

Ari Grinspan, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and the Director of the GI Microbial Therapeutics.  He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed his Internal Medicine training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he remains as full-time faculty. Dr. Grinspan pioneered the Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) program to treat recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection at Mount Sinai, which has developed into a referral center for the tri-state area. His research focuses on exploring the mechanism and clinical utility of FMT in Clostridium difficile infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Education

Mount Sinai Hospital

2011 - 2014

Fellowship, Gastroenterology

New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell

2008 - 2011

Residency, Internal Medicine

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2004 - 2008

MD