Overview
Akash Kumar, MD, is the GI Fellowship Associate Program Director, Medical Director, GI Cancer Screening Program and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Kumar is a specialist who treats patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. He has clinical interests in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and general gastroenterology, including the treatment of conditions such as acid reflux and colon cancer screening.
Dr. Kumar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Colonoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Cronkhite-Canada Disease, Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Colonoscopy.
Insurance
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- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations
1250 Waters Place- Tower II, 9th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461
1200 Waters Place, Suite M117, Bronx, NY 10461
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kumar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Benjamin Lebwohl is a Gastroenterologist in New York, New York. Dr. Lebwohl is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Colonoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Celiac Disease, Malabsorption, Diarrhea, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- ColonoscopyDr. Kumar isAdvanced. Learn about Colonoscopy.
- Experienced
- Angiodysplasia of the ColonDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Angiodysplasia of the Colon.
- Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- ColitisDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Colitis.
- Colonic MalakoplakiaDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Colonic Malakoplakia.
- Colorectal CancerDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Colorectal Cancer.
- Cronkhite-Canada DiseaseDr. Kumar isExperienced. Learn about Cronkhite-Canada Disease.