Jonathan Buscaglia, MD, FASGE, AGAF

Jonathan M. Buscaglia, MD, FASGE, AGAF
Chief Medical Officer
Professor, Department of Medicine

Dr. Buscaglia received his undergraduate medical education in 2001 from the University at Buffalo, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. He completed medical internship and residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. He then completed gastroenterology fellowship and the advanced endoscopy fellowship program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Jonathan joined the Department of Medicine faculty at Stony Brook University in 2008, where he is now Professor of Medicine with tenure. 

While at Stony Brook Medicine, Dr. Buscaglia has served as both Director of Endoscopy, and Director of Advanced or Interventional Endoscopy.  In 2012 he initiated Stony Brook University Hospital's first interventional endoscopy training program and inpatient consult service.  He is currently Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 

Jonathan is past President of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE), and has been recognized in New York Magazine and by Castle Connolly as one of the region's Top Doctors. He is a nationally recognized expert in the field of advanced endoscopy, and serves as the senior associate editor for the American Gastroenterological Association's (AGA) official clinical journal, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Furthermore, he has been heavily involved in several national committees within the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).  

Within the field of GI endoscopy, Dr. Buscaglia specializes in pancreatic-biliary diseases and the management of GI tract neoplasia, such as Barrett's esophagus and advanced adenomas of the colon. He has conducted pioneering research in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and more recently in the area of pancreatic cancer for which he has received external grant funding. His research interests continue to focus on personalized medicine in the management of pancreatic cancer. 

 

Honors

  • 2017-2018 New York Magazine, “Top Doctors” Award in Gastroenterology
  • 2014-2018 Castle-Connolly NY Metro Area “Top Doctors” Award in Gastroenterology
  • 2017 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) “Best of Digestive Disease Week” Research Award
  • 2016 Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF)
  • 2014 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) “Best of Digestive Disease Week” Research Award
  • 2014 Stony Brook University Department of Medicine, Clinical Research Award
  • 2013 Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE)
  • 2009-2012 ASGE Certificate of Excellence, for excellence in manuscript review for the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE)
  • 2012 Teacher of the Year, Stony Brook Medicine GI Fellowship Program
  • 2012 Special Recognition for Leadership in Education, SBU Medicine GI Fellowship Program
  • 2012 Special Recognition for Clinical Research, SBU Medicine GI Fellowship Program
  • 2010 SBU Med Certificate of Appreciation, Medicine Residency Program, outstanding teaching
  • 2009 SBU Med Division of Gastroenterology Research and Scholarship Award

Academic Appointments of Distinction

  • 2017-2022: Editorial Board (Senior Associate Editor), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • 2018-2020: Member, ASGE Research Committee
  • 2014 - 2017: Editorial Board (Associate Editor), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • 2016 - 2017: President, New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
  • 2014 - 2017: Member, ASGE Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee (QAEC)
  • 2014 - 2016: Member, AGA Grant Review Committee
  • 2011 - 2014: Member, ASGE Research Committee
  • 2014 - Pres: ASGE Taskforce on Endoscope Reprocessing and Infection Transmission
  • 2012 - 2014: VideoGIE Editorial Board, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Grants/ Trials

  • 2015 - 2016: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Endoscopic Research Award (ERA); awarded $70,000.
    “Pancreatic organoids from EUS-guided core biopsy: assembling a living biobank for resectable and non-resectable pancreatic cancers”
  • 2015 - 2016: Department of Medicine Pilot Project Grant; awarded $15,000.
    “EUS-guided biopsy of pancreatic mass lesions for developing patient-derived cancer models”
  • 2014 - 2015: Cook Medical, Research Grant; awarded $10,000.
    “Palliation of biliary neoplasms with the Cook Evolution biliary stent system”
  • 2008 - 2010: S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook 2008 Targeted Research Opportunities (TRO) Program — FUSION Seed Grant Awards; awarded $80,000.
    “Novel sensors for cancer biomarkers in pancreatic cysts”
  • 2006 - 2007: Boston Scientific Inc., Educational Grant; awarded $15,000.
    “A quality of life comparison in patients with malignant dysphagia with either self-expanding plastic stents (SEPS) or self-expanding metal stents (SEMS)”

Publications
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