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Department
Medicine
Area(s) of Practice Specialty
Advanced Gastroenterology, Bariatric Endoscopy/Obesity Medicine
Hospital Employed
Yes
Medical School
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Internship
Montefiore Medical Center, Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Residency
Montefiore Medical Center, Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Fellowship
Interventional Gastroenterology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; General Gastroenterology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology; American Board of Obesity Medicine; American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance
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Accepting New Patients
Yes
Biography
Dr. Rashmi Advani is an Interventional and Bariatric Endoscopist who specializes in the endoscopic management of obesity and pancreaticobiliary diseases. Dr. Advani is the Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at Mount Sinai’s Center for Interventional Endoscopy and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Advani is triple board-certified in Gastroenterology, Obesity Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Advani obtained her medical degree at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY and completed internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Dr. Advani completed general gastroenterology training at Stony Brook Hospital in NY and interventional gastroenterology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Advani is passionate about improving physical/mental wellness and creating equal access to care for her patients. She contributes to efforts that improve medical education, promote gender equity in medicine, and advance research in Gastroenterology. Her work is well-recognized and is published online and on her various social media platforms that are geared to provide easy access to evidence-based information on gastroenterological diseases. Dr. Advani also is a source for career mentorship to trainees at her local institutions and to hundreds of premedical and medical students across the country. Dr. Advani is published in peer-reviewed journals and has authored over 25 manuscripts (original, abstracts, book chapters). She serves on various committees and leadership roles for gastroenterological organizations such as American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Scrubs and Heels, and Women in Endoscopy (WIE).