Frank G. Gress, MD, is chief of the digestive disease division at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He is also chief of the therapeutic endoscopy program at Columbia University Medical Center.
Previous positions Dr. Gress has held include chief of gastroenterology at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, director of the endoscopic research program at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and director of endoscopy and chief of endoscopy services at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y.
Dr. Gress specializes in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound as well as thermal ablation for Barrett's esophagus. His clinical interests include pancreatic disorders, endocrine tumor, cryotherapy and biliary stenting.
Dr. Gress has published more than 60 articles and co-authored several textbooks, including "Endoscopic Ultrasonography," "The Atlas of Endoscopic Ultrasonography," and "Curbside Consultation of the Pancreas: 49 Clinical Questions."
Dr. Gress earned his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center, also in New York City. He completed his fellowship at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City.