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Peter D. Stevens, MD

Address:	Herbert Irving Pavilion 161 Fort Washington Avenue 8th Floor New York, NY 10032
Phone:	212.305.1909
Fax:	212.305.5576

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Positions and Appointments

2006 – Present	Director, Interventional Endoscopy, The Pancreas Center NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2001 – Present	Director of Endoscopy NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2001 – Present	Director, Interventional Endoscopy Service Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
2001 – Present	Director, Interventional Endoscopy Training Program Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
2001 – Present	Director, Endoscopy Suite NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1995 – Present	Assistant Professor Clinical Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1994 – Present	Assistant Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

The Pancreas Center Specialty

Interventional Endoscopy — Program Director

Education and Training

1993 – 1994	Fellowship (Third Year), Advanced Endoscopy Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1991 – 1993	Fellowship, Gastroenterology Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1990 – 1991	Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1987 – 1990	Internship/Residency, Internal Medicine Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
1987	Medical Degree Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1983	BA Columbia College, New York, NY

Board Certifications

American Board of Gastroenterology
American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Experience

2002 – 2006	Co-Chair, Digestive Diseases Service Line NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2001 – 2004	Clinical Director, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1995 – 1999	Co-Director, GI Fellowship Training Program Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1994 – 1995	Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Committee Memberships and Professional Societies

2005 – Present	Endoscopy Committee Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
2004 – Present	Chairman, Research Committee New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
2003 – 2004	President New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
2002 – 2003	Vice President New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
2002 – 2003	Member Research Committee American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
2001 – 2002	Secretary New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
2001 – 2002	Member Adhoc EUS Committee American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
2000 – 2001	Treasurer New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
1999 – Present	Council Member New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE)
1999 – 2002	Member Training Committee American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) American Gastroenterological Association

Selected Publications

Stavropoulos S. Larghi A. Verna E. Stevens P. Therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography without fluoroscopy in four critically ill patients using wire-guided intraductal ultrasound. [Case Reports. Journal Article] Endoscopy. 37(4):389-92, 2005 Apr.

Stavropoulos S. Larghi A. Verna E. Battezzati P. Stevens P. Intraductal ultrasound for the evaluation of patients with biliary strictures and no abdominal mass on computed tomography. [Journal Article] Endoscopy. 37(8):715-21, 2005 Aug.

Larghi A. Verna EC. Stavropoulos SN. Rotterdam H. Lightdale CJ. Stevens PD. EUS-guided trucut needle biopsies in patients with solid pancreatic masses: a prospective study. Gastrointest Endosc 2004; 59(2):185-90.

Sahai AV., Schembre D., Stevens PD., Chak A., Isenberg G., Lightdale CJ., Sivak MV., Hawes RH.: A multicenter U.S. experience with EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration using the Olympus GF-UM30P echoendoscope:safety and effectiveness. Gastrointest Endosc 1999; 50 (6): 792-6.

Chak A., Canto M., Stevens P.D., Lightdale C.J., Van de Mierop F., Cooper G., Pollack B.J., Sivak M.V. Jr.: Clinical applications of a new through the scope ultrasound probe: prospective comparison with an ultrasound endoscope. Gastrointest Endosc 1997; 45:291 295.

Simser A., Greenbaum E., Stevens P.D., Abedi M.: Biliary Stent Replacement Cytology. Diagnostic Cytopathology, 1996; Vol.15, (5).

Nickl NJ., Bhutani M.S., Catalano M., Hoffman B., Hawes R., Chak A., Roudein C.D., Kimmey M., Johnson M., Attorti J., Canto M., Sivak M., Lightdale C.J., Stevens P.D., Submitt H.C. Clinical Implications of Endoscopic Ultrasound -The American Endosonography Club Study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1996; 44 (4): 502-504.

Blaustein H.S., Stevens A.W., Stevens P.D., Grossman M.E.: Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome Associated with Annular Pancreas and Duodenal Stenosis: A Case Report. Pediatric Dermatology 1993; 10 (2): 576-580.

Select Reviews, Chapters, Editorials

Stevens P.D., Verna EC, Lightdale C.J.: Endoscopic ultrasound of the Biliary Tract. In: Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract and Pancreas, Blumgart LH, Fong Y, Eds. New York, W.B. Saunders, (in press).

Stevens P.D., Dhar V. Lightdale C.J.: Endoscopic Ultrasound. In: Diagnostic Ultrasound: A Logical Approach, McGahan JP, Goldberg BB, Eds. Philadelphia, Sanders, (in press).

Frucht H, Stevens PD, Fogelman DR, Verna EC, Chen J, Chabot JA, Fine RL. Advances in the Genetic Screening, Work-up, and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct;7(5):343-354.

Stavropoulos S.N., and Stevens P.D. Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Preoperative Evaluation of panreaticoduodenal endocrine tumors. In Minimally Invasive Endocrine Surgery (eds. Gagner M. and Inabet W.B.) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia PA, 2002, pp. 259-271.

Stevens P.D. EUS of the pancreas. In: Endoscopic Ultrasonography. Gress F.G., Bhattacharya I, Eds. Blackwell Science, 2001.

Stevens P.D., Lightdale C.J.: Endoscopic ultrasound of the Biliary Tract. In: Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract, Blumgart LH, Fong Y, Eds. New York, W.B. Saunders, 2000

Stevens PD., Lightdale CL.: Managing chronic pancreatitis pain: a block in time. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1999; 94 (4): 872-4.

Stevens P.D., Lightdale C.J.: Endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatic and biliary disease. In ERCP and its applications, Jacobson I., ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1998.

Stevens P.D., Lightdale C.J.: The role of endosonography in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 1998; 7 (1) 125-33.

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