David R. Lichtenstein
Director of Endoscopy
Boston University School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Dr. Lichtenstein is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy at Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine. He also has staff appointments in the section of Gastroenterology at Boston VA Medical Centers in Jamaica Plains and West Roxbury, Massachusetts and Quincy Medical Center in Quincy, Massachusetts. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Lichtenstein has been included in several Who’s Who directories and selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Doctors in America database, Guide toAmerica’s Top Doctors, and Boston Magazine’s “Best Doctors of Bostonâ€. He has served on the Research, Standards of Practice, International, and Web Application Committees for the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). His professional society memberships include the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and theAmerican College of Gastroenterology, among others. Dr. Lichtenstein is a past President of the New England Endoscopy Society. In 2008, he chaired the ERCP Section of the ASGE’s Annual Scientific Program for Digestive Disease Week.
Research Interest
Pancreatic and biliary tract disorders; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Acid-peptic disorders; Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy