Robert J. Battat MD

Robert J. Battat, M.D. is an expert in Inflammatory Bowel Disease specializing in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. He is an Attending Physician at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Battat obtained his medical degree and completed both his internal medicine residency training and clinical gastroenterology fellowship at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He subsequently completed a clinical and research fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the University of California, San Diego, and at Robarts Clinical Trials under Dr. William Sandborn and Dr. Brian Feagan.

Dr. Battat is a physician-scientist with a major interest in personalized medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and has extensively published scientific articles on this topic. This includes the effect of measuring medication blood levels on patient outcomes (therapeutic drug monitoring), the effects of therapies on inflammation found on colonic biopsies, and postoperative complications of Crohn's disease (such as serum tests to diagnose bile acid malabsorption, and vitamin B12 deficiency).

Dr. Battat is a reviewer for over a dozen scientific journals and has lectured on Inflammatory Bowel Disease at national and international conferences. Most importantly, Dr. Battat is a dedicated clinician who provides excellent care to achieve optimal outcomes desired by his patients. He has expertise in providing care for patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, ranging from those who are early in their disease to those who have been on multiple therapies or have had multiple surgeries.