
Oscar Lebwohl, MD
Biography
Dr. Oscar Lebwohl is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. This was followed by a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and a fellowship in Liver Diseases at Mount Sinai. Dr. Lebwohl returned to Columbia in 1978 and has remained on the faculty since then in the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases. He is currently the Richard and Rakia Hatch Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and Vice Chairman of Development in the Department of Medicine at Columbia.
Dr. Lebwohl specializes in Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. In addition to his clinical practice he is actively involved in teaching and training Columbia medical students, residents and fellows. In 2010 he received the Ewig Clinical Scholar Award for outstanding teaching in the Department of Medicine. In 2013 Dr. Lebwohl received the Alfred Markowitz Service Award at the annual dinner of the Society of Practitioners at Columbia University Medical Center for outstanding service to the medical center.
Dr. Lebwohl has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly list of America's top doctors and New York top doctors. He has also been listed in New York Magazine's list of best doctors.
Area of Expertise
- Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Liver Disease
- Gastrointestinal Disorder
- Colonoscopy
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)
- Disorder of Stomach
- Crohn's Disease
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Colitis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Colon Cancer
- Endoscopy
- Colon Disorder
- Acid Reflux
- Small Bowel Problem
- Parasitic Infection
- Hiatal Hernia
- Heartburn
- Colon and Rectal Disease
- Upper Endoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Diarrhea
- Colon Polyps
- Second Opinion
- Intestinal Disease
- Hemorrhoids
- Abdominal Pain
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- Aetna [EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NY Signature, NYP Employee Plan, POS, PPO, Signature Administrators, Student Health]
- Cigna [EPO, Great West, HMO, POS, PPO]
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [Blue Access (Exchange), EPO, Gatekeeper (Exchange), HMO, Medicare Managed Care, Pathway (Exchange), POS, PPO]
- Local 1199 [Local 1199]
- MagnaCare [MagnaCare]
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]
- UnitedHealthcare [Columbia University Employee Plan, HMO, POS, PPO]
Education
Harvard Medical School
Internship: Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital
Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington AvenueRoom 221New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212) 305-5363
Fax: (212) 305-1525
ColumbiaDoctors Midtown
51 West 51st StreetSuite 360New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 305-5363
Fax: (212) 305-1525
Richard L. and Rakia I. Hatch Professor of Medicine at CUMC
- Ewig Clinical Scholar, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 2010-2011
- Society of Practitioners at Columbia University Medical Center Alfred Markowitz M.D. award for outstanding service to CUMC, 2013
- New York Magazine Best Doctors listings
- Castle Connolly America's Best Doctors annual listings
- Best Doctors in America annual listings
- New York Super Doctors annual listings