Christopher J DiMaio, MD Email Christopher DiMaio
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- Positions
- PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology
- PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
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- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
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- Phone
- Faculty Practice Associates 212-241-4299 212-241-4299
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Christopher J. DiMaio, MD is the Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy. Dr. DiMaio’s clinical interests are in pancreatic disease, biliary disease, and pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions of the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, ampulla, colon, pancreas, bile ducts, liver). He specializes in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), fine needle aspiration (FNA), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), luminal stent placement (esophagus, gastroduodenal, colonic), endoscopic mucosal resection and ablation, and complex polypectomy. His research focuses on patients with pancreatic cysts and pancreatic cancers, with a particular interest in using novel endoscopic techniques to diagnose and treat these lesions.
Dr. DiMaio received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and his medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine training and served as chief medical resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He then completed fellowship training in gastroenterology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy in the combined Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School program. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Dr. DiMaio served on the gastroenterology faculty at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for several years.
Clinical Focus
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Endoscopic Ultrasonography
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Stricture
- Gallstones
- Gastroenterology
- Jaundice
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Stomach Cancer
- Upper GI Endoscopy
Education
MD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Residency, Internal Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Columbia University
Fellowship, Advanced Endoscopy
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fellowship, Advanced Endoscopy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Language
English
2013
Mount Sinai Endoscopy Preceptor of the Year
Mount Sinai Hospital
2008
Dr. David B. Falkenstein Memorial Award for Endoscopic Research
New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007
Dr. David B. Falkenstein Memorial Award for Endoscopic Research
New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
New topic
Identification of biomarkers of dysplasia in pancreatic cystic neoplasms.
Early detection of pancreatic malignancies.
Use of EUS-guided fine needle injection (EUS-FNI) for targeted therapy of GI malignancies.
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. DiMaio during 2020 and/or 2021. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- SafeHeal
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose
- AbbVie Inc.
- Mauna Kea
- Medtronic, Inc.
- STERIS
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