Keith J Benkov, MD Email Keith Benkov
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- Position
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Gastroenterology
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- Specialties
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
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- Languages
- English
- Spanish
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West
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- Phone
- Physician Office 212-241-5415212-241-5415
- 212-241-5415212-241-5415
- Physician Office 212-241-5415212-241-5415
- Physician Office 212-241-5415212-241-5415
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Keith J. Benkov, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and at the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. He was division chief for 12 years and has remained the fellowship program director for the last 16 years. He has been instrumental in the training of over 40 fellows in the field of pediatric gastroenterology. Along with his extensive clinical practice, his main interest has been the outcome analysis of children and adolescents with various types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a large database of over 2000 patients over 25 years in the Pediatric IBD Program at Mount Sinai. Over the last 5 years, he has enrolled all of his current patients in the ImproveCareNow registry, which is a network of 109 centers and over 30,000 children with IBD that is dedicated to quality improvement and research. He has written on topics that have included genetic aspects of Crohn’s disease and the unique clinical phenotype on young children presenting with inflammatory bowel disease. He has also written on various aspects of therapy and has been interested in interplay of normal intestinal flora and mucosal immunity and the inflammatory response. He has been a frequent contributor for various projects involving banked specimens from children with Crohn’s disease. He has been funded by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation (CCF) to study the role of anxiety and disease activity. He has been honored by the both the Greater New York Chapter and the Westchester chapter of the CCFA for the work he has done for them, including being the medical director for their summer camp program.
When not seeing patients or doing research, Dr. Benkov enjoys running. He has finished 31 New York City Marathons, including the last 13 which have been in support of Team IBDkids, raising money for research and to support family-centered and comprehensive care in pediatric IBD. Watch a video of an interview with Dr. Benkov discussing his work and his marathons.
Watch a video of Dr. Benkov and Team Mount Sinai running in the 2008 NYC Marathon raising money and awareness for IBD Kids.
Certifications
Pediatric Gastroenterology
American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Focus
- Celiac Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Malabsorption
- Rectal Bleeding
- Ulcerative Colitis
Education
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency, Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Pediatrics Gastro
Mount Sinai Hospital
Languages
English, Spanish
2009
New York Magazine Best Doctors
2003
America’s Top Doctors Castle Connolly 2003 - Present
1991
New York Magazine Top Doctors 1991 - Present
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Dr.Benkov did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2018 and/or 2019: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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