Dr. Persky is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. His practice encompasses all of gastroenterology, although he has a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and diseases of the small intestine. He was one of the first gastroenterologists on Long Island to perform small bowel capsule endoscopy, a relatively new technique that enables detailed evaluation of suspected disease of the small intestine. Currently, he performs more of these procedures than any other physician on Long Island, and has been considered an expert in the interpretation of these complex studies.

Dr. Persky has published multiple articles on the management of infectious and ischemic diseases of the large intestine, and has written a textbook chapter on this subject. He has also published several articles on drug induced liver disease. Additionally, he served on the Medical Advisory Board for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News, a widely read monthly newspaper for the gastroenterology community, from 2001 to January of 2007. He served as a member of the medical board of John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in 2007, and is currently on the surgical review committee at Mather.

Medical Degree:


• New York University School of Medicine
  New York, New York

Residency:


• Internal Medicine:
  Yale-New Haven Hospital
  New Haven, Connecticut

Fellowship:


• Gastroenterology:
  Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Bronx, New York

Professional Affiliations:


• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Hospital Affiliations:


• John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
  Port Jefferson, New York
• St. Charles Hospital
  Port Jefferson, New York
• Stony Brook University Hospital
  Stony Brook, New York

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