Robert E. Tepper MD

Curriculum Vitae

Robert E. Tepper, MD, FACP, FACG                                                                                       

Education

 

Undergraduate:  Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (six year combined B.A.-M.D.)

                             B.A. 1985

Medical School:  Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                             M.D. 1987

Residency:  Intern and Assistant Resident, Internal Medicine, New York University—Bellevue Hospital,                             July 1987—June 1990

                     Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, New York University—Bellevue Hospital,

                   July 1990—June 1991

Fellowship:  Gastroenterology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York,

                       July 1991—June 1993

 

 

April 3, 2001

Academic Rank and Positions

 

Teaching Assistant in Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 1989-

 

Senior Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology:

North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, 1999-

 

Assistant Attending Physician, Departments of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology:

                North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, 1993-1999

                St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York, 1993-

                Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, 1994-

 

Board Certification

 

National Board of Medical Examiners 1988

American Board of Internal Medicine 1990, recertified 2000

American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) 1993, recertified 2000

 

Medical Licensure

 

State of New York 1988, number 175368-1

 

Honors and Awards

 

1981-3     Dean’s List (all semesters), Lehigh University

 

1982        Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society, Lehigh University

 

1983        Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Lehigh University

 

1985        Summa Cum Laude, Lehigh University

 

1986        Department Award for excellence in Community and Preventive Medicine, Medical College of    

                Pennsylvania

 

1986        Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, Medical College of Pennsylvania

 

1987        Dr. Judith Mausner Award for excellence in Community and Preventive Medicine, Medical

                College of Pennsylvania

 

1987        Department of Medicine Prize for academic and clinical excellence in Medicine, Medical College                

                of Pennsylvania

 

1987        Dr. Mary Yankosky Award for excellence in endocrinology, Medical College of Pennsylvania

 

Educational Activities

 

1993         Grand Rounds lecturer, Gastrointestinal Disorders in AIDS, Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck,

                 New Jersey

 

1993-         Attending Physician, office-based gastroenterology elective for North Shore University 

                 Hospital house staff

    

1993-94    Attending Physician, Hepatology Clinic, Queens Hospital Center

 

1993-94    Instructor for Advanced Clinical Skills Course, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

 

1993,95    Gastroenterology Grand Rounds lecturer, Exocrine Pancreatic Physiology, North Shore

                 University Hospital

 

1994-95    Lecturer for House Staff Board Review in Gastroenterology, North Shore University Hospital

 

1995-96    Instructor for Gastroenterology Session, Introduction to Medicine, CUNY Medical School

 

1995-        Gastroenterology Service Attending (one month annually), North Shore University Hospital

 

1996        House Staff Conference lecturer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, North Shore University

                Hospital

 

1996-97   Medicine Service Attending (one month annually), North Shore University Hospital

 

1998-        Reviewer, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

 

1999-        Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal

 

2000        Medicine Grand Rounds lecturer, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Peninsula Hospital Center, Far   

                Rockaway, New York

 

Department Committee Membership

 

1996-        Medical Mortality Committee, Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital

 

Professional Memberships and Societies

 

Alpha Omega Alpha (member 1986- )

 

American Medical Association (member 1987- )

 

American College of Physicians (associate member 1989-91; member 1991-97; fellow 1999- )

 

American College of Gastroenterology (trainee member 1991-93; member 1993-97; fellow 1998- )

 

American Gastroenterological Association (trainee member 1991-93; member 1993- )

 

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Long Island Chapter (physician member 1993- ;

co-chairman, Medical Advisory Committee 2000- ; member, Executive Committee 2000- ; member, Board of Trustees 2000- )

 

Medical Society of the State of New York (member 1994- ; Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems

1998- )

 

Nassau County Medical Society (member 1994- )

 

Presentations at National Meetings

 

1993        American Gastroenterological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston:

                Gastrointestinal Permeability in AIDS [poster session]

 

1995        American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, New York:

Kaposi’s sarcoma and cytomegaloviral ileocolitis complicating longstanding Crohn’s disease in an HIV-negative patient [poster session]

 

1997        American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago:

Pseudo-gastroparesis as a presentation of adenocarcinoma of the proximal jejunum [poster session]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical Practice

 

Member of Nassau Gastroenterology Associates, Great Neck, New York, since July 1993, with full partnership as of July 1998.  Active in office and hospital consultative and endoscopic practice, with particular expertise in inflammatory bowel disease, AIDS-related gastrointestinal disorders, and geriatric gastroenterology

 

 

Research Interests

 

Since 1993, sub-investigator or principal investigator for numerous pharmaceutical trials performed at Long Island Clinical Research Associates pertaining to ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, duodenal and gastric ulcer disease, erosive esophagitis, non-ulcer dyspepsia, chronic hepatitis C and other disorders

 

Civic Activities

 

Lecturer for “Senior Nutrition” educational television program, November 15, 1995

 

Lecturer for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Long Island Chapter’s Patient Education Day,

                on the extraintestinal manifestations of IBD, January 21, 1996

 

Lecturer for Long Island Jewish Medical Center community education seminar, on current management of      abdominal disorders, April 19, 1998

 

Author, “Geriatric Gastroenterology:  Focus on Diverticulitis” for Senior News, October 1999

 

Author, “Gastrostomy for Nutrition in Patients with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer” for News from

                S.P.O.H.N.C. (Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer), September 1999

 

Moderator, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Parent and Grandparent Research Alliance meeting,  

                November 2000

 

Moderator and Lecturer, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Long Island Chapter’s Patient

                Education Day, overview of IBD, March 2001

    

Bibliography

 

Publications—Journals:

 

Dieterich DT, Poles MA, Dicker M, Tepper R, Lew E. Foscarnet treatment of cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal infections in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients who have failed ganciclovir induction. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1993; 88:542-8.

(Wrote initial protocol summary; compiled data on treated patients)

 

Tepper RE, Brandt LJ.  Management of esophageal disease in AIDS.  Practical Gastroenterology 1993; 17:16L-29.

(Wrote entire article; edited by Dr. Brandt)

 

Tepper RE, Simon D, Brandt LJ, Nutovits R, Lee MJ.  Intestinal permeability in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.  American Journal of Gastroenterology 1994; 89:878-82.

(Wrote entire article; reviewed charts for patient selection; collected majority of specimens)

 

Tepper RE, Katz S.  Gastrointestinal disorders of the elderly, Part III:  Pitfalls and deception in the diagnosis and management of diverticular disease in the elderly.  Internal Medicine World Report 1995; 10:18-19, 30.

(Wrote entire article; edited by Dr. Katz)

 

Bauer W, Tepper R, Katz S.  Megacolon as a presenting finding of acute pancreatitis associated with chronic ulcerative colitis:  Unusual presentation of an unusual association.  American Journal of Gastroenterology 1995; 90:1013-5.

(Treated patient described in report; edited the article)

 

Osias G, Tepper RE, Katz S.  Pseudo-gastroparesis as a presentation of adenocarcinoma of the proximal jejunum.  American Journal of Gastroenterology 1998; 93:994-6 .

              (Treated patient described in report; edited the article and rewrote several sections)

 

Cohen RL, Tepper RE, Urmacher C, Katz S.  Kaposi’s sarcoma and cytomegaloviral ileocolitis complicating longstanding Crohn’s disease in an HIV-negative patient. American Journal of Gastroenterology (accepted for publication, 10/99)

(Treated patient described; wrote case report; edited remainder of paper)

 

Publications—Book Chapters:

 

Tepper RE, Katz S.  Overview: Geriatric Gastroenterology. In:  Fillit H, et al., eds.  Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 5e.  London:  Churchill Livingstone, 1998:783-8.

              (Wrote entire chapter; edited by Dr. Katz)

 

Tepper RE, Katz S.  Overview: Geriatric Gastroenterology. In:  Tallis R, Fillit H, eds. Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6e.  London:  Churchill Livingstone, submitted March 2001.

(Wrote entire chapter, edited by Dr. Katz)