BabakDaneshMD

Chief of Gastroenterology, Good Samaritan University Hospital Medical Director, Island Digestive Health Center

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Office
400 W Main St
Suite 300
Babylon, NY 11702
Phone+1 631-321-6400

Fax+1 631-321-2969

Dr. Babak Danesh is a Gastroenterologist based in Babylon, NY. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998 and later completed both his residency in Internal Medicine (1998-2002) and fellowship in Gastroenterology (2002-2005) at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY (which is ow kown as Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). Dr. Danesh is currently serving as a Division Chief at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and as a Gastroenterologist at Island Digestive Disease Consultants, Good Samaritan University Hospital. His experience includes multiple gastroenterology procedures, such as esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. Alongside his immediate practice, he has authored several publications in his field.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Colonoscopy, Capsule endoscopy, Push enteroscopy, Endoscopic banding, Endoscopic sphincterotomy, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement, Biliary stenting, Polypectomy, Esophageal dilation, Volvulus decompression, Esophageal stenting, Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, Paracentesis, Sclerotherapy of esophageal varices, Esophageal varices, Cholangioscopy, Colonic stenting, Duodenal/enteral stenting, Endoscopic control of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Pancreatic stenting, Biliary stone extraction, Electrohydraulic lithotripsy of biliary stones, Sengstaken-Blakemore tube placement (balloon tamponade for control of esophageal bleeding)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2002 - 2005
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth IsraelResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2002
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1998, MD
Yeshiva University, James Striar School of General Jewish StudiesAA, Jewish Studies, Valedictorian, 1990 - 1994
Yeshiva University, Yeshiva CollegeBA, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1990 - 1994

PubMed

10 citations
Characteristics of rat pancreatic regenerating protein
Michael E. Zenilman, Jian Chen, Babak Danesh, Qing-hu Zheng
Surgery. 1998-11-01
Submucosal Duodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Causing Massive Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Case Report.
Stephen Elliott, Anna Trtchounian, Babak Danesh, Wojciech Bober, David Levy
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. 2022-05-01

Abstracts/Posters

Accuracy of APRI in Predicting Significant Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV Co-Infection
Babak Danesh, Jeffrey Kim, David A. Labowitz, Arousha Davatgarzadeh, Pauline Suwandhi, Aaron Walfish, Irwin M. Grosman, David Clain, Henry C. Bodenheimer, Albert D. Min, GASTROENTEROLOGY, VOLUME 128, ISSUE 4, SUPPLEMENT 2, page A333, 4/2005
Average Risk Screening Colonoscopy in the Elderly
Walfish, Aaron M.D.; Augello, Sabino M.D.; Narasimhan, Gopal D.O.; Suwandhi, Pauline M.D.; Lee, Christopher M.D.; Danesh, Babak M.D.; Gingold, Alan D.O.; Albert, Min M.D., American Journal of Gastroenterology: September 2005 - Volume 100 - Issue - p S384, 9/2005