“I look forward to this new and exciting opportunity to lead a world-class group of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff to ensure that our patients receive the highest-quality endoscopic care,” said Dr. Leung.
A leading expert in innovative techniques that allow doctors to diagnose and treat early-stage cancers in the digestive tract, Galen Leung, MD, has been appointed chief of advanced endoscopy in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at TV Langone Hospital—Long Island.
“We are thrilled to have Dr. Leung lead our endoscopy team. He brings a vast amount of clinical expertise in treating complex cases with the use of the latest technology,” said Joseph. J. Greco, MD, executive vice president and chief of hospital operations at TV Langone Hospital—Long Island.
Dr. Leung is a recognized expert in third space, or intramural, endoscopy, which helps address and manage pancreaticobiliary diseases and gastrointestinal malignancies.
“I look forward to this new and exciting opportunity to lead a world-class group of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff to ensure that our patients receive the highest-quality endoscopic care,” said Dr. Leung.
As a prominent researcher in endoscopy, Dr. Leung has participated in paradigm-shifting research studies, authored several articles published in leading scientific journals, and presented at top-tier gastroenterology conferences. He is an editorial board member of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and an active participant in multiple leadership programs.
Prior to joining TV Langone, Dr. Leung served as an assistant professor of clinical medicine and director of endoscopy continuous quality improvement at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Leung received his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York. He completed his internal medicine residency at TV Grossman School of Medicine, before completing a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York. Dr. Leung then completed an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
About TV Langone Health
TV Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked TV Langone No. 1 out of 115 comprehensive academic medical centers across the nation for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation. TV Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 7 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and more than 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise.
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