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Charles J. Lightdale, MD

Address:	Harkness Pavilion 180 Fort Washington Avenue 7-712 New York, NY 10032
Phone:	212.305.4382
Fax:	212.305.5576

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Positions and Appointments

2005 – Present	Director of Clinical Research Chair, Clinical Research Committee Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2002 – Present	Digestive Diseases Operations Council, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2001 – Present	Endoscopy Leadership Committee Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1993 – Present	Professor of Clinical Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1993 – Present	Attending Physician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1993 – Present	Executive Committee, Dept of Medicine Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

The Pancreas Center Specialty

Medical Gastroenterology and Interventional Endoscopy

Education and Training

1971 – 1973	Fellowship, Gastroenterology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
1968 – 1969	Residency, Medicine NY Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
1967 – 1968	Residency, Medicine Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
1966 – 1967	Internship, Medicine Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
1962 – 1966	Medical Degree Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY
1958 – 1962	AB in English Literature Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
National Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Experience

1991 – 1993	Attending Physician Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
1979 – 1993	Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
1979 – 1991	Associate Attending Physician Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
1973 – 1979	Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
1973 – 1979	Assistant Attending Physician Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
1969 – 1971	US Public Health Service, Military Service

Professional Honors

2005	Mentor Honoree American Gastroenterological Association Foundation
2005	Master American College of Gastroenterology
2004	Physician of the Year, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1999	Rudolf Schindler Award American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1999	Distinguished Annual Lecture Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
1997	Distinguished Lecture American Pancreatic Association
1995	Distinguished Service Award American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1995	Best Clinical Original Paper American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Master Endoscopist New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Enid G. Ancell Clinical Studies Award Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Alpha Omega Alpha

Recent Committee Memberships and Professional Societies

2006	Fellow American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2006 – 2007	NCI Scientific Review Group, Special Emphasis Panel, Specialized Programs of Research Excellence in GI Cancer
2001 – 2002	Pancreatic Cancer Progress Review Group, National Cancer Institute
2002	Cancer and Leukemia Group B Renewal and Site Visit Gastrointestinal Cancer Committee, National Cancer Institute American College of Physicians American College of Gastroenterology American Gastroenterological Association American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Medical Society of the State of New York New York Academy of Gastroenterology New York Gastroenterological Association New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Selected Publications

Chang KJ, Chak A, Lightdale C, Erickson RA, Chen YK, Binmoeller KF, et al. Primary endoscopy/endoscopic ultrasound (WUS) versus primary endoscopy plus transabdominal ultrasound (TUS) in the work-up of patients with upper abdominal pain (UAP): final results of a prospective, multi-center study. Gastrointest Endosc 2005;61:AB83.

Chang KJ, Chak A, Lightdale C, Binmoeller K, Chen YK, Erickson RA, Albers GC, Sivak MV, Nguyen P, Lee JG, Isenberg GA, Wong RCK. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) compared with endoscopy and transabdominal ultrasound (TUS) in the work-up of patients with upper abdominal pain (UAP): a prospective multi-center cohort study. Gastrointest Endosc 2004;59:AB233.

Choi YA, Stavropoulos S, Sarkaria S, Lightdale C, Stevens PD. Intraductal ultrasound of the pancreato-biliary system using dual plane reconstruction. Gastrointest Endosc 2004;59:AB222.

Culliford AN, Lightdale CJ, Stavropoulos S, Stevens PD. A 360 radial electronic echoendoscope: a new technology in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Gastrointest Endosc 2004;59:AB220.

Larghi A, Verna EC, Stavropoulos SS, Rotterdam H, Koehnken JJ, Lightdale CJ, Stevens PD. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic trucut needle biopsies in patients with suspicious pancreatic masses. Gastroenterology 2003;124:A90.

Das A, Mourad W, Lightdale CJ, Sivak MV Jr., Yigit J, Chak A. An international survey of the clinical practice of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Gastrointest Endosc 2003;57:AB250.

Stavropoulos SN, Lo W, Lightdale CJ, Stevens PD. Intraductal ultrasound (IDUS) with a new compact processor as an adjunct to ERCP. Gastrointest Endosc 2001;53:AB125.

Byfield FC, Stevens PD, Lightdale CJ. Increasing the yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration. Gastrointest Endosc 1999; 49:AB152.

Gress F, Schmitt C, Catalano M, Affronti J, Binmoeller K, Stevens PD, Savides T, Bhutani M, Ciaccia D, Nickl N, Faigel D, Birk J, Roubein L, Lightdale CJ. Evaluation of interobserver agreement for assessing lymph node staging in pancreatic cancer using current endoscopic ultrasound criteria. Gastrointest Endosc 1998; 47:A147.

Stevens PD, Josovitz KN, Fayter JA, Brunetti JC, Lightdale CJ. Endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with suspected mild acute pancreatitis. Gastrointest Endosc 1994; 40 (supplement):70.

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