Mark Pochapin

Mark Pochapin is a gastroenterologist and educator whose work is focused on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.





== Early life ==

Mark Pochapin grew up in Spring Valley, New York, one of two children. He graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1980 and went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in biomedical engineering in 1984.





== Career ==

After graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City in 1988, Dr. Pochapin went on to become Chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, where he was twice presented with the prestigious Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award, considered the highest faculty award given by vote of the Weill Cornell graduating medical school class for 'the qualities of compassion, skill, and distinction as a physician and teacher.'

Dr. Pochapin is presently Director of the Division of Gastroenterology at the NYU Langone Medical Center, Professor of Gastroenterology at the NYU School of Medicine, and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Dept of Medicine. He is a past president of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Pochapin hosts Chief’s Rounds, a biweekly national radio broadcast on SiriusXM Doctor Radio, and is the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Colorectal Cancer.





== The Couric effect ==

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