Aimee Lucas, MD
- PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology
Specialties:
Gastroenterology, Internal MedicineResearch Topics:
Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Gastroenterology, Genetics
Aimee L. Lucas MD, MS is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of digestive disorders and endoscopy, with particular interest in caring for patients with hereditary cancer syndromes and those at high risk for developing gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
Her research interest is in developing screening regimens to detect early pancreatic cancer and precancerous lesions in high-risk patients with family history of pancreatic cancer or genetic cancer syndromes. Her work has been published in numerous gastroenterology and oncology journals, and she is a recipient of the NIH KL2 Translational Faculty Research Scholar Award and a Career Development Award from the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Lucas received her undergraduate degree from Brown University with Honors. She then received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship. She subsequently trained in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University where she served as Chief Medical Resident. She remained at Columbia for fellowship training in Gastroenterology, during which time she served as Chief Gastroenterology Fellow and also obtained a Masters Degree in Patient-Oriented Research from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
Please read Dr. Lucas' article Pancreatic Cancer: What You Need to Know in Our Town newspapers
Dr. Lucas is on Twitter at @AimeeLeeLucasMD
Clinical Focus
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Colon Polypectomy
- Colon Polyps
- Colonoscopy
- Esophageal Cancer
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Gastroscopy
- Lynch Syndrome
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Peutz Jeghers Syndrome
- Polypectomy
- Upper GI Endoscopy
Education
ScB, Brown University
MD, Yale School of Medicine
MS, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Columbia Cardiothoracic GME
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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2018
Fellow, New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy -
2017
Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology -
2017
National Pancreas Foundation Emerging Star Award -
2011
Chief Gastroenterology Fellow, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons -
2010
Full Scholarship for Masters Degree in Patient Oriented Research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health -
2008
Chief Medical Resident, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons -
2007
Jay I. Meltzer/Rudin Foundation Medical Ethics Fellow. -
2007
Second Annual American Gastroenterological Association Institute Investing in the Future: Promoting Diversity in GI Training -
2005
Janet M. Gasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, Yale University School of Medicine -
2005
The Dr. Harold H. Lamport Biomedical Research Prize, Yale University School of Medicine -
2004
American Society of Hematology Scholar Award -
2004
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students: Continued Support for Completion of Medical Studies -
2004
Farr Award, Yale University Student Research Day -
2003
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students -
2000
Honors in Biological Sciences, Brown University -
1999
Sigma Xi
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Consulting:
- AINCO, Inc
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- Immunovia, Inc
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