Ryan C Ungaro, MD
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Gastroenterology
Specialties:
Gastroenterology, Internal MedicineResearch Topic:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Dr. Ryan Ungaro is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Ungaro received his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha and with Distinction in Research. He completed his internal medicine training and served as chief resident at the Mount Sinai Medical Center then went on to complete fellowship training in gastroenterology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and served as chief gastroenterology fellow. Dr. Ungaro received training in translational inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow and completed a Masters in Biostatistics and Clinical Research Methods at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Ungaro specializes in the care of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. He is Director of the Comprehensive Care for the Recently Diagnosed IBD Patient (COMPASS-IBD) Program at the Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Clinical Center. This program provides interdisciplinary care for recently diagnosed IBD patients. His research focuses on understanding early IBD including the impact of early intervention on IBD outcomes and precision medicine approaches to improve risk stratification and optimization of therapy for recently diagnosed IBD patients. His research has been supported by an NIH K23 Career Development Award and a Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Career Development Award.
In addition, Dr. Ungaro is co-founder of the Surveillance Epidemiology of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion (SECURE-IBD) web-based registry. SECURE-IBD is an international collaboration that has been recognized as a leading source of data to guide IBD management in the COVID-19 era.
Dr. Ungaro has also served on the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Awards Panel and as Co-Chair of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Rising Educators Academics and Clinicians Helping IBD (REACH-IBD) committee. He has received various distinctions including being selected for the AGA Future Leaders Program, the Eric R. Lemmer Memorial Award, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Greater New York Chapter Take Steps Health Care Honored Hero, and the Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication.
Videos
Clinical Focus
- Antibiotic-Associated Colitis-C Difficile
- Celiac Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Crohn's Disease
- Gastroenterology
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
MS, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Hospital
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2018
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount sinai Immunotherapy Fellowship -
2018
New York Super Doctors Rising Stars -
2018
American Gastroenterological Association Future Leaders Program -
2016
Mount Sinai Department of Medicine Advisory Board Award -
2016
Eric R. Lemmer Memorial Award -
2016
Mount Sinai KL2 Scholars Awards for Clinical and translational Research Career Development Awards -
2016
Poster of Distinctions, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference -
2015
Distinguished Poster Award -
2015
National GI Jeopardy Competition Champion -
2014
Burrill B. Crohn Research Foundation Research Grant -
2014
Best Abstract Award -
2012
The Silver Apple Teaching Award -
2009
Mount Sinai Distinction in Research Award -
2009
Mount Sinai Milton C. Engel Prize in Geriatric Medicine -
2008
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) -
2004
Phi Beta Kappa
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Ungaro during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- AbbVie Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose.
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- Prometheus Laboratories Inc.
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