Mark B. Pochapin MD
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine; Sholtz-Leeds Professor of Gastroenterology, NYU Langone Health, New York, New YorkMark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG, FASGE, FACP, is the Sholtz-Leeds Professor of Gastroenterology, Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health. In his clinical and research efforts, Dr. Pochapin is dedicated to the prevention, early detection, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and to quality in endoscopy. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Pochapin has been a leader in the national effort to increase colorectal cancer screening and promote quality in colonoscopy. He has held leadership positions with the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT) and New York Citywide Coalition for Colon Cancer Control (C5), and was on the Board of Directors of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC). Dr. Pochapin currently hosts two alternating weekly national radio broadcasts called "Chiefs Rounds" and “Medicine Grand Rounds” on SiriusXM Doctor Radio, connecting the listening public with leading medical experts and valuable health information.
Dr. Pochapin is the immediate past president of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and remains a member of the ACG Board of Trustees. For his leadership during the COVID pandemic, in 2020 he became the first recipeint of a new award from the ACG named the Beacon Award for “outstanding leadership in extraordinary times."