Steven H. Itzkowitz MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Steven H. Itzkowitz, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Oncological Sciences, and Medical Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His research has focused on reducing disparities in colorectal cancer screening in the general population, developing new non-invasive stool DNA tests to screen for colon cancer, and detecting and preventing colon cancer in high-risk individuals with inflammatory bowel disease and hereditary syndromes.

At the national level, Dr. Itzkowitz is Chair of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, a past member of the President’s Cancer Panel Subcommittee on Colorectal Cancer Screening, a former Chair of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Section of the American Gastroenterological Association. Locally, he is a past Co-Chair of the New York Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition (“C5 Coalition”) and a founder of the New York Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (NYCCO).

At Mount Sinai, since 2000 he has been instrumental in developing and running the institution’s colon cancer screening program among the predominantly Black and Latinx populations in East Harlem. His team at Mount Sinai was among the first in the nation to demonstrate the effectiveness of patient navigation to enhance screening colonoscopy adherence, proving also that patient navigation is cost effective. Since 2014 he has been an integral part of the medical school’s efforts to enhance anti-racism education and training for students, trainees and faculty.