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Director of Bariatric Endoscopy
NYU Langone Health/NY VA Harbor Health System (Manhattan)
New York, NY
Violeta Popov, MD, PhD, FACG, is the Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at the Manhattan VA Medical Center, and a faculty at the Division of Gastroenterology at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Popov has established the first active Bariatric Endoscopy Program in 2015 at a Veteran Medical Center in the U.S and is an active member of the National VA Endoscopy Subcommittee. She is also a co-founder of the Yale Weight Loss Center. At the NYU hospitals, Dr. Popov has pioneered endoscopic treatment options for weight regain after gastric bypass, endoscopic treatment of other bariatric complications such as fistulas and ulcers, and primary endoscopic weight loss methods. In her practice at the Manhattan VA, she has built a comprehensive multidisciplinary program for patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) utilizing various methods to treat obesity: behavioral and lifestyle therapies combined with intragastric balloons, endoscopic gastroplasty, pharmacotherapy. Dr. Popov completed a fellowship in Digestive Diseases at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2012 and a PhD in Investigative Medicine at Yale University in 2014; she also is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. At NYU, Dr. Popov leads a Bariatric Endoscopy Research group consisting of NYU fellows, residents, and medical students, with several active research protocols and grants. She is also an Associate Editor at Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.
Friday, October 21, 2022
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM ET
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
1:55 PM – 3:05 PM ET
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
3:20 PM – 4:30 PM ET