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Dr. Israel Kochin

Voluntary visiting staff
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
200 E 94th street #901
 

Brief Biography:


Israel Kochin M.D. received his specialty training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Prior to this fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , he completed an internship and residency in pediatrics after graduating from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1999. His pre-medical studies were at Columbia and he received a B.A. cum Laude in Economics in 1995. Dr. Kochin is an author of several recent articles in G.I. diseases pub in leading medical journals, is board certified in both gastroenterology and pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics [F.A.A.P.] in 2002. Even prior to his gastroenterology training at Mount Sinai, Dr. Kochin was appointed an Instructor and subsequently promoted to Assistant Professor at the Ross University School of Medicine. He has lectured to medical students in Europe and in North America studying for their U.S. Medical Licensing Exams as a faculty member for The Princeton Review. He is currently the Medical Director of Dr. Kochin is a specialist in gastrointestinal illnesses with a strong interest in how immunological factors, including allergic and nutritional choices, affect children's GI system causing symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, and constipation. Dr. Kochin is currently on staff at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
 

Academic positions:


[Former] Assistant Professor, Ross University School of Medicine, Faculty Princeton Review
 

Research interests:


Pediatric Gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition
 

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:


enthusiastic supporter of peer reviewed open access journals.
 

Home Page:


www.BestGI.org