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Philip Katz

Gastroenterology

Philip Katz, MD

Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; Director of Motility Laboratories, Division of Gastroenterology at the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health

New York, NY

Philip O. Katz, MD, is a distinguished gastroenterologist specializing in esophageal disorders and motility disturbances at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY. As Director of Motility Laboratories for the Division of Gastroenterology at the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, he manages complex swallowing and motility disorders, achalasia, refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), unexplained chest pain, eosinophilic esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal cance

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45+

Years in Practice

Credentials

Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology (ABIM)
  • Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Education & Training

  • Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — M.D., 1978
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center — Fellowship, Gastroenterology
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center — Residency, Internal Medicine, 1979-1982
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center — Internship, Internal Medicine, 1979

Peer Recognition

  • American College of GastroenterologyBerk-Fise Clinical Achievement Award

    2013

  • American College of GastroenterologyPast President

    2009-2010 (2 years)

  • Everyday Health CareAffiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    2025

Clinical Focus

Subspecialties

Motility & Functional GI

Conditions & Treatments

GI Motility DisordersGERD & RefluxDysphagia & Swallowing Disorders

Practice Details

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Languages

English

Experience

45+ years in practice