Education
Bachelor’s Degree – St. John’s University
Medical Degree – Universidad del Noreste
Internship – Mt. Sinai School of Medicine at City Hospital Center of Elmhurst
Residency – NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Fellowship – NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Advanced Biliary Endoscopy, ERCP Endoscopic Cholangioscopy (Spyglass)
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus and Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Esophageal/Duodenal and Colonic Stenting
- Balloon Assisted Enteroscopy
- Bravo pH Endoscopy
Hospital Affiliations
- North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health
Other Appointments
- Past Director, Division of Gastroenterology, St. Francis Hospital
- Infection Control Committee, St. Francis Hospital
- Executive Committee Medical Staff/ Past President, St. Francis Hospital
- Operating Room Committee, St. Francis Hospital
- Sub-Investigator, Long Island Gastrointestinal Research Group, LLP, April, 2022 – Present
Research
- Celifarco A., Burakoff R.: Non-Infectious Causes of Jaundice. Postgraduate Medicine 84:5:191-203, 1988.
- Celifarco A., Warschauer C., Burakoff R.: Metronidazole Induced Pancreatitis: A Case Report. Am J Gastro 84:8:958-960, 1989.
- Celifarco A., Gerard G., Faegenburg D., Burakoff R.: Dysphagia as the Sole Manifestation of Bilateral Strokes: A Case Report and Review of the literature. Am J Gastro 85:5:1990.
- Celifarco A., Tolentino T., Won S., Pothoulakis C., Percy W.H.h, Burakoff R.: A Preliminary Study of the Effect of Clostridium Difficile Toxin A on Motility and Prostaglandin E4 Production in the Rabbit Colon in vivo. Gastroenterology 85:A80, 1989.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Acid Reflux
- Anorectal Disease
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Clostridioides Difficile
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Constipation
- Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Management
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis
- Esophagitis and Stricture
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gas
- Gastritis
- Gastroparesis
- Genetic Colon Cancer Syndromes
- GERD
- H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer
- Heartburn
- Helicobacter Pylori/Peptic Ulcer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- High-Risk Colon Cancer Screening
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Liver Disease
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Reflux Esophagitis/Stricture
- Silent Reflux
- Stomach Ulcers
- Swallowing Difficulty
- Ulcerative Colitis