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 VA NY Harbor Healthcare System (Manhattan). Dr. Popov has established the first active Bariatric Endoscopy Program at a Veterans hospital in the U.S and, as an active member of the National VA Endoscopy Subcommittee, she advises other VA hospitals on starting endobariatric programs. She was also a co-founder of the Yale Weight Loss Center. At the NYU hospitals, Dr. Popov has introduced endoscopic treatment options for weight regain after gastric bypass and primary endoscopic weight loss methods such as the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and intragastric balloons. 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 pharmacological, behavioral and lifestyle therapies combined with intragastric balloons and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty. Dr. Popov completed a fellowship in Digestive Diseases at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2012 and a PhD in Investigative Medicine at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2014; she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2018. She is also an Associate Editor of Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology and Advisory Board Member of the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy. 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.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
9:40 AM – 9:50 AM ET