Best Gastroenterologist In NJ. Educator & Visionary of The Future
Dr. Kahaleh is the Clinical Director of Gastroenterology and Chief of Endoscopy at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School. He trained in Erasme Hospital, University of Brussels. He became the leader of the Pancreatico-Biliary group at the University of Virginia before joining Weill Cornell in July 2011 as the Chief of Endoscopy until December 2017.
He is a world-renowned endoscopist that has worked in Europe and the United States. He is fluent in French, Spanish, and Arabic. Dr. Kahaleh's research focuses on interventional endoscopy and the use of new devices to diagnose and treat biliary and pancreatic diseases. Using the adjunction of both Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) has permitted his group to successfully treat pancreatic collections and perform newly described procedures that have had a major impact on patient management.
One major focus of his research is on preventing and treating complications of advanced endoscopic procedures. He is actively analyzing the efficacy of metallic stents in both benign and malignant diseases. Another area of investigation for Dr. Kahaleh is understanding and preventing biliary and pancreatic cancer.
The objective of this type of research is to develop new diagnostic techniques that reduce the mortality associated with those cancers by detecting them earlier and treating them using novel therapies such as laser therapy and radiofrequency ablation.
He is locally and internationally pioneering minimally invasive procedures involving therapeutic EUS, ESD, and POEM. He is also teaching those techniques across the globe.
Currently, Prof. Michel Kahaleh is the Clinical Director of Gastroenterology, Chief of Endoscopy, and Director of the Pancreas Program at the Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Insurance Affiliations
Below is a list of insurances we accept for our GI services. We urge all patients to call their health insurance company prior to receiving care if your provider is not listed below. There are many different plans and various levels in coverage that could affect your out-of-pocket costs associated with any care we provide.
| ✓ Aetna US HealthCare | ✓ Medicaid | ✓ Railroad Medicare |
| ✓ Amerigroup Medicare and Medicaid | ✓ Medicare | ✓ United Health Care Corp |
| ✓ AmeriHealth HMO, Inc. | ✓ MultiPlan | ✓ United Healthcare Community |
| ✓ CIGNA HealthCare/CoMed HMO | ✓ Oxford Health Plans | ✓ USA Health Network |
| ✓ Horizon | ✓ Private Healthcare Systems | |
| ✓ Horizon NJ Health | ✓ QualCare Preferred Providers |