Jerome (Jerry) D. Waye, MD

Location: 

New York area, US

Title: 

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Mt Sinai, New York

Foundation Role: 

Board member; Leader of the Remote Endoscopic Teaching Task Force

Dr. Jerome D. Waye is a pioneer in the field of endoscopy, having developed many of the techniques used in colonoscopy. He is a renowned teacher of endoscopy and has introduced the concept of remote training to bring knowledge of endoscopy to underdeveloped areas of the world. While an undergraduate at MIT, he was coxswain of the winning crew at the Henley Royal Regatta. He has written over 200 scientific papers and authored/edited 7 books including the Best Scientific Book Award for “Colonoscopy, Principles and Practice”. He was president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American College of Gastroenterology and the World Endoscopy Organization. He retired after 61 years at the Mount Sinai Hospital and is an Emeritus Professor in Medicine and in Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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