Meira Abramowitz, M.D.
Gastroenterology
Video Visits Available
About
Personal Statement
Dr. Meira Abramowitz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician at The Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell.
Dr. Abramowitz received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 2005 where she graduated summa cum laude and was awarded her medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 2009 where she graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society. She completed internship and residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 2012. She subsequently completed her fellowship in Gastroenterology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 2015.
Dr. Abramowitz was the primary co-investigator on several projects characterizing inflammatory bowel disease in the Afro-Caribbean population, and has presented her work at national meetings.
Dr. Abramowitz sees patients at the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and at Weill Cornell’s Lower Manhattan site.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Expertise
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Diarrhea
- Malabsorption
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Celiac Disease
- Intestinal Disease
- Colon Disorder
- Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Colon Cancer
- Colon and Rectal Disease
- Colitis
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 2009
- B.A., Barnard College - Columbia University, 2005
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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