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Jeffrey Okun, MD is a member of Summit Health's Gastroenterology department. In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Okun is an accomplished researcher with several academic publications. As a researcher at Columbia University Medical Center, he studied outcomes related to liver and lung transplantation. He has sat on education and curriculum committees as a fellow at Montefiore Medical Center and served as a member of the Fellow's Committee of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.Dr. Okun is a member of several professional societies: the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterology Association, and the American Medical Association.Dr. Okun treats a wide array of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, with a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease. His approach to care is to develop a partnership with his patients and to make sure all involved are comfortable with a treatment plan. He adheres to the philosophy of treating an individual, not just a medical condition. While not seeing patients, Dr. Okun enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking, biking, and traveling.

Boris Reydel, MD, specializes in liver and digestive diseases, including hemorrhoid treatment, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal tumors, and bile duct treatment. Dr. Reydel's expertise includes therapeutic endoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and endoscopic laser treatment.A renowned inventor, Dr. Reydel has recently developed the airless colonoscopy method. In addition, he developed a specialized small-bowel feeding tube that is used worldwide. Dr. Reydel has international patents and is a leader in emerging endoscopic therapies to promote weight loss, resolve reflux, and ease endoscopic transluminal surgeries. He is a concept developer for US Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical, a leader in transendoscopic surgical options. He is the coauthor of articles and abstracts that are published in the prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journals Gastroenterology, American Heart Journal, and New England Journal of Medicine.Dr. Reydel has practiced with New Jersey Physicians since 1993. He is Former Chairman in the Department of Gastroenterology at Passaic Beth Israel Hospital. He is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association.When he is not working with his patients, Dr. Reydel enjoys conceiving and inventing novel medical devices to help patients.

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