Catherine Fugelsang, L.Ac.

Irina Rimel graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 1998. She completed her internship at Elmhurst Hospital providing treatments in both inpatient and outpatient medical settings. She has completed her Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, is licensed in New York State and is certified in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).For the past 17 years Irina provided acupuncture treatments at Mount Sinai St Luke’s and Mount Sinai West Hospitals in the outpatient and inpatient clinical settings

Dr. Dana Lukin specializes in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. He completed his medical and graduate training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he also completed training in Internal Medicine. After completing fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center, he joined the faculty of Montefiore Medical Center where he co-founded the Einstein-Montefiore Program for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Dr. Lukin joined the Weill Cornell Faculty in July, 2018 as the Clinical Director of Translational Research for the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in order to provide the highest level of patient care, access to clinical trials, and to conduct high impact clinical and translational research studies in IBD. He is a founding member of IBD Research, Mentoring and Education in NY (IBD ReMEdY) and serves as the co-chair of the New York City Chapter Medical Advisory Committee for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Dr. Lukin is actively involved in collaborative research projects with the New York Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (NYCCO) and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Clinical Research Alliance.