Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Brandeis University
Medical School – SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Internship – VA Medical Center at Long Beach
Residency – Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Jacobi Hospital
Chief Residency – New York-Presbyterian/Queens
Fellowship – New York Medical College
Board Certifications – Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of the Lawlor Award for the best scientific paper submitted by a fellow at the American College of Gastroenterology meeting
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Colon cancer prevention
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Liver diseases
Hospital Affiliations
- Ocean University Medical Center
Fun Facts
Dr. Bigornia likes to relax by playing music, golf, and tennis. He enjoys going on vacation with his wife and five children.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Polyps
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallstones
- Gastroparesis
- GERD
- Helicobacter Pylori/Peptic Ulcer
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Jaundice
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Swallowing Difficulty
Procedures Performed
- Breath Testing, including Lactose, Lactulose, Fructose Testing
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Cholangioscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Fecal Transplant
- Hemorrhoid Banding
- Luminal Stent
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett's
- Upper Endoscopy
