World Leaders in Colorectal and IBD care, 
when you need it.

The Columbia Global Center for Integrated Colorectal Surgery & IBD Interventional Endoscopy offers innovative treatments for severe and difficult-to-treat colorectal conditions and surgery-related complications. By bringing together the best care across different subspecialties in one location, we offer the most comprehensive options for treating the most complex cases.

To make an appointment with the Global Center, please call (212) 342-1155 and choose Option 1.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

A Focus on Quality of Life

The Global Center is focused on delivering treatment for colorectal conditions that emphasizes effective relief while minimizing the impact your treatment has on your lifestyle and self-image. Columbia offers treatment options not found at other centers, all designed around the idea that having IBD treatment should give you the best quality of life possible.

Meet Our Team

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Our Expertise

The Global Center serves as a 'last stop' for patients with colorectal conditions that could not be treated effectively elsewhere. From complicated and complex colorectal conditions to corrective procedures to address problems resulting from previous surgeries, we provide options for people who have been told they have none.

Treatments We Offer

• Interventional endoscopic procedures that might avoid surgery for benign and malignant colorectal conditions
• Advanced colorectal surgical procedures that eliminate limited or advanced colorectal disease while preserving function and quality of life 
• Combined medical/interventional endoscopic/surgical management for:
  • Inflammatory bowel disease 
  • Correction of surgical complications 
  • Ostomy avoidance and sphincter preservation 
  • Pouch creation, salvage, reconstruction 
  • Continent ileostomy creation and salvage 
  • Hereditary polyposis and cancer syndromes 
  • Anal fistula management 
  • Function preservation for functional bowel syndromes, including constipation and incontinence

Our Locations

Thoughtful and Innovative Repair

Our team has successfully salvaged failing pouch surgeries using several innovative approaches. Our surgeons deliver personalized solutions for pouch-related complications, even for the most complex cases. We are the last resort for people with complex pouch disorders.

Minimally Invasive Alternative to Reconstructive Surgery

Columbia is home to the leading endoscopic therapy program for IBD in the nation—and the world. We offer alternatives to traditional surgery that can improve your symptoms without needing a long recovery. Our team is at the forefront of this exciting new field, and many of the techniques and guidelines were created by Columbia experts.

Our multidisciplinary team includes leading experts and specialized support staff that provide comprehensive, personalized care.

Our multidisciplinary team has locations across New York and New Jersey, and the added convenience of virtual visits. We accept most major insurance plans and can verify your plan when you call to make your appointment.

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Our Programs

The Columbia Global Center for Integrated Colorectal Surgery & IBD Interventional Endoscopy is committed to providing personalized care that integrates medical, nutritional, interventional endoscopic, procedural, and surgical care for colorectal, IBD, and pouch conditions— all under one roof.

Photo (L to R): Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran, Dr. James Church, Dr. Bo Shen

The Global Center is designed to offer a wider range of options than other care centers for colorectal conditions. Our robust specialized programs ensure that all of the latest, most advanced procedures are available to those that need them.

Columbia Colorectal Restorative Resection Program

In many cases, it is possible to treat many symptoms and complications related to IBD using minimally invasive techniques. Columbia is the established leader in endoscopic therapy for IBD. Using a special instrument called an endoscope—a flexible tube with a camera and light that is fed through the mouth into the digestive tract—our specialists can locate, diagnose, and even treat many IBD complications.

Columbia Colorectal Corrective Surgery & Ostomy Avoidance Program

When corrective surgery is necessary, the overwhelming priority of most patients is clear: to avoid the need for a permanent ostomy bag. Because colorectal surgery is a complex reconstruction of the digestive tract, it takes a highly skilled surgeon to safely and effectively address the symptoms while designing a solution that avoids the need for a permanent external ostomy bag. Our program offers the highest level of surgical excellence in the region.

Columbia Pouch Salvage & Continent Ileostomy Program

IBD surgeries are incredibly complex, and the disease and its symptoms may return aggressively. For many patients who have undergone reconstructive surgery, the reality is that they will require additional surgeries to correct complications. For some patients who have undergone pouch surgeries, that can mean a failing pouch that must be rebuilt to avoid the need for an external ostomy bag. These pouch-salvage surgeries are especially difficult because so much material has already been removed, requiring the surgeon to adapt and create a new solution. Our team has experience developing personalized solutions that consider each patient's unique needs.

Led by colorectal surgeon, Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran and IBD interventional gastroenterologist, Dr. Bo Shen, the center will provide care that emphasizes effective relief while avoiding life-impacting compromises like ostomy. This formidable team is further complemented by the distinctive skills of Dr. James Church, a highly esteemed colorectal surgeon acknowledged for his significant contributions to polyposis and hereditary neoplasia care. Together, they provide patients with an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and proficiency.

Improving the Field of Colorectal Care

The Global Center leverages its combined expertise to help improve the standard of care nationally and globally through a focus on outcomes reporting, high-quality research, global symposia, and education of select fellows. The research and scholarship of our leadership team has been recognized as top 10 worldwide for the field in terms of impact and influence.