Penn Medicine Provider
Gastroenterology
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD
4.9
(396)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

About me

  • Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
  • Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Residency: Duke University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

396 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
extremely informative
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he's very good
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he is excellent
April 2025
5.0
5.0
he's the best

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Lichtenstein is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

ASGE IBD Endoscopy Consensus Panel; Shen B, Abreu MT, Cohen ER, Farraye FA, Fischer M, Feuerstadt P, Kapur S, Ko HM, Kochhar GS, Liu X, Mahadevan U, McBride DL, Navaneethan U, Regueiro M, Ritter T, Sharma P, Lichtenstein GR. Endoscopic diagnosis and management of adult inflammatory bowel disease: a consensus document from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy IBD Endoscopy Consensus Panel. , Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Oct 18:S0016-5107(24)03472-2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2024.08.034. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39425706.: 2024


Weber AT, Lichtenstein GR. Evidence-Based Approach to Chronic Antibiotic Refractory Pouchitis: A Review. , Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Jun 1;67(S1):S99-S105. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003207. Epub 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 38363696.: 2024


Lichtenstein GR, Soonasra A, Latymer M, Singh S, Feagan BG. Systematic review: effectiveness and safety of switching between originator infliximab and biosimilar infliximab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. , Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2024 Jul;24(7):691-708. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2024.2378090. Epub 2024 Jul 18. PMID: 38979696.: 2024


David T. Rubin, Jessica R. Allegretti, Julián Panés, Nicole Shipitofsky, Shadi Yarandi, Kuan-Hsiang G. Huang ∙ Matthew Germinaro ∙ Rebbecca Wilson ∙ Hongyan Zhang ∙ Brian G. Feagan Tadakazu Hisamatsu ∙ Gary R. Lichtenstein, Brian Bressler, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Bruce E. Sands, Axel Dignass. The efficacy and safety of guselkumab as maintenance therapy in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis: results from the phase 3 quasar maintenance study. , Oral Presentation 759. Gastroenterology. AGA AbstractsVolume 166, Issue 5, Supplement S-180 May 18, 2024: 2024


Lichtenstein GR. Exploring Diets Beyond the Low-FODMAP Diet to Treat Patients With IBS. , Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2024 May;20(5):255. PMID: 39193073; PMCID: PMC11345992.: 2024


Sehgal, Priya∙ Faten Aberra ∙ Tushar Khanna ∙ Klea Profka ∙ Octavia Pickett-Blakely ∙ Neilanjan Nandi ∙ Farzana Rashid Hossain ∙ Meenakshi Bewtra ∙ James D. Lewis ∙ Gary R. Lichtenstein Safety and clinical effectiveness of glp1 agonists in inflammatory bowel disease patients , Gastroenterology,2024; Volume 166, Issue 5, S-173 - S-174. 721 : 2024


Marla C. Dubinsky, Milena Gianfrancesco, Genevieve Gauthier, Lara Fallon, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Nabeel H. Khan, Gil Melmed, Stephen B. Hanauer, Timothy Ritter, Griffith Bell, Yi-Chien Lee, Nicole Kulisek, Arne Yndestad, David T. Rubin. Assessment of steroid use in patients with active ulcerative colitis who initiated a new janus kinase inhibitor or tumor necrosis factor inhibitor using data from a United States claims database. , Gastroenterology, Volume 166, Issue 5, Supplement, 2024,Pages S-823-S-824. Su1809. ISSN 0016-5085,: 2024


Julián Panés, Axel Dignass, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Kuan-Hsiang G. Huang, Matthew Germinaro, Nicole Houck, Chenglong Han, Ye Miao, Hongyan Zhang, Niazy A. Abu Farsakh, Bhaktasharan Patel, Danuta Owczarek, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Bruce E. Sands, Brian Bressler. Guselkumab improves health-related quality of life as measured by promis-29 in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis: phase 3 QUASAR induction study , Gastroenterology, 2024; Volume 166, Issue 5, S-848. Su 1860 : 2024


Priya Sehgal, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Tushar Khanna, Klea Profka, Octavia Pickett-Blakely, Neilanjan Nandi, Farzana Rashid Hossain, Meenakshi Bewtra, James D. Lewis, Faten Aberra., Impact of glp1 agonists on inflammatory biomarkers in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. , Gastroenterology, 2024; Volume 166, Issue 5, S-591. Sa1950 : 2024


Lichtenstein GR. Exploring Cardiovascular Comorbidities and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. , Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2024 Apr;20(4):196. PMID: 38682124; PMCID: PMC11047150.: 2024


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