Ricardo Morgenstern, MD

Gastroenterology

4.9 with 30 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Ricardo Morgenstern, MD

Gastroenterology

4.9 with 30 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Dr. Morgenstern is a Penn Medicine physician.

Call 800-789-7366 Request Appointment

Abdominal Bloating
Abdominal Distention
Abdominal Pain
Abnormal Liver Function
Abnormal Stool
Acute Pancreatitis
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Altered Bowel Habits
Anal Pain
Anal Spasm
Annular Pancreas
Anorexia
Autoimmune Enteropathy
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Barrett's Esophagus
Blood in Stool
Bowel Disorders
Bowel Dysmotility
Bright Red Blood in Rectum
C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea)
Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue)
Cholangitis
Cholestasis
Chronic Diarrhea
Chronic Pancreatitis
Colitis
Collagenous Colitis
Colon Polyps
Colon Tumor
Colonic Inertia
Colonoscopy
Constipation
Crigler Najjar Syndrome
Crohn's Disease
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Digestive Disorders
Diverticular Disease
Diverticulitis (Colonic Diverticulitis)
Duodenal Ulcer
Duodenitis
Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
Early Satiety
Eosinophilic Colitis
Eosinophilic Enteritis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Eosinophilic Gastritis
Epigastric Pain
Eructation
Esophageal Achalasia
Esophageal Disease
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Esophageal Spasm
Esophageal Stricture
Esophageal Thickening
Esophageal Ulcer
Esophageal Varices
Esophagitis
Esophagus Tumors
Fatty Liver Disease
Fecal Impaction
Fecal Incontinence (Bowel incontinence)
Feeding Tube Management
Flatulence
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
Gallbladder Disease
Gallbladder Inflammation (Cholecystitis)
Gallbladder Polyp
Gallbladder Stone (Cholelithiasis)
Gastric Anomaly
Gastric Ulcer
Gastritis
Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal Amyloid
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening
Gastrojejunal Ulcer
Gastroparesis
Gastroscopy
Giardiasis
Gluten Sensitivity
H. Pylori Infection
Heartburn (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Hematemesis
Hemochromatosis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatomegaly
Hiatal Hernia
Ileitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Intestinal Obstruction
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (Ogilvie Syndrome)
Intractable Vomiting
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ischemic Colitis
Jaundice
Lactose Intolerance
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver Disease
Liver Mass
Lymphocytic Colitis
Lynch Syndrome
Malabsorption
Melena
Microscopic Colitis
Motility Disorders
Nausea
Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Obstipation
Obstructive Jaundice
Odynophagia
Pancreas Divisum
Pancreatic Cyst
Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Pancreaticobiliary Disease
Pancreatitis (Pancreas Inflammation)
Peptic Ulcer Disease (Stomach Ulcers)
Peritonitis
Pernicious Anemia
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Polyposis Syndrome
Portal Hypertension
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
Postprandial Diarrhea
Proctitis
Proctosigmoidoscopy
Rectal Bleeding
Rectal Pain
Short Bowel Syndrome (Short Gut Syndrome)
Sigmoidoscopy
Small Bowel Disease
Steatorrhea
Stomach Cramps
Stomach Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Toxic Liver Injury
Ulcerative Colitis
Upper GI Endoscopy
Vomiting
Whipple's Disease
Wilson's Disease
Zenker's Diverticulum (Esophageal Diverticulum)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Morgenstern is part of these programs:

Penn General Gastroenterology Services

Board Certification

Gastroenterology, 1984

Education and Training

Medical School: Facultad de Medicina Aurelio Melean
Residency: Instituto de Gastroenterologia Boliviano Japones, Facultad de medicina Aurelio Melean
Fellowship: Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary University of Edinburgh

Primary Location

Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
South Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Gastroenterology Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 2, Suite 205 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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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.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Naohisa Yoshida, Peter Draganov, Sneha John, Helmut Neumann, Rafiz Abdul Rani, Wen-Hsi Hsu, Nilesh Fernandopulle, Kewin Tien Ho Slah, Ricardo Morgenstern, Yuri Tomita, Ken Inoue, Osamu Dohi, Ryohel Irose, Yoshito Ito, Takaaki Murakami, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Yutaka Inada, Vitor Arantes.: Comparison of LED and LASER Colonoscopy About Linked Color Imaging and Blue Laser/Light Imaging of Colorectal Tumors In a Multinational Study. Digestive Diseases and Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-023-08057-2 : 2023.

Bisaria S, Patel D, Morgenstern R.: Incidental Rectal Tonsil found on routine colonoscopy: A Case Report. Edorium J Gastroenterol 8 (100013G01SB2021): 2021.

Patel D, Morgenstern R, Daxini A, Lichtenstein S: Role of Small Intestine in Pathophysiology of Obesity and Metabolic Disease and Review of New Endobariatric Procedure Focus on Small Intestine Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Treatment 6 (2): 2020.

Marinella Ingilizova, Shara Epstein, Dong Heun Lee, Neal Patel, Shraddha Patel, Ricardo Morgenstern, Nikolay Popnikov, Dagan Coppock: A rare case of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex with colitis in a renal transplant patient Transpl Infect Dis 21 (1): e13011,2019.

Ricardo Morgenstern, MD, Ruben Acosta, MD: Enfermedades de la Vesicula y de la Via Biliar American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) website, videoand audio podcasts, patients, patients : 2019.

C Roberto Simons-Linares, Ricardo Morgenstern, Abel Acosta-Canedo, Jaime Saravia-Burgos: Is There an association of the Andes Traditional Coca Leaf Chewing and Sigmoid Volvulus? A study of 441 Patients in Bolivia American Journal of Gastroenterology 113 : 106-7,2018.

Meet Parick, Nishita Patel, John Lieb, Ricardo Morgenstern, Wenlin Fan: Gastric Arteriovenous Malformation: A Unique Case of a Rare Phenomenon American Journal of Gastroenterology 112 : S1396-7,2017.

Stanley Pietrak, Edward Gracely, Ricardo Morgenstern, James Reynolds: Development of a Novel Marker of Endoscopist Eprformance: LT5R American Journal of Gastroenterology 111 (1): S180-1,2016.

A. Pillai, T. Zuchelli, D. Ringold, Ricardo Morgenstern: Cold snare polypectomy versus hot snare polypectomy in endoscopic mucosal resection of large polyps GIE Journal 83 (5): AB414,2016.

Alexander Schalechterman, Missale Solomon, George Dekki, Ricardo Morgenstern: Iatrogenic duodenal Perforation of the Lateral Duodenal Wall closed Endoscopically with Placement of Metallic Clips American Journal of Gastroenterology 108 : S654-5,2013.

Academic Contact Information

3400 Civic Center Blvd
7 Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-349-8222
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Gastroenterology, National
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, National
Bolivian College of Medicine, International
Bolivian Organ Transplantation Society, International
Bolivian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, International
Bolivian Society of Internal Medicine, International
British Society of Gastroenterology, International
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Local
Interamerican Society of Digestive Endoscopy, International
Pennsylvania Medical Society PAMED, National
Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology, Local
Philadelphia County Medical Sociaety, Local
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, International
Society of Ibero Latino American Medical Professionals, Local
World Gastroenterology Organzation, International