About
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Advanced Endoscopy
- Achalasia
- Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Esophageal Disease
- Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Liver Disease
- Pancreatic Disease
- Barrett's Esophagus With Dysplasia
- Biliary Stones
- Biliary Stricture
- Colon Polyp
- Polypectomy
- Colorectal Cancer
- Dysphasia
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Sleeve Gastroplasty
- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) of Gastrointestinal Tract
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Stricture
- Insertion, Gastric Balloon
- Gallstones
- Gastroparesis
- Jaundice
- Colon Polyps
- Obesity
- Pancreatitis, Acute
- Pancreatitis, Chronic
- Pancreatic Cyst
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) of Esophagus
- Stents
- Stomach Cancer
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Rectal Cancer
- Zenkers Diverticulum
Biography
Dr. Sampath is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center and an Attending Physician at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is an advanced fellowship trained interventional gastroenterologist.
Dr. Sampath is originally from the New England area. He graduated from Carleton College and received his medical degree from RUSH Medical College. He completed his internal medicine residency, gastroenterology fellowship and therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. His clinical and research interests relate to the fields of pancreatology, therapeutic endoscopy, surgical endoscopy, bariatric endoscopy and obesity medicine. He seeks to work within the context of a multi-disciplinary setting to provide safe and effective clinical care to all his patients.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Obesity
- Gastroenterology
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Rush Medical College, 2011
- B.A., Carleton College, 2006
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this physician. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the physician’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this physician is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem (HIP) Medicare Essential Network
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY