Aasma Shaukat

Dr. Shaukat is a Professor of Medicine at the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. There she serves as the Director of Outcomes Research within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology as well as Co-Director for the Translational Research Education and Careers. She is a board-certified gastroenterologist who specializes in colon cancer screening and colonoscopy as well as the identification of colon polyps and management of patients with lynch syndrome. Her research focuses on the study of colorectal cancer risk factors, screening modalities, long-term outcomes, and quality indicators for colonoscopy. She has a particular interest in minimizing barriers and improve screening for colorectal cancer in underserved communities. She recently served as first author on the newly updated ACG Clinical Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021 published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Shaukat’s research has received funding from the NIH, Department of Veterans Affairs, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.