Dr. Moskowitz is a recipient of the 2014 NJ Monthly Top Docs award.
Dr. Richard Lee Moskowitz has been engaged in the practice of Colon and
Rectal Surgery in Morris County for 30 years. Originally in practice with
Dr. Raymond Crystal until Dr. Crystal's retirement in 2001, Dr. Moskowitz
was engaged in the practice of General and Colon and Rectal Surgery at
Roosevelt and St Luke's Hospitals in New York City prior to establishing
himself in New Jersey.
Dr. Moskowitz graduated from the Milton S. Hershey School of Medicine of
the Pennsylvania State University in 1978 and completed a General Surgical
Residency at the North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Thereafter,
a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery was obtained from the Greater
Baltimore Medical Center under the direction of Dr. John Rosin from the
Mayo Clinic. An additional year of postgraduate research and clinical
training was accomplished in London at St Marks Hospital – the "cradle
of colon and rectal surgery". There, Dr. Moskowitz worked with surgical
pioneers of Inflammatory Bowel Disease who created the "pouch"
option for Restorative Proctocolectomy in patients with Ulcerative Colitis.
Specifically, his mentors included Peter Hawley for rectal oncological
resections and Professor John Nicholls. Dr. Moskowitz collaborated with
Professor Nicholls in writing the seminal papers describing the staging
of "Pouchitis".
Board certification and the appropriate recertifications are in General
Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery. Memberships include, Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the American Society of Colon
and Rectal Surgeons, and the St Mark's Society.
Clinical Interests
Surgery of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, Proctology, All surgical aspects of Surgical Oncology as it pertains to Colon and Rectal Surgery
Medical School
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University, 1978
Internship
Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, 1978
Residency
Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, 1983
Fellowship
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Fewllow- Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1984 St Marks Hospital for Disease of the Rectum and Colon, London, England, 1985
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