Affiliated Practice:
Saratoga Schenectady Gastroenterology Associates, P.C.

Primary Specialty:
Gastroenterology

Medical Education:
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Internship: 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Residency:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship:
Gastroenterology, University of Rochester Medical Center

Board Certifications:American
Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty Certification in Gastroenterology
American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages other than English:
Spanish

Honors and Awards:
Upstate Medical University, Cum Laude
University of Rochester, Cum Laude
De Kiewiet Summer Research Fellowship, University of Rochester
Samuel Gersten, MD ’39 and Martha Gersten Endowed Scholarship, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
George J. Buchholtz, MD ’52 Scholarship, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Dean’s List, University of Rochester
Highest Distinction in Spanish, University of Rochester
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - Junior Year Inductee, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
College President’s Student Ambassador, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Jean Bertram Burke Underhill Foundation Scholarship, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Dean’s Letter of Commendation, MSII, MSIII, and MSIV, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Donald R. Charles Memorial Prize, University of Rochester

Publications:
Poster: Early Palliative Care Consultation Results in Short Length of Stay for Patients with Acute Decompensated Cirrhosis Transferred from Outlying Hospitals. Cornish C, Winter M, Adamcewicz M, Singh K, Wu S, Ramaraju G, Maliakkal B, Huang J. Poster of Distinction. Digestive Disease Week, 2015

Poster: Predictors of Mortality for Patients with Acute Decompensated Cirrhosis Transferred from Outside Hospitals to a Tertiary Care Center. Adamcewicz M, Cornish C, Winter M, Singh K, Wu S, Ramaraju G, Maliakkal B, Huang J. Digestive Disease Week, 2015

“Disseminated Varicella-Zoster Virus Involving the Esophagus and Stomach.” Cornish C, Urban E, Whitney-Miller C, Mayo K, Philips G. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2015;81(5):1282-3

Presentation: “Clostridium difficile: Epidemiology, Emerging Trends, and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation.” Department of Medicine Fellows Grand Rounds. University of Rochester Medical Center. 2014

Poster: Outcomes for Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis Transferred from Outlying Hospitals to a Tertiary Care Center. Cornish C, Winter M, Rodgers T, Ramaraju G, Maliakkal B, Huang J. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, The Liver Meeting. 2014

“Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Cecum: A Rare but Aggressive Form of Colonic Neoplasia.” Abdalla M, Cornish C, Taboada S, Kothari S, Doshi R, Kothari T, Kaul V. Fam Med Sci Res. 2014;3(4)

Poster: Complete Portal Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Active Crohn’s Disease. Cornish C, Amundson W, Mason D, Dogra V, Kaul V, Shah A.;  American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. 2013

Poster: Healing of Recalcitrant Radiation-induced Hemorrhagic Gastritis Achieved after Bone Marrow Recovery. Cornish C, Abdalla M, Forssell K, Kim A, Lewis J, Marino D, Tsynman D, Weaver C, DeCross A, Kaul V, Kothari S, Philips G, Ramaraju G, Ullah A, Werth T, Shah A.  American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. 2013

Poster: Uncommon Cause of Acute Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Sathyamurthy A, Cornish C, Philips G. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. 2013

Poster: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Following Solid Organ Transplantation; Report of 2 Cases. Abdalla M, Cornish C, Saubermann L, Shah A. Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Clinical & Research Conference. 2013

Poster: Does Cyst Fluid CEA Level Correlate with Malignancy in Mucinous Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas? Cornish C, Shah P, Sepulveda A, Ginsberg G, Kochman M, Tierney A, Guarner-Argente C, Ahmad N. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. 2011

Poster: Does Cyst Size Correlate with Malignancy in Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas? Shah P, Cornish C, Sepulveda A, Ginsberg G, Kochman M, Tierney A, Guarner-Argente C, Ahmad N.  American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. 2011

“Asymmetrical Reinforcement and Wolbachia Infection in Drosophila.” Jaenike J, Dyer KA, Cornish C, Minhas MS. PLoS Biol. 2006 Oct;4(10):e325