Sinai SCENT TMC - Human Colonoscopy Tissue Collection v1

For this study we will utilize the world-renowned Inflammatory Bowel Disease program at MSSM, started by Dr. Burrill B. Crohn in the Division of Gastroenterology. Eminent physicians, surgeons, radiologists, hepatologists, and pathologists have provided a rich body of knowledge in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer disease, esophageal disorders, gastrointestinal cancer, and liver, biliary, pancreatic diseases, and Crohn’s Disease. Mount Sinai has been on the forefront of research, identification, and treatment of gastrointestinal illness since the division's early days. An outpatient clinic was founded and devoted solely to GI diseases in 1913. Today, Mount Sinai gastroenterologists care for more patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than any medical center in the country. Gastroenterologists from throughout the New York tristate area send their most challenging cases to our IBD physicians. This study will be one of many, on-going collaborations with faculty and staff from several groups involved with IBD research and clinical care throughout the Mount Sinai Medical Centers. In addition, the Mount Sinai Health System now has affiliated sites that are directly involved in the care of IBD patients seen at Mount Sinai Health System affiliated clinics and offices. These include the endoscopy centers at Beth Israel, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and Carnegie Hill Endoscopy. Participants will be patients recruited from one of the largest gastroenterological outpatient clinic in the city.