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Cipolla, Donna Marie, MD

Gender

Female

Language

English

Providing the best care to our patients and their companions requires communicating in a way everyone understands. Interpreter services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. All spoken languages are available, as well as American Sign Language (AS/L).

Specialties
Accepting New Patients
  • Gastroenterology
Not Currently Accepting New Patients
  • Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Colonoscopy, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Gastroenterology / Digestive Diseases in Women, Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Nutrition

Hospitals and Organizations

  • West Hartford Surgery Center
  • Hartford Hospital

Education

Fellowship
Norwalk Hospital ‐ Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology

Medical School
Brown University School of Medicine

Residency
Mount Auburn Hospital ‐ Internal Medicine

Undergraduate
University of Rhode Island

Professional Organizations

  • Connecticut State Medical Society
  • American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • American Gastroenterological Association

Bio

Donna is a registered dietitian and is board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. She completed her nutrition training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass, and several years later obtained her medical degree from Brown University. She has been an active member of the Hartford Hospital medical staff for 15 years, and was the first woman on staff in the Department of Gastroenterology. Her interests and areas of expertise are in nutritional disorders, dietary issues and nutritional deficiencies associated with GI diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac sprue, malnutrition, and obesity, with an emphasis on incorporating nutritional modalities and diet therapy in addition to traditional medical approaches.
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