Education
- Bachelor’s Degree – Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
- Medical Degree – University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Internship – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Residency – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Fellowship – Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA
- Board Certification – Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Honors & Awards
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2026
- Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2017- 2026
- Newsday – Top Doctors on Long Island: 2017-2026
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: 1st Edition
- House Staff Teaching Award, Senior Medical Resident
- Jay I. Meltzer Medical Ethics Award
Specialties & Main Areas of Interest
- Colon Cancer Screening
- Endoscopy
- Pancreatic Disease
- Biliary Disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Colonoscopy
Hospital Affiliations
- North Shore University Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
Fun Facts
Dr. Milkes has a working medical knowledge in Spanish and he has volunteered on medical missions to Latin America, most recently to Ecuador.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Milkes enjoys traveling, scuba diving, and snowboarding.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux
- Anorectal Disease
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Clostridioides Difficile
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Management
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagitis and Stricture
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Gas
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Gastroparesis
- Genetic Colon Cancer Syndromes
- GERD
- Heartburn
- Helicobacter Pylori/Peptic Ulcer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Hernias (Abdominal, Groin, and Hiatal)
- High-Risk Colon Cancer Screening
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Jaundice
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Disease
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Cancer
- Reflux Esophagitis/Stricture
- Silent Reflux
- Stomach Ulcers
- Swallowing Difficulty
- Ulcerative Colitis
Procedures Performed
- Barrett’s Treatment
- Bravo pH Study
- Breath Testing, including Lactose, Lactulose, Fructose Testing
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Diagnostic & Therapeutic Colonoscopy
- Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Esophageal Dilation/Testing
- Fecal Transplant
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and IRC
- Infusion
- Lactose Intolerance Breath Test
- Lactose Tolerance Test
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Polypectomy
- Upper Endoscopy
- Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)
- Urea Breath Test (UBT)
- Variceal Banding
