Dr. David Novick

David M. Novick, MD was born in New York, NY. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Duke University, Durham, NC, and his MD from State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. He completed a Fellowship in Hepatology (liver disease) at the Royal Free Hospital, London, England, and a Gastroenterology Fellowship at the Yale University-affiliated Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT.

For 12 years, he was on the full-time staff of Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, where his work focused on hepatology and addictive diseases. During this time he began an association with the Laboratory for the Biology of Addictive Diseases at The Rockefeller University, New York, NY; he is currently a guest investigator there and continues his research interest and advocacy for treatment of addiction. He was director of the Methadone Medical Maintenance program at Beth Israel from 1983-91. Dr. Novick is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and addiction medicine.

For the past 30 years, Dr. Novick has been in the private practice of gastroenterology with Digestive Specialists, Inc. in Dayton, OH. Until November 2020, he routinely performed colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy. He is proud to say that his adenoma detection rate, a major measure of quality for colonoscopy, was way above national benchmarks. Dr. Novick has a special interest in liver disease and especially antiviral therapy for hepatitis B and C. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. He has also authored more than 70 medical publications on hepatitis B, C, and D, liver cirrhosis, HIV infection, colon polyps, medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction, and related topics. Dr. Novick is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a member of several GI and addiction organizations.

Dr. Novick's first book, "A Gastroenterologist's Guide to Gut Health: Everything You Need to Know About Colonoscopy, Digestive Diseases, and Healthy Eating," was published in 2017. He attended the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, OH in 2012 and 2014 and received an honorable mention in the 2014 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition (read the essay). He also has attended seminars sponsored by Thurber House in Columbus, OH and by the Antioch Writers’ Workshop. Dr. Novick is currently working on a book that will tell the stories of people who have recovered from opioid use disorder using medications.

Aside from writing, Dr. Novick enjoys the art of photography, with his camera tending to focus on animals in their natural habitat.

Dr. Novick is a volunteer for Stop Stigma Now and sits on their Advisory Board

PATIENT CARE

• Digestive Specialists Inc., Dayton OH
  Gastroenterology and Hepatology

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

• Clinical Professor of Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
• Guest Investigator, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

WORKSHOPS

• 2015 Writer's Digest Annual Conference, New York, NY, July 31-August 2, 2015
• Thurber House Writing Workshop, "The Unique Art of Humor Writing," Columbus, OH, October 7, 2013
• Antioch Writers’ Workshop Seminar. “Writing Dynamite Dialogue,” Tim Waggoner, Books & Co., Beavercreek, OH, September 8, 2013
• Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, April 19-21, 2012 and April 10-12, 2014.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2019
• Honorable Mention, 2017 American College of Gastroenterology SCOPY Awards, for "A Gastroenterologist's Guide to Gut Health"
• Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2014
• Honorable Mention in the 2014 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, Human Interest Category
• Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH: 20-Year Faculty Award, 2011
• Outstanding Volunteer Award, Reach Out of Montgomery County, 1999-2000
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1985

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• American Society for Addiction Medicine, 2014
• American Medical Association, 1991
• American College of Gastroenterology, 1991
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 1983
• American College of Physicians, 1978

POST-GRAD TRAINING

• Yale University/Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut:
  • Fellow in Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990-1991
• The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom:
  • Research Fellow in Hepatology, 1983-1984
• Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York:
  • Chief Medical Resident, July 1, 1976 – September 30, 1976
  • Resident in Medicine, 1975-1977
  • Intern in Medicine, 1974-1975