Our Physicians

MICHAEL STEVEN BUTENSKY, M.D.
EDUCATION
1977 – 1981
University of Pennsylvania - BA Biology - Magna Cum Laude
Philadelphia, PA
1981 – 1985
New York University
New York, NY
LICENSURE
Connecticut Medical License: #31430
FELLOWSHIP
1989 – 1991
Gastroenterology
New York University/NY
1997 – 1998
Pancreatico-Biliary Endoscopy
Beth Israel / Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
1986 National Board of Medical Examiners
1988 Internal Medicine
1991 Gastroenterology
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Internship:
July 1984 – June 1988
Internal Medicine
New York University/NYVA Medical Center
Residency:
July 1986 – June 1988
Internal Medicine
New York University/NYVA Medical Center
Current Academic Position:
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine - Farmington, CT
July 1991 – Present
Attending Physician
Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT
ONGOING RESEARCH
The Role of nonenteric coated pancreatioc enzymes in the prevention of post ERCP induced pancreatitis.
PUBLICATION
BUTENSKY MS, Berkowitz KA, Smith RL: The effects of large volume paracentesis on pulmonary function.
American Journal Gastroenterology 86:1324, 1991
BUTENSKY MS, Falkenstein DB: Gastrocolic fistula complicating a benign gastric ulcer.
New York Journal of Medicine 92:6970, 1992
Berkowitz KA, BUTENSKY MS, Smith RL: Pulmonary functions after large volume paracentesis.
American Journal Gastroenterology, 88: 905-907, 1993
Hoffman HS, BUTENSKY MS:
Severe diarrhea with Ticlid therapy,
Connecticut Medicine 58:251, 1997
BUTENSKY MS, Long term stenting for choledocholithiasis,
Connecticut Medicine 64:413-414, 2000
Hammami FM, BUTENSKY MS, Daoud IM, Intracorporeal electrohydraulic Lithotripsy in gallstone ileus.
Connecticut Medicine 65:77-80, 2001