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Alyson N Fox, MD
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant Program

Call (212) 305-0914 for appointments.
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About Alyson N Fox, MD:

Dr. Alyson Fox earned her BA in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University prior to attending the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she served as assistant chief resident. She completed her Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she completed a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology and served as chief fellow. She completed her advanced fellowship training in Advanced Transplant Hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco and was named clinical fellow of the year by the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Fox's clinical practice is focused on the management of patients with a variety of liver diseases including viral hepatitis, alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, inherited and autoimmune liver diseases and liver cancers. As a transplant hepatologist, she has advanced training in the management of the complications of end stage liver disease and caring for patients both pre- and post- liver transplantation.

As the medical director of the adult transplant program, she oversees the program operations, protocols, outcomes and initiatives. When she is not caring for patients, she is active as a course director and educator at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Expertise:

Autoimmune Liver Disease
Cirrhosis
Complication of Liver Disease
Gastroenterology
Hepatitis
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Inherited Liver Disease
Liver Disease
Liver Transplant
Liver Transplant Evaluation
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Transplantation
Portal Hypertension
Transplant Hepatology

Interests:

The Impact of the MELD Score at the Time of Listing for Liver Transplantation
Living donor liver transplant
Post transplant hepatitis B management
Long term outcomes of transplant recipients
Medical Education

Languages:

English

Appointments:

Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Education:

2004 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
BA, 2000 The Johns Hopkins University
M.D., 2004 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
B.A., 2000 The Johns Hopkins University
Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Internship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: 2007 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: 2010 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Gastroenterology
Fellowship: 2011 University of California, San-Francisco, Transplant Hepatology

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 305-0914

Other Locations:

ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown

51 West 51st Street
Suite 380
New York, NY 10019

ColumbiaDoctors - 300 Frank Burr Blvd

300 Frank W Burr Blvd
Suite 130
Teaneck, NJ 07666

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [PPO, Student Health, NY Signature, Aetna Signature Administrators, NYP Employee Plan]
Affinity Health Plan [Medicaid Managed Care]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
CIGNA [Medicare Managed Care, Great West (National), PPO, HMO, POS, EPO, EPO, EPO]
Capital District Physician Health Plan (CDPHP) [HMO, EPO, PPO, Medicaid Managed Care]
Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/HIP [Medicaid Managed Care, PPO, Select Care (Exchange), ConnectiCare, Essential Plan, Vytra, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, POS, EPO, ConnectiCare, HMO]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
Fidelis Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Medicare Managed Care]
Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield [HMO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, EPO - New Jersey Services]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
QualCare [PPO - New Jersey Services, POS - New Jersey Services, HMO - New Jersey Services, PPO - New Jersey Services]
Quality Health Management [Quality Health Management]
RiverSpring [Special Needs]
TRICARE [TRICARE, TRICARE]
UnitedHealthcare [Medicaid (Community Plan), Empire Plan, PPO, HMO, POS, Compass (Exchange), Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, POS, POS]
VNSNY CHOICE [Special Needs, SelectHealth]
WellCare [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care), Medicare Managed Care, New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Fox AN, Liapakis A, Batra R, Bittermann T, Emamaullee J, Emre S, Genyk Y, Han H, Jackson W, Pomfret E, Raza M, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Rubman Gold S, Samstein B, Shenoy A, Taner T, Roberts JP; North American Living Liver Donor Innovations Group (NALLDIG). The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance.Hepatology. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.1002/hep.32260. Online ahead of print.

Rosenblatt R, Wahid N, Halazun KJ, Kaplan A, Jesudian A, Lucero C, Lee J, Dove L, Fox A, Verna E, Samstein B, Fortune BE, Brown RS Jr. Black Patients Have Unequal Access to Listing for Liver Transplantation in the United States. Hepatology. 2021 Mar 29. doi: 10.1002/hep.31837. Online ahead of print.

Pereira MR, Aversa MM, Farr MA, Miko BA, Aaron JG, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Husain SA, Ratner LE, Arcasoy S, Uriel N, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Tsapepas DS, Emond JC, Verna EC. Tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a matched cohort study. Am J Transplant. 2020 Nov;20(11):3198-3205.

Phipps MM, Barraza LH, LaSota ED, Sobieszczyk ME, Pereira MR, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Zucker J, Verna EC. Acute Liver Injury in COVID-19: Prevalence and Association with Clinical Outcomes in a Large US Cohort.Hepatology. 2020 May 30.

Lawrence ZE, Martinez M, Lobritto S, Chen J, Breslin N, Fox A, Vittorio J. Adherence, Medical Outcomes, and Health Care Costs in Adolescents/Young Adults Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Nov.

Al-Obaid LN, Bazarbashi AN, Cohen ME, Kim J, Lei Y, Axelrad JE, Fox A, Chandra S, GordonFD. Enteric tube placement in patients with esophageal varices: Risks and predictors of postinsertion gastrointestinal bleeding.JGH Open. 2019 Sep 10;4(2):256-259.

Kawut SM, Ellenberg SS, Kowka MJ, Goldberg D, Vargas H, Koch D, Sharkowski T, Al-Naamani, Fox A, Brown R, Levitsky J. Oh JK, Lin G, Song N, Mottram C, Doyle MF, Kaplan DE, Gupta S, Fallon MB. Sorafenib in Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (SHPS): A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Liver Transpl. 2019 Aug;25(8):1155-1164

Przybyszewski EM, Verna EC, Lobritto SJ, Martinez M, Vittorio JM, Fox AN, Samstein B, KatoT, Griesemer AD, Emond JC. Durable Clinical and ImmunolgicAdvantage of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Children. Transplantation 2018 June;102(6):953-60

Dew MA, Butt Z, Liu Q, Simpson MA, Zee J, Ladner DP, Holtzman S, Smith AR, Pomfret EA, Merion RM, Gillespie BW, Sherker AH, Fisher RA, Olthoff KM, BurtonJR Jr, Terrault NA, Fox AN, DiMartini AF. Prevalence and Predictors of Patient-Reported Long-Term Mental and Physical Health After Donation in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL).Transplantation. 2017 Sep 6.

Samstein B, Griesemer A, Cherqui D, Mansour T, Pisa J, Yegiants A, Fox AN, Guarrera JV, Kato T, Halazun KJ, Emond J. Fully laparoscopic left-sided donor hepatectomy is safe and associated with shorter hospital stay and earlier return to work: A comparative study. Liver Transpl. 2015 Jun; 21(6):768-73

Verna EC, Shetty K, Lukose T, Terry N, Mentore K, Olsen SK, Fox AN, Dove LM, Brown RS. High post-transplant virological response in hepatitis C virus infected patients treated with pretransplant protease inhibitor-based triple therapy.Liver Int. 2015 Feb; 35(2):510-517

Kluger MD, Halazun KJ, Barroso RT, Fox AN, Olsen SK, Madoff DC, Siegel AB, Weintraub JL, Sussman J, Brown RS Jr, Cherqui D, Emond JC. Bland embolization versus chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma before transplantation.Liver Transpl. 2014 May;20(5):536-43

Lee SY, Mooney MA, Inra ML, Juluru K, Fox AN, Olsen SK, Brown RS Jr, Emond JC, Cherqui D, Kluger M. Exposure to ionizing radiation during liver transplantation evaluation, waitlist time, and post-operative period: A cause for concern. Hepatology. 2014 Feb; 59(2): 496-504

Cascino MD, McNabb B, Gardner DG, Woeber KA, Fox AN, Wang B, Fix OK. Acute Liver Failure with Thyrotoxicosis treated with liver transplantation. Endocr Prac, 2013 May-Jun; 19(3):357-60

Fox AN, Schilsky M. Once Daily Trientine for Maintenance Therapy of Wilson Disease. American Journal of Gastroenterology. Feb 2008;103(2):494-5.