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Rajani Sharma, MD
Call 212-305-0914 for appointments.

About Rajani Sharma, MD:

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Dr. Rajani Sharma earned her AB at Princeton University prior to attending Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she received a resident teaching award. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship and transplant hepatology fellowship also at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center. During her gastroenterology fellowship, she earned a Masters in Patient Oriented Research at the Mailman School of Public Health.

Dr. Sharma strives to provide empathetic and thoughtful care that focuses on the specific needs of each of her patients. Her clinical practice is focused on the management of all types of liver disease. In addition, Dr. Sharma has specialized training in managing complications of end-stage liver disease and caring for patients before and after liver transplantation.

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Expertise:

Cirrhosis
Complication of Liver Disease
Gastroenterology
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Liver Disease
Liver Transplant
Liver Transplant Evaluation
Portal Hypertension
Transplant Hepatology

Honors:

2019 Transplant Forum Travel Scholar Award

2019 American Society of Transplantation, Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice Travel Grant for Best Trainee Research Project, American Transplant Congress Conference

2019 Best Trainee Research Award, Young Investigators Forum, Controversies in Liver Transplantation Annual Conference

2017 NIH T32 Training Grant Fund Recipient, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, PI: Dr. Timothy Wang, MD

2017 Tuition Scholarship for MS in Patient Oriented Research, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

2016 Senior Resident Teaching Award, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine

2013 Highest Academic Achievement Award, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

2013 Diane Barton, MD Endowed Scholarship, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the NJ Health Fund

Interests:

Autoimmune hepatitis
Clinical outcomes of chronic liver disease and post liver transplant patients

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: 2013 Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: 2016 Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: 2019 Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease, Gastroenterology

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 - 136-20 38th Avenue

136-20 38th Avenue Office
Suite 8E
Flushing, NY 11354

Insurances:

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

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

Publications:

Sharma R, Axelrad JA, Laszkowska M, Packey C, Rosenberg R, Lebwohl B. Increased healthcare utilization by Medicaid patients with inflammatory bowel disease at a tertiary care?center. IBD Journal. Epub April 2019.

Laurito MP, Silva GF, Cheinquer H, Sharma R, Verna EC, Parise ER. Does insulin resistance impair the virologic response to peginterferon/ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 patients? Arquivos de Gastroenterologia. June 2018; 55 (2): 179-183.

Sharma R, Brown RS. Treatment of hepatitis C virus in advanced renal disease. Clinical Liver Disease. September 2017; 10(3): 79-81.

Sharma R, Roy A, Ramos C, Rosenberg R, Garcia-Carrasquillo R, Lebwohl B. Low adherence to national guidelines for proton pump inhibitor prescription in patients receiving combination aspirin and anticoagulation. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 2017, May; 10(5): 387-396.

Sharma R, Prudente S, Andreozzi F, Powers C, Mannino G, Bacci S, Gervino EV, Hauser TH, Succurro E, Mercuri L, Goheen EH, Shah H, Trischitta V, Sesti G, Doria A. The type 2 diabetes and insulin-resistance locus near IRS1 is a determinant of HDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels among diabetic subjects. Atherosclerosis. 2011, May; 216(1): 157-160.