Current Faculty

Hepatologists

Danielle Brandman, MD, MAS
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center

Robert S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH
Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Anthony Choi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Lorna M. Dove, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Enterprise Medical Director of Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Alyson Fox, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Arun Jesudian, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of Inpatient Hepatology
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Catherine Lucero, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Meaghan Phipps, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Russell Rosenblatt, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Stephanie Rutledge, MB BCh BAO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Emily Schonfeld, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Rajani Sharma, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Avesh Thuluvath, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Elizabeth C. Verna, MD, MS
Frank Cardile Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research, Transplant Clinic Research Center
Director of Hepatology Research
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Julia Wattacheril, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Program
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Surgeons

Dustin Joseph Carpenter, MD, MPH  
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Jean C. Emond, MD
Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair and Director of Transplantation, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Program Director, Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Jason Hawksworth, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation
Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Director of Robotic Liver Surgery Program, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Tomoaki Kato, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
Executive Director of the Columbia Transplant Initiative
Clinical Director of Transplant Services at NYP/CUIMC
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Peter Liou, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Juan Rocca, MD, MHA
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Surgical Director Liver Cancer Program
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Benjamin Samstein, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Liver Transplantation
Surgical Director Living Donor Program, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Weill Cornell Medical Center