Overview
Kristina R. Chacko, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. She joined the Einstein-Montefiore Liver Center in 2013 after completing a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. She received her bachelor of arts in philosophy at Boston College and attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She completed her internal medicine residency at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and gastroenterology fellowship at New York University. Her clinical and research interests include the diagnosis and management of alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver diseases, and liver transplantation. As the program director of the ACGME-accredited transplant hepatology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, she is directly involved in the development and execution of the hepatology curriculum for gastroenterology and hepatology fellows.
Dr. Chacko is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
111 East 210th Street, Rosenthal 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY 10467
2 Crosfield Avenue, Suite 202, West Nyack, NY 10994
555 Taxter Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
1250 Waters Place- Tower II, 11th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461
1250 Waters Place- Tower II, 11th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Chacko has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Montefiore Medical Center
Hatef Massoumi is a Transplant Surgeon in Bronx, New York. Dr. Massoumi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Enlarged Liver, Thrombectomy, and Liver Transplant.
Montefiore Medical Center
John F. Reinus, MD, is Emeritus Medical Director, Liver Transplantation and Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His work centers on liver transplantation, end-stage liver disease and viral hepatitis. Dr. Reinus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, and Liver Transplant.
New York University
Samuel Sigal, MD, is Clinical Director, Hepatology and Professor, Clinical Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. A key member of the Liver Transplant Program at Montefiore Einstein, Dr. Sigal is a Transplant Hepatologist specializing in all areas of liver disease, including acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and its complications. Dr. Sigal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatorenal Syndrome, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, and Liver Embolization.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- HepatitisDr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Hepatitis ADr. Chacko isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis A.
- Advanced
- AscitesDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Ascites.
- CirrhosisDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- JaundiceDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Jaundice.
- MacroamylasemiaDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Macroamylasemia.
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseDr. Chacko isAdvanced. Learn about Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
- Experienced
- Congenital Hepatic FibrosisDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis.
- Hepatitis BDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis B.
- Intrahepatic Cholestasis of PregnancyDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy.
- Liver CancerDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Liver Cancer.
- Liver FailureDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Liver TransplantDr. Chacko isExperienced. Learn about Liver Transplant.