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 Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

Hilary Hertan is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Hertan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Gastritis, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

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 Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, and Liver Transplant.

Hatef Massoumi is a Transplant Surgeon in Bronx, New York. Dr. Massoumi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Enlarged Liver, Thrombectomy, and Liver Transplant.

Lawrence Brandt is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Brandt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Pseudomembranous Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Viral Gastroenteritis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Robert Berkenblit, MD, FACR, is Associate Medical Director at the Montefiore Imaging Center and Associate Professor of Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team in 1996, his clinical interests include utilizing CT scans, ultrasound, and MRIs to evaluate the abdomen and pelvis, particularly the genitourinary system and the adrenal glands. He also has a special interest in utilizing an open MRI system to evaluate the abdomen and pelvis. Dr. Berkenblit is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Chronic Cough, and Ureterocele.

Marjorie Werner Stein, MD, has been an attending in ultrasound and body imaging at Montefiore/ Weiler Hospital since 1991. She is an alumna of Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she finished medical school and completed her residency in diagnostic radiology. She also holds a fellowship in body imaging at North Shore University Hospital and is a fellow of the American College of Radiology. Dr. Stein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Ureterocele, Ascites, Boils, and Splenomegaly.

Mordecai Koenigsberg, MD, is Director of Ultrasound and Director Emeritus of the Diagnostic Residency Program at Montefiore. He is also a Professor of Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Koenigsberg’s clinical focus is on ultrasound applications in diagnostic imaging. Dr. Koenigsberg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Ureterocele, Visceromegaly, Scrotal Swelling, and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Shabnam A. Fidvi, MD, is an Attending Physician at Advanced Imaging at Montefiore Medical Park and Associate Professor of Radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, her clinical focus has been abdominal imaging, including computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound modalities, and CT oncologic imaging, with a special interest in colorectal and pancreatic malignancies. Dr. Fidvi completed her medical school training at the University of Mumbai. She began her postgraduate training in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Mumbai, B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital. Following this, she completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the New York Medical College, becoming Chief Resident in 2002. Dr. Fidvi went on to pursue a fellowship in Cross-Sectional Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Fidvi?s research focus on oncologic imaging expands from her clinical practice. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed articles. She is active in teaching medical students and radiology residents and is a participant at weekly Tumor Board Conferences at Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center. Dr. Fidvi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Ureterocele, and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3.

Pushpinder Singh is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Mount Vernon, New York. Dr. Singh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), COVID-19, Anemia, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Isadore Gutwein is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Gutwein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hemorrhoids, Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome, Diarrhea, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Weber graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and finished her residency in Radiology at the Long Island Jewish/North Shore University Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident. She received fellowship training in Breast and Body Imaging at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and she is board-certified in Radiology. Dr. Weber is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Cough, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Visceromegaly, and Emphysema.

Dr. Ari Bunim received his Medical Degree from New York University Medical School, and completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained Fellowships in Gastroenterology, and Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Bunim is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC), Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.

Laura J. Hodges, MD, is Attending Physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her practice specialty is breast imaging and interventional radiology, with a clinical focus on women’s interventional procedures, specifically uterine artery embolization for fibroid disease. Dr. Hodges is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, and Ascites.

Jonathan M. Schwartz is a board Certified Transplant Hepatologist.  He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine. He was an Internal Medicine Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Fellow in Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology at the University of Washington in Seattle.  He returned to New York in 2011 from Portland, Oregon where he served as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Dr. Schwartz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Reynolds Syndrome, and Budd-Chiari Syndrome.

Clara Y. Tow, MD, is Clinical Site Director, Hepatology, Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Fellowship Program, Co-Course Director, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Systems Course and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Tow specializes in the treatment of complications of advanced liver diseases, liver cancer and liver transplant. She believes every patient is an integral part of the Montefiore Einstein family and that patient knowledge is power. Her goal is to provide patients and their families with the best medical care embedded in kindness, dignity and respect. Dr. Tow is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, and Liver Transplant.

Jean Emond is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Emond is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Liver Failure, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.

Robert Brown is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in New York, New York. Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

Sanjaya Satapathy is a Hepatologist and a Transplant Surgeon in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Satapathy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Brett Fortune is a Hepatologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Fortune is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Portal Hypertension, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.