Gastro-Intestinal Cancer. Dr. Kaubisch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), and Ampullary Cancer.

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

Gadi Lalazar is a Gastroenterologist and a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Lalazar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), and Liver Cancer.

Ghassan Abou-Alfa is an Oncologist in New York, New York. Dr. Abou-Alfa is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Embolization, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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 Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Reynolds Syndrome, and Budd-Chiari Syndrome.

Justin Tang is a Radiation Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Tang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, and Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer).

Rafi Kabarriti, MD, is a cum laude graduate of Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and economics. Dr. Kabarriti is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Anal Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, and Cervical Cancer.

Sarah Bellemare, MD, FRCS, is an attending physician in surgery and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Montefiore-Einstein. She leads the pancreas cancer tumor board at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and is the UNOS Surgical Director of both the Live Donor Liver Transplant and Pediatric Liver Transplant Programs at Montefiore-Einstein. A recognized master surgeon, Dr. Bellemare’s clinical focus is on complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer vascular reconstruction. She is also skilled in minimally invasive cancer surgery and is a core member of the multidisciplinary liver and pancreas cancer teams. Dr. Bellemare is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatectomy, and Liver Transplant.

Milan Kinkhabwala, MD, FACS, is Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery and Professor of Surgery and Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. He is also Director, Hepatobiliary Cancer at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and Director, Abdominal Transplantation at Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. He joined the Montefiore team in 2007 to help build the Transplant Center of Excellence, which included the development of a new liver disease program in adults and children. Dr. Kinkhabwala is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Cancer, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.

Zina Ricci, MD, FACR, is an attending radiologist and Associate Professor, Radiology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Ricci’s clinical focus is in abdominal radiology with expertise in interpretation of abdominopelvic computerized tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound. She also has expertise in gastrointestinal (GI) radiology, providing interpretation of GI fluoroscopic exams and CT colonography, and in pelvic women's imaging including hysterosalpingography. Dr. Ricci is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Splenic Neoplasm, Gas Bloat Syndrome, and Splenomegaly.

Jacob Cynamon, MD, is Director of the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Director of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship and the Interventional Radiology Residency Program at Montefiore. He is also a Professor of Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Cynamon’s clinical focus is in interventional oncology, TIPS, uterine fibroid management, and management of BPH, venous disease and peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Cynamon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Uterine Fibroids, Liver Embolization, and Gastrostomy.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Chronic Cough, and Ureterocele.

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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

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 Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

William Bodner is a Radiation Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Bodner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Anal Cancer, and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.

Nitin Ohri, MD, MS, is Professor, Radiation Oncology at Montefiore Einstein. He is a radiation oncologist with a clinical focus on treating lung and gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Ohri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, and Prostatectomy.

Keyur Mehta is a Radiation Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Mehta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix, and Vulvar Cancer.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, and Liver Transplant.

Bahar Laderian, MD, is Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumors Program at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Laderian’s clinical focus is on the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoid), adrenocortical carcinoma and carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, paragangliomas, and gastrointestinal cancers including anal cancers, colorectal cancers, cancer of the appendix, intestinal cancers, anal cancers, pancreatic cancers, hepatocellular carcinomas, cholangiocarcinomas and gastroesophageal cancers. Dr. Laderian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Glomus Tympanum Tumor, Glomus Jugulare Tumor, Lynch Syndrome, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

Dr. Rasim Gucalp’s research interests include novel therapies in lung cancer as well as supportive care in cancer patients. He is actively involved in the multidisciplinary care of patients with lung cancer and central nervous system tumors. He is a member of several Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine committees including the institutional tumor board, faculty senate, Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, and COGME. Dr. Gucalp is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), and EGFR Positive Lung Cancer.