Dr. Akiyama is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinician-Investigator in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. In addition to providing care and treatment to people living with HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and substance use disorders, Dr. Akiyama conducts research focusing on HCV among socioeconomically marginalized populations with particular emphasis on the intersection of HCV in the criminal legal system and sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Akiyama is the recipient of a K99/R00 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop and test an innovative strategy to improve linkage to and retention in HCV treatment among individuals recently released from jail. He is also the recipient of an Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse focused on HCV Transmission Networks Among People Who Inject Drugs. Dr. Akiyama is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Elizabeth Verna is a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Verna is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Colonoscopy.

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 Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC), Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.

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

Douglas Dieterich is a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Dieterich is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Cirrhosis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Liver Transplant.

Dr. Engelhardt received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and he has been committed to providing exceptional healthcare to Westchester residents for 15 years. Dr. Engelhardt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

Paola Greiger is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Mount Vernon, New York. Dr. Greiger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and AIDS Dementia Complex.

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

John Reinus is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Reinus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, and Liver Transplant.

Srinivasa Adapa is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Bronx, New York. Dr. Adapa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, and Obesity in Children.

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 Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Liver Failure, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.

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 Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Hillel Tobias is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Transplant Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Tobias is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, 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 Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

Carol Elrington, MBBS, is Medical Director, Internal Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Elrington is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypertensive Heart Disease, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Familial Hypertension.

Jonathan Schwartz is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Schwartz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Reynolds Syndrome, and Budd-Chiari Syndrome.

Clara Tow is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Tow is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, and Liver Transplant.

Francis Weiner is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Weiner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, Enlarged Liver, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Uriel Felsen is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Felsen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, AIDS Dementia Complex, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.

Kathryn Anastos, MD is a physician executive, clinician and medical researcher who for more than 20 years has provided both clinical care and operational and clinical leadership in the South Bronx.  She has extensive experience in innovative development of large programs designed to increase access to high quality, culturally sensitive care by poor communities of color, while meeting both a clinical and financial bottom line. She has served as executive director of several large systems of ambulatory care in the Bronx, and has provided leadership during design, construction and opening of new primary care clinics.  Clinically Dr. Anastos trained and actively practices as a primary care internist with expertise in the comprehensive care of HIV infected individuals and HIV infection in women. Dr. Anastos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Atherosclerosis, Sepsis, Menopause, and Endoscopy.