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).

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.

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.

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 Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Visceromegaly, 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.

Ira Jacobson is a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Jacobson has been practicing medicine for over 47 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

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.

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.

Jonathan Shuter is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Shuter 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.

Jeffrey M. Weiss, MD, is Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Weiss has a long and distinguished career as a senior physician leader at Montefiore Einstein, and in his current role, drives the advancement of clinical performance excellence at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Weiss is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Mosaicism, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and Cerebral Hypoxia.

Julian A. Torres lsasiga, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Torres’s clinical focus centers on general infectious disease care, HIV prevention and care, sexually transmitted infections and medical education. Dr. Torres is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Myelitis, and AIDS Dementia Complex.

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.

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.

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.

Norbert Brau is an Infectious Disease provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Brau is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and Long Haul COVID.

Kohtaro Ooka, MD, is an attending physician in Gastroenterology. His clinical focus is advanced endoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), pancreaticobiliary diseases and third space endoscopy. Dr. Ooka is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Acute Pancreatitis, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Hepatitis C, and Endoscopy.

Maria Gbur is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Gbur is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Obesity, and Hypertension.

Bindu Balani is an Infectious Disease provider in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Balani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, Osteomyelitis, and Hepatitis B.

Thomas Schiano is a Hepatologist in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Dr. Schiano is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Splenectomy.

David Stein is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Stein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis C. His top areas of expertise are Heartburn, Gas Bloat Syndrome, Bacterial Gastroenteritis, Indigestion, and Gastrostomy.