Dr. Sanjaya K. Satapathy is the medical director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at the Northwell Transplant Institute, program director of Northwell's Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, and professor of medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.His path to medicine began in India, where he was inspired by his father an engineer with a passion for homeopathy to pursue a career in healthcare. He earned his medical degree from Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, followed by fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology in the early 2000s. During that time, he witnessed the profound need for liver transplantation in India, where access remained scarce.While presenting his research at a conference in the United States, Dr. Satapathy was drawn to the opportunities and possibilities for advancing transplantation in America. He decided to continue his career in the United States, completing additional residency and fellowship training before serving as a transplant hepatologist in Memphis. In 2019, he was recruited to Northwell.It was a dream to begin from zero and build a transplant program that could be a model not just for the area or the state, but for the country, says Dr. Satapathy. Within only a few years, we've been able to achieve that goal, because Northwell has all the elements and resources to be one of the best programs in the nation. The expertise we have is unparalleled, with a collaborative team that encompasses all levels of care.The program was founded just in time for a huge surge in demand for liver transplants in the area, he adds. Liver disease and other liver issues are on the rise, making the need for an extensive program crucial for those in the New York region. Part of the program's strength is innovation. For example, Northwell is utilizing an approach that allows donated organs to be safely preserved for a longer period of time, which means needed organs can travel longer distances even from as far away as Hawaii. Northwell is also running several clinical trials on transplant medications and operates a robust transplant hepatology fellowship program to train the next generation of doctors a program Dr. Satapathy launched.I'm passionate about this work, and particularly about my patients, he says. I see every patient as my family, and my focus is on what I can do next to help them. Dr. Satapathy is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Meena Bansal is a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Bansal is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Her top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

Danielle Brandman is a Hepatologist in New York, New York. Dr. Brandman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Her top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Acute Pancreatitis, Hepatitis C, and Endoscopy.

Hilary Hertan is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Hertan has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Gastritis, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Daniel Shervin Behin, MD, is Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Medical Director, Advanced Endoscopy Center at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is in general gastroenterology which includes colon cancer screening and prevention, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, colon polyps and irritable bowel syndrome. . His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Cronkhite-Canada Disease, Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Martin Grajower is an Endocrinologist in Riverdale, New York. Dr. Grajower is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Fractured Spine, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.

Ian Harnik is a Gastroenterologist in Riverdale, New York. Dr. Harnik is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome, Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Cronkhite-Canada Disease, Thrombectomy, and Gastrectomy.

Lawrence Brandt is a Gastroenterologist in Bronx, New York. His top areas of expertise are Pseudomembranous Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Viral Gastroenteritis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Martin I. Surks, MD, MACP, is an attending physician, Professor, Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Program Director Emeritus, Endocrines Clinic (1976-2018) at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Surks’ clinical practice focuses on disorders of the thyroid gland and other disorders of general endocrinology such as diseases of the pituitary, parathyroid glands, gonads and adrenal glands, and metabolic bone disease. . His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, and Thyroidectomy.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, and Liver Transplant.

Dr. Viswanathan received her Medical training at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, India. She then completed her Pediatric Residency at Miami Children?s Hospital and her fellowship at The Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She has presented her research at national meetings and has received the Best Research Award at Pediatric Research Day Children?s Hospital at Montefiore 2011. Dr. Viswanathan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Her top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), and Colonoscopy.

Lisa Underland is a Pediatric Endocrinologist and an Endocrinologist in Bronx, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Neonatal Hypothyroidism, Congenital Hypothyroidism, and Menopause.

Tamar G. Baer, MD, is Director, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Fellowship Program at Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is in pediatric endocrinology, differences in sexual development, and diabetes. . Her top areas of expertise are Sheehan Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Mosaicism, and Stork Bite.

Debra H. Pan, MD, MS, is an Attending Physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on pediatric gastrointestinal and liver conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, acid reflux, Helicobacter pylori gastritis, tube feeding, endoscopy, cholestasis, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, and liver transplant. A graduate from Soochow University School of Medicine in China in 1983, Dr. Pan received her Master of Science in Cardiac Electrophysiology from the same institute in 1989. From 1991 to 2000, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology at Michigan State University for 2 years and then continued gastrointestinal research at Columbia University. She completed her Pediatric residency at Long Island College Hospital in 2003, and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 2005. . Her top areas of expertise are Jaundice, Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

Dr. Regelmann is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She formerly held the same position at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she established herself for clinical excellence, being named a New York Rising Stars Super Doctor and Castle Connolly Top Doctor. . Her top areas of expertise are Addison's Disease, Precocious Puberty, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Congenital Hyperinsulinism, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Laurie E. Cohen, MD, is Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes and Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. An expert in growth disorders and short stature in children, Dr. Cohen also specializes in endocrine issues experienced by childhood cancer survivors, such as growth hormone deficiency and decreased fertility. . Her top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS), Short Stature (Growth Disorders), Sheehan Syndrome, Hypogonadism, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Charlotte W. Chen, DO, is an attending physician, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Chen’s clinical focus is in improving biomedical and psychosocial outcomes in youth with chronic endocrinopathies. . Her top areas of expertise are Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

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 Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Boils, and Chronic Cough.

Dr. Sammy Ho is a board certified Gastroenterologist. He completed his general Gastroenterology fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital, and went on to pursue an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Duke University. Dr. Ho is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). His top areas of expertise are Choledocholithiasis, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Jaundice, Endoscopy, and Lithotripsy.