A nationally recognized hepatobiliary and abdominal organ transplant surgeon, Nabil Dagher, MD recently joined Northwell Health as Vice President and Director of the Transplant Center, Co-Director of the newly established Northwell Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation that will serve as a system-wide center of excellence for liver disease and transplantation, and Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program. Dr. Dagher most recently led NYU Langone’s abdominal transplant surgery program and was surgical director of its liver transplant program. Prior to joining the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, Dr. Dagher spent eight years at Johns Hopkins Hospital, first as a fellow and later as director of its living donor liver and kidney transplant programs.Â
Dr. Dagher has vast experience in the field of liver transplantation and has developed extensive expertise in living donor liver transplantation for both adults and children. A leader who believes strongly in the importance of multidisciplinary care and close collaboration between medical and surgical colleagues, he has spearheaded tremendous growth and excellent outcomes in regional abdominal transplant programs. He is active in several national and international transplant societies and maintains close ties with the local transplant community.
Chief, Division of Hepatology
Department of Medicine, NSUH, LIJMC, & LHH
Co-Director, Northwell Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Northwell Transplant Institute
Associate Professor, Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine
Dr. Sanjaya Satapathy is a Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, and Associate Chief of Hepatology and serves as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the Northwell Health Center for Liver Diseases & Transplantation as well as the Program Director of Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Northshore University Hospital/Northwell Health.
Dr. Satapathy’s expertise lies in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, with a specific focus on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatitis C, post-transplant outcomes, NASH-related complications, and sarcopenia. He is also a skilled advanced endoscopist proficient in techniques such as EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) and ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). With an impressive publication record of over 180 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals, Dr. Satapathy’s contributions to the scientific community have garnered significant recognition. He holds an h-Index of 40, and his work has accumulated over 7000 citations. Dr. Satapathy is triple board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine having trained in Internal Medicine from New York Medical College, Gastroenterology from North Shore-LIJ Hospital, and Transplant Hepatology from Mount Sinai Hospital. He also completed his MD in Internal Medicine from VSS Medical College, Burla, and a DM in Gastroenterology from GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi before his training in the USA.
In addition to his medical qualifications, Dr. Satapathy holds a Master’s in Epidemiology and Clinical Investigation from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, showcasing his dedication to research and evidence-based medicine. He has received numerous industry-sponsored clinical research grants, including grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Satapathy is recognized as a Fellow of several prestigious professional associations, including the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE), American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF), and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (FAASLD). His leadership roles within these organizations demonstrate his commitment to advancing the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.
Currently, Dr. Satapathy serves as the Editor in Chief for Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical and Transplant Hepatology, and on the International Advisory Board for the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, Associate Editor of Hepatitis B Annual, and Chair of the Education Subcommittee for the Clinical Practice Special Interest Group of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Recognized for his outstanding contributions, Dr. Satapathy was named a finalist for the Truly Rising Star Award sponsored by Northwell Health in 2021, and a finalist for the current year 2024 in the Truly Mentorship Award section. He has also been honored as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2021, 2022, and 2023, further exemplifying his reputation as an accomplished medical professional.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Department of Surgery,
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Surgical Director,
Liver Transplantation,
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Amit Mathur is a Professor of Surgery and Consultant in the Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He serves as the Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and as Enterprise Director for Transplant Quality and Compliance, and an Associate Medical Director for Contracting and Payer Relations (Transplant) at Mayo Clinic.
His clinical interests are in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, and utilization of extended criteria donor organs. His academic interests focus on clinical outcomes and health care utilization after transplantation, organ perfusion, barriers in access to transplantation, transplant quality and finance.
Dr. Mathur is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has served in leadership of several professional organizations and research studies, and has received several honors related to his scholarly work and service to the field, including the 2022 American Society of Transplant Surgeons Rising Star in Transplantation Award. Dr. Mathur has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, books, and other publications related to his expertise.
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Dr. Mathur attended the University of Florida where he earned a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with high honors. He received his MD degree with Honors in Research from the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed his general surgical training and served as Administrative Chief Resident at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During that period, he completed a two-year Health Services Research Fellowship focused on Transplantation at the University of Michigan and earned a MS degree in Health and Healthcare Research. He was a visiting scholar with the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Multi-organ Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor.
He is a member of several professional societies including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Surgeons, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Association of Academic Surgery, Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, and the International Liver Transplantation Society.
I am a fellowship trained Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon with clinical expertise in complex oncologic surgery with a niche focus on Robotic gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries. I completed my surgical residency from Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell Health in NY followed by my fellowship training in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery from Providence Hospitals, in Michigan. After my initial experience at Meharry Medical College in Nashville as a a surgical oncologist, where I served on the Clinical Trials Committee and Cancer Committee, I was recruited back at Northwell Health as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology.
Since my appointment, I have focused my clinical practice towards caring for patients with complex gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic malignancies and have expanded my expertise in complex robotic surgeries. I am an active member of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and serve as Director of Surgical Oncology at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital/ Northwell Health developing the surgical oncology service and help build the cancer program in Queens in collaboration with medical oncology and radiation oncology. I serve as the Chairman for the multidisciplinary tumor board conferences including the commencement of GI- Surgery Collaborative Conference. I have been instrumental in building a multidisciplinary clinic for patients with gastrointestinal cancers in the Rego Park Cancer Center, an affiliate of Northwell Health Cancer Institute.
My interest is on Complex Robotic Gi Surgery and now have focused my clinical practice geared towards robotic complex GI and Liver and Pancreatic Surgery. To further complement my interests, I was the Director and Strategic organizer for our Inaugural Annual Complex GI Robotic Surgery Symposium held at TWA Hotel in New York during April 2023.
I have been an active member of prominent surgical societies and serve as a committee member for Society of Surgical Oncology- Research Committee and Surveys Sub-Committee, Americas HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association- Conflict of Interest Committee and ALLIANCE- Health Disparities Committee. I serve as a faculty member for the General Surgery Residency program and the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program at my institution. I have now completed my MBA in Strategic Health Care Management from Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and inducted to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society in 2023.
Asma Arroon, LMSW
Transplant Social Worker
Northwell Transplant Institute
Northwell Health
Asma Arroon is a Licensed Master Social Worker with Northwell Transplant Institute, working primarily with recipient kidney and liver transplant patients. Asma graduated from New York University with a Master of Social Work. She is also an alumna of The University at Albany where she graduated with both a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor focus in Education and with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work.
Asma interned as a graduate student with the Palliative Care Team at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. After passing the Association of Social Work Boards Examination, Asma joined the Department of Social Work Services and Care Coordination at North Shore University Hospital as an inpatient social worker before transitioning into her current role with Northwell Transplant Institute.
Asma participated in research with The Department of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, on the inpatient dementia population at North Shore University Hospital. She has co-authored publications related to this research in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Sage Publishing, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine.
In 2023, Asma completed a mission with Northwell Center for Global Health to provide Psychological First Aid to the victims, their families and students of a dormitory fire that occurred in the interior of Guyana, South America. The opportunity to provide care and support after this tragedy to the people of Mahdia and its surrounding villages was a meaningful experience for Asma not only professionally as a social worker, but personally as Guyana is the home country of Asma’s parents and family.
Dr Esther Benamu graduated from the University of Barcelona Medical School in Spain. She completed her residency at Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a general Infectious Diseases (ID) fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital. She pursued additional training at Stanford University and completed a fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases, specializing in the care of immunocompromised hosts. Dr Benamu previously worked growing and leading the Transplant ID program as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado. Her research focus is on the prevention and diagnosis of infections in the immunocompromised host and donor-derived infection as well as the infectious risks associated with the use of biologics.
With more than 10 years of experience in the field, Dr Benamu has joined Northwell Health as the Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases at Northshore University Hospital. She will develop a Transplant ID focused program bringing together a specialized team to provide the best clinical care for immunosuppressed patients, solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients, while advancing the research in the field of Transplant ID.
Henry C. Bodenheimer, Jr. is Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He practices consultative Hepatology at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases in Manhasset and in his office in Woodbury, NY. Dr. Bodenheimer received his MD degree from Tufts University and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology and Liver Transplantation. He has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters. He is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, The American Gastroenterological Association, and the American College of Physicians.
Henry C. Bodenheimer, Jr., M.D.
Specialties: Gastroenterology
Liver Diseases and Transplantation
Education:
Selected Publications:
Physician, Department of Medicine
Division of Hepatology, Northwell Health Physician Partners
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine
Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgeon
Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Zucker School of Medicine
Director, Liver Multi-Disciplinary Clinic & Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Program Director, Translational Research in Surgical Oncology Associate Professor, Surgery Zucker School of Medicine.
Dr. Gholami is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Northwell Health. She also serves as the Surgical Director of the Liver Multidisciplinary Clinic, Director of the Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Program, and Director for Translational Research in Surgical Oncology at Northwell Health with a joint appointment at Coldspring Harbor Laboratory. Dr. Gholami is a board-certified surgical oncologist and surgeon-scientist with an interest in translational research focusing on the role of the tumor microenvironment in hepatobiliary malignancies. Her research laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory explores mechanisms of immune resistance in liver metastases to develop novel immune augmenting therapies and practice-changing clinical trials to improve patient outcomes with colorectal cancer liver metastases.
Elliot Ian Grodstein, MD, performs transplant and hepatobiliary surgery for children and adults. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the American Society of Transplant Surgery, Dr. Grodstein keeps a close eye to innovations in transplantation and surgery for the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
During his fellowship at University of Wisconsin at Madison, Dr. Grodstein was involved in the early trials of normothermic machine preservation of the liver, a new way of preserving livers so more are available for transplant. Today, he is involved with many organizations, like the United Network for Organ Sharing, that advocate for improvements in transplant and liver care. Some of his greatest joys include serving on patient-level advocacy groups like the Transplant Recipient International Organization, where he can hear the concerns of transplant recipients and find solutions.
Ever since he was a child, Dr. Grodstein knew he wanted to be a transplant surgeon. One day while driving to a football game, his father, a kidney specialist, called a patient who had been on dialysis for seven years. It was their turn to get a life-saving gift—a kidney transplant. By the time they reached the stadium, Dr. Grodstein realized he wanted to be a part of these special moments for the rest of his life.
Dr. Grodstein knows there is no small surgery for any patient. He treats each operation as if it were for a member of his own family—a compassionate approach to care that’s featured in the critically acclaimed Netflix docuseries Emergency NYC. And, since Dr. Grodstein is part of Northwell Health, you can expect access to an entire team of transplant and liver professionals, from radiologists to pathologists to medical doctors, who all feel the same. You may only see Dr. Grodstein—but your unique care plan has been crafted by many experts in the field of liver medicine and hepatology.
Alvin Htut MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell. He has multiple practices throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Manhasset.
Dr. Htut received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating in 2010.
He completed his internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center and Gastroenterology Fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia PA.
He completed his Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in 2017 and has been in practice since then.
Prior to joining Northwell he was Chief of Hepatology at Montefiore New Rochelle
I am an Associate Professor at the Center for Immunology and Inflammation, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. I began to gain academic and research experiences in liver injuries, especially ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, since my Master’s and Doctoral studies. My current research focuses on the role of innate immunity and inflammation in regulating surgical stress-induced organ injury and tumor development, especially in the liver. By employing cutting-edge systems immunology tools, including single-cell transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, we aim to characterize the network of various immune cell types and immune signaling pathways in the haptic immune microenvironment and tumor microenvironment for the development of new therapeutic approaches. I have been published over 65 peer-reviewed articles, with some of them in high-impact journals, such as Nature Metabolism, Journal of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Cancer Research, and Journal of Immunology. As Principal Investigator (PI), I currently lead two R01 projects generously supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) to investigate the mechanism by which pre-operative exercise therapy protects the liver from surgical stress-induced hepatic injury and cancer development.
Svetlana Inoyatova is a board-certified Physician Assistant at Northwell Health Transplant Institue. Svetlana earned her Physician Assistant degree at St. John’s university and graduated in 2003. The transplant path began with initial exposure to hepatology in an outpatient Gastroenterology office and further pursued at Mount Sinai Hospital in 2007 where she acquired great experience in management of complicated patients with end stage organ failure and transplant recipients of liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal organ transplant. In 2019, she joined Northwell Transplant Institue as a Supervisor, Advanced Clinical Providers in the inpatient setting.
I received my doctor of pharmacy from St. John’s University and completed my first year of residency training at North Shore University Hospital and a specialized second year residency in solid organ transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. I worked with pediatric and then adult kidney/pancreas transplant population for 3 years before moving back to North Shore University Hospital to help grow the transplant programs here. Currently I am the supervising pharmacist for the solid organ transplant programs at North Shore and an assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
Consultation-Liaison, Psychiatry
Northwell Transplant Institute
Northshore University Hospital
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Zucker School of Medicine
Dr. Nishi Joshi is the lead transplant psychiatrist affiliated with Northwell Health, specializing in providing comprehensive mental health support to transplant patients. Dr. Joshi completed her Consultation- Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at Zucker Hillside Hospital/Northwell Health and her residency at University of South Dakota Stanford School of Medicine, where she honed her skills in psychiatry and gained invaluable experience in psychosomatic medicine. She also serves as an assistant professor of Psychiatry at Zucker Hillside School of Medicine at Hofstra.
With a strong foundation in both psychiatric care and transplantation, Dr. Joshi is dedicated to addressing the unique psychological challenges faced by transplant recipients. She collaborates closely with multidisciplinary transplant teams to offer tailored treatment plans that encompass pre-and post-transplant psychiatric assessments, management of mood disorders, anxiety, and adjustment issues, as well as medication adherence support.
Dr. Harmit S Kalia is a Transplant Hepatologist who received medical education at the New York
College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY. He trained in Internal Medicine Residency at
UMDNJ in Newark and stayed on as a Chief Resident at the East Orange VA. He completed a
Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and a
Gastroenterology Fellowship at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. From 2009-2019,
he was at Montefiore Medical Center, caring for patients with liver disease and helping with liver
transplant outreach efforts. He was at NYU Transplant Institute for the next two years, where he
helped grow the Liver Transplant program by leading the outreach activities. In 2022, he joined
Northwell Transplant Institute as a Director for Strategic Development and Outreach to assist with
the program’s growth. His clinical interests include providing high-quality care for patients with
end-stage liver disease. He is committed to educating future healthcare professionals and raising
awareness regarding liver disease in the community. His research interests include viral hepatitis
and autoimmune hepatitis.
Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases Northwell Health Assistant Professor, Medicine Zucker School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Zucker School of Medicine
Dr. Cindy Law received her MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she also completed her internal medicine residency. She completed her gastroenterology fellowship at Rutgers RobertWoodJohnsonMedicalSchool.ShesubsequentlyreturnedtoMountSinai,whereshecompleted transplant hepatology fellowship. She is also board-certified in obesity medicine. Her clinical interests include MASLD, early detection of HCC, and management of complications of portal hypertension.
Anna Levy DO, is Medical Director of Hepatobiliary Malignancies and the Hepatic Artery Pump Infusion Program, based at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, she is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Levy s scope of clinical practice includes liver, bile duct, esophageal, gastric, colon, rectal, and anal malignancies. She focuses on providing compassionate, personalized, and evidence based multidisciplinary care. Dr. Levy earned her medical degree at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She trained in Internal Medicine at the Christiana Care Health System and completed her fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. An active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, she is fluent in Russian.
Chief, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Radiology
Zucker School of Medicine
Dr. Hatef Massoumi is a transplant hepatologist and Associate Professor of Medicine. He graduated from the Iran University of Medical Sciences. He finished his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Our Lady of Medical Center/New York Medical College, currently known as Montefiore Wakefield Division. He did a year of Transplant Hepatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. In 2007, he returned to Montefiore and was part of the team that started the Montefiore Liver Transplant Program. He stayed there for 15 years until he joined Northwell as Clinical Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Lenox Hill. His primary interest is in the care of critically ill patients with liver disease and immune-mediated liver diseases, focusing on the minority population.
Johanna Medina is a Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in Liver and Kidney Transplantation at the Northwell Transplant Center. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Pace University in 2009. She earned her Master of Science degree from Molloy College in 2021. She holds a national board certification with the American Nurses Credentialling Center (ANCC) as a Family Nurse Practitioner. As a nurse and nurse practitioner, she has over 10 years of combined transplantation experience in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She is an active member of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Long Island and the American Nurses Association.
Lopa Mishra is currently a Professor of Medicine and Merinoff Endowed Chair, Co-Director for The Institute for Bioelectronic Medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Current discoveries in Dr. Mishra’s laboratory have led to exciting new findings: Animal models with disruption of TGF-β develop fatty liver and cancers spontaneously on a regular diet reflective of current trends in cancer in the human population and it led to a patent. In addition, Animal models with disruption of TGF-β have an altered microbiome. Mishra discovered that the TGF-β pathway is the effector pathway for the human stem cell syndrome with an 800-fold risk of cancer (Beck-Wiedmann Syndrome). Her research has led to more than 374 peer review articles in Science 2003,2005, PNAS, 2008, JCI, 2013, 2016, Hepatology 2017, Gastroenterology 2018, Cell 2018, Cancer Cell 2018, Cancer Research 2020, Gastroenterology, 2018, 2020, 2021. Dr. Mishra has received many honors including American Gastroenterological Association Award for Top Women in Gastroenterology (2008); In 2016, she was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2017, she was elected to the governing board of the American Association of Liver Diseases. In 2019 she was elected as a member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and in 2020 she received the American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award (AACR).
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist,
Ambulatory Care, Hepatology
Department of Medicine
Center for Liver Diseases and
Transplantation
Northwell Health
Ngan Nguyen completed her pharmacy training in 2021 at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services. She continued her training by completing a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at North Shore University Hospital and a PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at the Centers for AIDS Research and Treatment at Northwell Health. Currently, she serves as the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for the Hepatology Service Line at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation. Her role includes serving as a liaison for medication access support and assistance with treatment optimization through collaborative practice agreements with the various hepatologists.
Northwell Transplant Institute
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine
Jennifer Onwochei, MD/MPH MS , is a graduate of St. George’s University SOM. She trained in internal medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ and completed gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Connecticut, CT and Transplant hepatology fellowship at Mount Sinai Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, NY.
Dr. Onwochei specializes in the management of advanced liver disease, pre- & post liver transplant patient. Her interests also include education, community /public health, women’s health, outreach, end-of-life issues, and furthering organ procurement. Dr. Onwochei is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Donald & Barbara Zucker school of medicine at Hofstra University. She is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology.
With 20 years of clinical expertise, Nazia Qazi, MD, FACP, FAASLD is South Shore University Hospital’s first Director of Hepatology. Dr. Qazi is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Her clinical interests include fatty liver and alcohol-related liver disease.
Prior to joining South Shore, Dr. Qazi was the Chief of Hepatology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC where she remained for nine years until joining Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health in Sioux Falls. Dr. Qazi has held academic appointments at George Washington University and Howard University in Washington, DC and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. D.r Qazi also served as the Residency Program Liaison for MedStar Georgetown University.
Throughout her career Dr. Qazi has been very active with the ACP. She chaired the District of Columbia Scientific Meeting for four years, presided over the Women in Medicine group, participated in the Governor’s Advisory Council, and was also involved in developing ACP policy. In recognition of her leadership, work towards gender equity, education and advocacy, the ACP awarded Dr. Qazi with their prestigious Leadership Award in 2015 and Laureate Award in 2017. Dr. Qazi is also a member of the AASLD’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, as well as a former member of their Public and Clinical Policy Committee, which included lobbying on Capitol Hill.
Director of Hepatology Staten Island
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine
Nitzan Roth, MD PhD joined Northwell Health in 2018 to help build the new liver transplant program at North Shore University Hospital. She is the Director of the Women’s Liver Health Program in conjunction with the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and serves as the hepatology liaison for the thoracic transplant programs at NSUH. She is an Associate Program Director for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowships based at NSUH and LIMC. Dr. Roth is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of liver diseases and in the evaluation and care of patients with advanced cirrhosis, liver cancer, or acute liver failure, both pre- and post-liver transplantation. Her special interests include prevention and multidisciplinary treatment of alcohol-associated liver diseases; evaluation and management of chronic liver disease during pregnancy and pregnancy-related liver diseases; and long-term health maintenance of liver transplant recipients.
Dr. Roth completed her undergraduate degree at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and received her MD and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Southern California. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Gastroenterology fellowship at the Los Angeles County – University of Southern California Medical Center (LAC-USC) from 2011-2017 prior to moving to New York to complete an additional Advanced and Transplant Hepatology fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical Center from 2017-2018. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST). Dr. Roth presents novel findings annually at society meetings and has published articles and book chapters on topics including alcohol-associated liver disease and transplantation
Licensed Clinical Social Work
Supervisor, Transplant Social Work
Northwell Transplant Institute
Alexandra Sanchez, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s degree in Social Work from Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work, in New York City, with an emphasis on individuals and families. Alexandra completed her bachelors degree in Psychology at Siena University in Albany, NY.
Alexandra started her career at North Shore University in 2014 as a line social worker, working with admitted adult patients to address psychosocial barriers, provide counseling, crisis intervention, support, and resources. During this time, Alexandra was the Co-Chair for the Social Work Collaborative Care Council which acted as a safe space for the social work staff to bring new ideas and initiatives. In 2018, Alexandra studied and sat for her clinical license.
In 2019, Alexandra joined the Transplant Institute as the liver transplant social worker. Over the years, Alexandra has provided quality, compassionate, and committed patient-centered care to numerous patients and their families. Alexandra continues to participate in educational opportunities to further enhance her skill set. Recently, Alexandra was promoted to her current role as Social Worker Supervisor.
Dr. Sharshar is an Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellow at Northwell Health. He started his training in October 2022 to be the first fellow who receives an ASTS accredited training in Kidney/Liver transplant at Northwell Health.
After graduation from Menoufia University, Egypt, Dr. Sharshar received surgical training in Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation at National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, where he was appointed as a Lecturer of HBP and Liver transplantation Surgery since November 2021.
Dr. Sharshar has more than ten years of surgical experience which was mainly centered on HBP and Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT). He was awarded a master’s degree and a PhD in HBP Surgery and liver transplant. As a part of his PhD program, Dr. Sharshar spent two years at Kyoto University, Japan as a Research and Clinical Fellow focusing on optimizing the use of small partial liver grafts in adult LDLT, and on strategies to prevent Small-for-Size Syndrome including portal venous pressure modulation. His research areas of interest include surgical management of advanced portal vein thrombosis during liver transplant, and the impact of sarcopenic markers on surgical outcomes after HBP and liver transplant surgeries.
Hillel Tobias M.O., Ph.D is Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Before joining Lenox Hill, Dr. Tobias was Professor of Medicine and Surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center where he was the medical co-founder of the Liver Transplant Service and he served as Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Service for twenty–five years. In addition to his direct patient care work and teaching, Dr. Tobias’ clinical research activities have included the development of improved treatments for hepatitis Band C, studies on immunologic aspects of primary biliary cholangitis, lipid disorders in primary biliary cholangitis, new treatments for ursodiol failures in PBC, viral hepatitis in the drug addict populations of New York City, cryoglobulinemia and hepatitis C, multiple aspects of problems in liver transplantation and treatments for non alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver cancer. Dr. Tobias was chair of the executive committee of the “Be Free” Asian American Hepatitis B Program, a landmark study which investigated prevalence, natural history and treatment options for hepatitis B in 10,000 New York Asian Americans. He is the author of numerous articles, presentations and book chapters on diseases of the liver.
Dr. Tobias received his undergraduate AB degree with honors at Columbia College and his MD degree from Washington University (St. Louis). He completed his house staff training at the NYU Division of Bellevue. Following his residency Dr. Tobias studied liver disease under the mentorship of Professor Sheila Sherlock at the Royal Free Hospital in London and earned his PhD in liver physiology from the University of London. Dr. Tobias subsequently served as NIH Special Fellow in Liver Disease at the Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, working with Ors. Hans Popper and Fenton Schaffner, after which he returned to New York University.
Dr. Tobias is a Fellow of the American Association for Study of the Liver (AASLD), a Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He is a former Chairman of the National Medical Advisory Committee of the American Liver Foundation, and former Chairman of the Board of the Global Liver Institute.
Interventional Radiologist
Department of Radiology
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Radiology
Zucker School of Medicine
Interventional radiologist at Northwell for 5 years with focus on portal hypertension and liver directed therapies.
Department of Medicine
Northwell Health
Project Manager, Medicine
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Zucker School of Medicine
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