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Allan W. Wolkoff, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Associate Chair for Research Department of Medicine

Herman Lopata Chair in Liver Disease Research

Chief, Department of Medicine Division of Hepatology

Director, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 517
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.3798
allan.wolkoff@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Hepatocyte cell biology: mechanisms of microtubule-based subcellular trafficking of transporters and receptors including the roles of molecular motors and accessory proteins

Eva K. Billerbeck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 509
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.2607
eva.billerbeck@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: liver immunology, antiviral adaptive immunity, viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, mouse models of hepatotropic viruses

Kristina R. Chacko, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Rosenthal Pavilion, Room: 2C
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 888.795.4837
krchacko@montefiore.org

Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Robert and Renée Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Chanin Building, Room: 504
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.2689
Fax: 718.430.8975
ana-maria.cuervo@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Understanding the molecular basis of malfunctioning of autophagy (cellular quality control system) with age and the contribution of defects on this cellular pathway to neurodegeneration, metabolic disorders and cancer

Sofia de Oliveira, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Chanin Building, Room: 514
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.4294
Fax: 718.430.8567
sofia.deoliveira@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Our lab studies neutrophils and their role in disease progression. We are particularly interested in unveiling how the presence of systemic inflammation and metabolic dysregulation found in metainflammation and inflammaging settings alter the neutrophils

Carolina Eliscovich, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 614
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.3052
carolina.eliscovich@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: We develop microscopy technology using fluorescent-labeled probes to visualize gene expression in cells and tissue. Our goal is to investigate key molecules and pathways of liver regeneration and elucidate failures of these pathways in liver pathologies.

Shalom Z. Frager, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 888.785.4837
Fax: 718.881.4386
shfrager@montefiore.org

Sanjeev Gupta, M.D.,

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Professor, Department of Pathology

The Eleazar & Feige Reicher Chair in Translational Medicine Department of Medicine

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 625
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.3309
Fax: 718.430.8975
sanjeev.gupta@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Liver regeneration in health and disease Biology and differentiation of hepatic stem cells DNA damage response involving ATM and downstream pathways Translational studies using liver cell and animal models Therapeutics including cell and gene therapy

Alvin Htut, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Center
140 Lockwood Avenue
Room: 104
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Tel: 914.235.9333
Fax: 914.235.5210
ahtut@montefiore.org

Helen H. Jiang, M.S.

Principal Associate, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 611
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.8020
Fax: 718.430.8568
helen.jiang@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: The genetic, cellular and molecular mechanisms of cholesterol cholelithiasis, and lipid metabolism in the liver, bile, intestine and plasma, and the pathogenesis of cholestasis, nonalcoholic and alcoholic fatty liver diseases

Milan Kinkhabwala, M.D.

Professor, Department of Surgery

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Chief, Department of Surgery Transplant Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center

Director, Department of Surgery Abdominal Organ Transplantation

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Rosenthal Pavilion, Room: 2
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.6659
Fax: 718.798.1883
mkinkhab@montefiore.org

John F. Reinus, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Rosenthal Pavilion, Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 888.795.4837
Fax: 718.547.4773
jreinus@montefiore.org

Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, M.B.B.S.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Professor, Department of Genetics

Scientific Director, Gene Therapy Facility

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 523
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.2265
jayanta.roy-chowdhury@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: The focus of our laboratory is inherited liver-based disorders, including their mechanisms, personalized disease modeling based on pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes, and novel treatments based on cell transplantation and gene therapy.

Jonathan M. Schwartz, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

White Plains Hospital
2 Longview Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601

Tel: 914.849.3746
jonschwa@montefiore.org

Samuel H. Sigal, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Rosenthal Pavilion, Room: 2
Bronx, NY 10467

Tel: 718.920.6240
ssigal@montefiore.org

Clara Y. Tow, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Montefiore Medical Group
1575 Blondell Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461

ctow@montefiore.org

David Q.H. Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)

Professor, Department of Genetics

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Ullmann Building, Room: 611
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.8865
Fax: 718.430.8568
david.wang@einsteinmed.edu

Areas of Research: Cholesterol and bile acid metabolism; Cholelithiasis; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Alcoholic liver disease; Cholestasis; Nuclear receptor; Genetic liver disease; Drug-induced liver injury; Gut-liver axis; Gut microbiota;