Clara Y. Tow

Clara Y. Tow, M.D.

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  • Montefiore Medical Group 1575 Blondell Avenue 100 Bronx, NY 10461

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Dr. Tow is a transplant hepatologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She serves as the Clinical Site Director of Hepatology at the Weiler Division of MMC, Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Fellowship Program, and the Co-Director of the AECOM Gastroenterology & Hepatology Systems Course.

Dr. Tow holds a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude for her work in developmental research. While attending Weill Cornell Medical College, she developed her passion for transplant medicine and was awarded Alpha Omega Alpha and Honors in Research for her characterization of mitochondrial injury during ischemia-reperfusion injury. Dr. Tow completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she served as an education resident, and fellowship in Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at Montefiore Medical Center. Subsequently she pursued her advanced fellowship training in Transplant Hepatology at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Tow has been at Montefiore/Einstein since 2018, where she specializes on the complications of advanced liver diseases, liver cancer, and liver transplant. She believes every patient is an integral part of the Montefiore family and that patient knowledge is power. Her goal is to provide patients and their families the best medical care that is embedded in kindness, dignity, and respect.