Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD

Transplant Hepatology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, Transplant Hepatology, more

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
US
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About Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD


Dr. Gene Im is a transplant hepatologist and the Director of ADAPT (Advanced inter-Disciplinary Alcohol liver Program and Treatment), a patient-centered, integrated care and research program for patients with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). ADAPT is one of only a few integrated ALD clinics in the country.


Dr. Im is a recognized expert in alcohol-associated liver disease, including alcohol-associated hepatitis and liver transplantation based on his clinical focus and research achievements. He has co-authored several practice-changing articles, including the 2019 ALD Practice Guidance from AASLD, the 2024 MetALD Expert Position Statement, and the first experience of early liver transplantation for alcohol-associated hepatitis in North America.


Currently, he is the Vice-Chair of the AASLD ALD Special Interest Group and serves on the Editorial Board for Liver Transplantation and Clinical Transplantation. Dr. Im is also the founder of ALD-ALLY (Alcohol-associated Liver Disease patients deserve ALcohol LiteracY), an annual conference focused on actionable initiatives for advancing the science and care of patients with ALD and alcohol use disorder.


Dr. Im is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation and Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at Columbia University.


Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology
  • Transplant Hepatology

Languages Spoken

  • English

Specialties & Expertise

  • Autoimmune Hepatitis
  • Cirrhosis
  • Liver Cancer
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  • Viral Hepatitis

Education

  • Medical School: New York Medical College
  • Residency: NYU Langone Medical Center & School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
  • Director, Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Program

Awards & Honors

  • ELS Mentor, AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar, Jonathan Nahas, 2016
  • Fellow of the AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), 2023
  • Presidential Poster of Distinctio, AASLD, The Liver Meeting 2023
  • Presidential Poster of Distinction, AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2013
  • Specialty Attending of the Year Teaching Award, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2014, 2016
  • Young Investigator Award, Controversies in Transplantation, Breckenridge, CO, 2013
  • Young Investigator Travel Award, AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2013

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