CUIMC/Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Empire Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Utpal Bhagirath Pajvani, MD, PhD
Dr. Utpal Pajvani, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at Columbia University, is a physician-scientist with clinical and research focus in Type 2 Diabetes and related metabolic diseases. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Biology in 1996, then earned MS (2001), MD (2005) and PhD (Department of Cell Biology, 2005) degrees from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Pajvani completed his internship and residency training and is board certified in Internal Medicine (2007) and fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (2011), both at the Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Pajvani has been on the faculty of Columbia University since 2011. He is a teaching attending on the inpatient and outpatient Endocrinology and General Medicine services of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and sees patients at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Associate Professor of Medicine
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2021: Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 2019: Ewig Clinical Scholar
- 2016: Florence and Herbert Irving Clinical Research Career Award
- 2014: David L. Williams Award for Lipid Research
- 2012: Lewis Katz Jr Prize in Cardiovascular Research
- 2009: Louis V. Gerstner Jr, Scholar
- 2005: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) induction
- 2004: Julius Marmur Research Award
- 1997: Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Award
- 1993: U.S. Presidential Scholars Award
