Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD

Transplant Hepatology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, Transplant Hepatology, morespecialties

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ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown

155 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
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  • Medicaid Managed Care
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  • PPO
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  • Special Needs
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  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
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  • Special Needs
  • Medicare Managed Care
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About Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD


Dr. Gene Im is a transplant hepatologist and the Director of the Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Program at Columbia known as 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 an internationally recognized expert in ALD, 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 the journal Liver 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 alcohol use disorder and ALD (www.ald-ally.com)

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
  • Hepatitis
  • Liver Cancer
  • Liver Disease
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  • Viral Hepatitis

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: New York Medical College
  • Residency: NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

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

AWARDS & HONORS

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

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