Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD

Transplant Hepatology
5.0 stars out of five. |129 ratings
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery, Transplant Hepatology, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


ColumbiaDoctors at NewYork-Presbyterian The One

1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Special Needs
  • 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
  • Individual Network (Exchange)
  • 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
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • 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 Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD


Dr. Gene Im is a transplant hepatologist and the Director of the Alcohol Liver 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 where single-visit expertise is provided with a hepatologist, psychiatrist and certified counselor.

Dr. Im is an internationally recognized expert in ALD, including alcohol-associated hepatitis and liver transplantation. 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. His work has been featured in CNN, the New York Times and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is a former member of the ACCELERATE consortium and the founder of ALD-CORE, a multicenter collaborative focusing on ALD outcomes research.

Dr. Im is serving as Chair of the AASLD ALD Special Interest Group and serves on the Editorial Board for the journal Liver Transplantation. He 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 Associate 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

  • Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ARLD)
  • 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

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
  • Director, Alcohol Liver Program (ADAPT)

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

Patient Experience Rating


Current Combined Rating
5.0 stars out of five. |129 ratings
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