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Kristina R. Chacko, MD

Transplant Hepatology
Languages
English
Gender
Female
Primary Location
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Transplantation
111 East 210th Street
Rosenthal 2nd Floor
Bronx, New York 10467
Directions
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Phone
(877) 287-3536

About

Kristina R. Chacko, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY.  She joined the Einstein-Montefiore Liver Center in 2013 after completing a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY.  She received her bachelor of arts in philosophy at Boston College and attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.  She completed her internal medicine residency at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and gastroenterology fellowship at New York University.  Her clinical and research interests include the diagnosis and management of alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver diseases, and liver transplantation.  As the program director of the ACGME-accredited transplant hepatology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, she is directly involved in the development and execution of the hepatology curriculum for gastroenterology and hepatology fellows. 

Credentials

Education & Training

Medical Education
Baylor College of Medicine
Residency
Emory University Hospital
Fellowship
New York University Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Expertise

Focus

Clinical Focus
Transplant Hepatology, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Fatty Liver Disease (Alcohol/Non-alcohol), Acute alcoholic hepatitis, Living Donor Transplant
Research Focus
Research interest includes alcohol-related liver disease, liver transplantation, viral hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease.

Specialties

  • Transplant Hepatology
  • Hepatology

Accepted Insurance

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  • 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
  • Aetna
  • Affinity by Molina Healthcare
  • Amidacare
  • Anthem BCBS
  • Anthem BCBS Healthplus
  • ArchCare
  • CDPHP

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