Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
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Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
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About Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. Dr. Samstein is the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program at NYP. Dr. Samstein is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques for liver cancer. Dr. Samstein is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
Dr. Samstein heads up the multidisciplinary liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery team at NYP/Weill Cornell. His specialties include the most advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver cancer, benign liver tumors and hepatobiliary pancreatic disease. He has been invited to talk about minimally invasive liver surgery throughout the world. He is a member of many surgical societies including a founding member of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society (ILLS), American Society of Transplant Surgery, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA). He is the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of LiveOnNY and served as the Regional representation to the Liver and Intestine Committee of UNOS from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Samstein is well-published in the field, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious medical and surgical journals, books and book chapters.
Other areas of clinical expertise include hepatic adenoma, hepatic hemangioma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal metastasis, live donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, and pediatric liver and organ transplant.
Dr. Samstein received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1992 and earned his MD at the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1997. He did his internship and residency in general surgery at NYP/Columbia, and completed a research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2001. He completed a fellowship in ASTS Multi-organ transplant at NYP/Columbia in 2006. He was Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center from 2006 to 2015. He served as Program Director of the transplant surgery fellowship at Columbia University from 2007 to 2015. He is a reviewer for American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation among other journals.
List of Publications by Dr. Samstein
PubMed
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Expertise
Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Hepato-Biliary Surgery
Hepatobiliary Cancer
Hepatobiliary Pancreas Disease
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Laparoscopic Procedure of Liver
Liver Cancer
Liver Resection
Liver Surgery
Liver Transplant, Pediatric
Liver Transplantation
Liver Tumors
Living Donor Liver Surgery
Living Donor Transplantation
Minimally Invasive Solid Organ Surgery
Organ Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Renal Transplant
Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Medical School: State University of New York - Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell Univ
Director, Transplant Surgery Fellowship
Surgical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Education
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Medical School: State University of New York - Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
Awards & Honors
- Arnold P. Gold Award for Humanism in Medicine, 2003-2004
- NIH Gastrointestinal Training Grant, Mayo Clinic, 1999-2000
- NIH National Research Service Award, 2000-2001
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell Univ
- Director, Transplant Surgery Fellowship
- Surgical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English