Elana Jaye Bernstein, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Elana Jaye Bernstein, MD
Dr. Bernstein's clinical and research interests focus on systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), as well as on the treatment of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension in patients with autoimmune diseases. Dr. Bernstein has a special interest in the management of autoimmune diseases during pregnancy. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an Assistant Attending at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Bernstein is the Program Director of the CUMC/NYP Scleroderma Program.
Dr. Bernstein graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society while a medical student at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She was the recipient of the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award and the Charles L. Christian Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research while a rheumatology fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Bernstein has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, and Rheumatology Research Foundation to study lung disease in scleroderma. Her ongoing research projects focus on interstitial lung disease in scleroderma and on lung transplantation in patients with autoimmune diseases.
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Rheumatology
Expertise
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Autoimmune Disease in Pregnancy
Dermatomyositis
Lupus In Pregnancy
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Myositis
Polymyositis
Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scleroderma
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic Sclerosis
Vasculitis
Education
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery
Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Autoimmune Lung Disease Core, Pulmonary & Intensive Care Translational Outcomes Research Group (PICTOR), Columbia University
Program Director, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Scleroderma Program
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery
- Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Director of Autoimmune Lung Disease Core, Pulmonary & Intensive Care Translational Outcomes Research Group (PICTOR), Columbia University
- Program Director, Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Scleroderma Program
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Rheumatology