Gene Y Im, MD, FAASLD
Locations and Appointments
New Patients
ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- 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
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
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
Expertise
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Hepatitis
Liver Cancer
Liver Disease
Liver Transplantation
Portal Hypertension
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Viral Hepatitis
Education
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
Director, Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Program (ADAPT)
Education
- Medical School: New York Medical College
- Residency: NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Awards & Honors
- ELS Mentor, AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar, Jonathan Nahas, 2016
- Fellow of the AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), 2023
- Presidential Poster of Distinction, AASLD, The Liver Meeting 2023
- Presidential Poster of Distinction, AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2013
- Specialty Attending of the Year Teaching Award, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2014, 2016
- Young Investigator Award, Controversies in Transplantation, Breckenridge, CO, 2013
- Young Investigator Travel Award, AASLD, The Liver Meeting, 2013
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
- Director, Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Program (ADAPT)
Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology
- Transplant Hepatology
Languages Spoken
- English