Rajani Sharma, MD
Locations and Appointments
New Patients
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
ColumbiaDoctors - 136-20 38th Avenue
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Rajani Sharma, MD
If you need assistance in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), please call 646-317-6325. Visit Columbia Liver Asian Outreach Office (English | Mandarin)
Dr. Rajani Sharma earned her AB at Princeton University prior to attending Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she received a resident teaching award. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship and transplant hepatology fellowship also at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center. During her gastroenterology fellowship, she earned a Masters in Patient Oriented Research at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Sharma strives to provide empathetic and thoughtful care that focuses on the specific needs of each of her patients. Her clinical practice is focused on the management of all types of liver disease. In addition, Dr. Sharma has specialized training in managing complications of end-stage liver disease and caring for patients before and after liver transplantation.
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Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Expertise
Cirrhosis
Complication of Liver Disease
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Liver Disease
Liver Transplant
Liver Transplant Evaluation
Portal Hypertension
Education
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease,
Medical School: Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Medical School: Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency: Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease,
Awards & Honors
- 2013 Diane Barton, MD Endowed Scholarship, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the NJ Health Fund
- 2013 Highest Academic Achievement Award, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- 2016 Senior Resident Teaching Award, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine
- 2017 NIH T32 Training Grant Fund Recipient, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, PI: Dr. Timothy Wang, MD
- 2017 Tuition Scholarship for MS in Patient Oriented Research, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- 2019 American Society of Transplantation, Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice Travel Grant for Best Trainee Research Project, American Transplant Congress Conference
- 2019 Best Trainee Research Award, Young Investigators Forum, Controversies in Liver Transplantation Annual Conference
- 2019 Transplant Forum Travel Scholar Award
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine