Saamia Faruqui, M.D.
Saamia Faruqui, M.D.

Saamia Faruqui, M.D.

Gastroenterology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, more

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NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Brooklyn - Bushwick

95 Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology at David H. Koch Center

1283 York Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10065
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Center for Community Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

515 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
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About Saamia Faruqui, M.D.

Dr. Saamia Faruqui is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Gastroenterology at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Faruqui grew up in Louisiana and showed early versatility, graduating with both a Bachelor of Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. As a young scholar of both international studies and biological sciences, she returned to New Orleans and garnered an additional Master's of Science in Pharmacology from Tulane University. She then completed an MD from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Dr. Faruqui continued her stepwise mastery through medicine completing her internal medicine residency at Tulane where she graduated with a pathway of distinction in Gastroenterology. She then completed a General Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship and a prestigious additional one-year fellowship in transplant hepatology at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine in Manhattan. Her dedication and educational achievements are only a few aspects that she provides to the community. She additionally is always willing to spend those extra minutes guiding patients through the complex decision-making that higher-level liver care requires. Dr. Faruqui has an interest in healthcare disparities, increasing access to liver transplants for the underprivileged, and providing equal, world-class care to all patients. Dr. Faruqui remains prolific in the liver community and has authored several peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. She continues these endeavors today. On a personal level, Dr. Faruqui is an avid reader and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She hopes to provide world-class gastroenterology and liver care to the Brooklyn and Manhattan communities.


Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
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Expertise

  • Chronic Liver Disease

  • Elevated LFTs (Liver Function Tests

  • Fatty Liver

  • Liver Cancer

  • Liver Disease

  • Liver Transplant

  • Liver Tumors

  • Liver/ Hepatology Disorders

  • Polycystic Liver Disease

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Education

  • Degrees: Emory University

  • Degrees: Louisiana State University School of Medicine

  • Degrees: Tulane University

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Languages

  • English
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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Education

  • Degrees: Emory University
  • Degrees: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
  • Degrees: Tulane University

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English