Thomas D Schiano, MD
- PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases
Specialties:
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver TransplantationDr. Thomas D. Schiano has a clinical background in hepatology, gastroenterology and clinical nutrition. He has expertise in the management of patients with cirrhosis and other acute/chronic liver diseases, as well as caring for patients prior to and after liver and intestinal transplantation. Dr. Schiano has varied clinical research interests including herbal treatments of liver disease, nutritional aspects of liver disease, recurrence of disease post liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, and management of the complications of cirrhosis. In addition, he is member of the liver thrombosis program - an international referral center for adults and children with difficult to diagnose and unique blood clotting disorders affecting the liver and intestines.
Dr. Schiano is a professor of medicine, a UNOS-certified Liver Transplant physician, and is board certified in internal medicine, clinical nutrition, and gastroenterology.
Dr. Schiano is Medical Director of Adult Liver Transplantation and Director of Clinical Hepatology and Intestinal Transplantation at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute.
RMTI website: https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/recanati-miller-transplant
Clinical Focus
- Ascites
- Cirrhosis
- Endoscopic Band Ligation
- Gastroenterology
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Jaundice
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Transplant
- Toxic Hepatitis
- Wilson's Disease
Education
MD, University of Calif College of Medicine-Irvine
Residency, Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Temple University Hospital
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2012
2012 American Liver Foundation Physician of the Year -
2008
Best Doctors -
2008
Castle-Connolly America's Top Doctors -
2008
Super Doctors -
2006
Manhattan Chapter Triangle Award -
1995
Sol Sherry Award -
1991
Award for Excellence -
1990
Award for Excellence -
1989
Award for Excellence
Research
Liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, herbal and drug hepatotoxicity, nutrition, cirrhosis, intestinal transplantation, recurrence of disease post-liver transplantation, treatment of viral hepatitis post-liver transplantation, herbal and alternative treatments of chronic liver disease, complications of cirrhosis, portal hypertension, cholestasis associated with TPN.
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Schiano during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- Genzyme Corporation; New York Organ Donor Network (NYODN); eurofins transplant genomics; trugraf
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose.
- American Society of Transplantation (AST); Centerlight Healthcare
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; American Society of Transplantation (AST); Centerlight Healthcare; Genzyme Corporation; chemomab LTD; eurofins transplant genomics; progenity; sanofi-aventis; trugraf
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