Overview
Dr. Suzanne Elshafey earned her BA at Rutgers University prior to attending Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as a Dean's Scholar. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She earned a Master of Public Health in Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She then completed her Gastroenterology fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP)/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she served as Chief Fellow. She completed her advanced fellowship training in Transplant Hepatology at NYP Columbia University Irving Medical Center/ Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Elshafey's clinical practice is focused on the care and management of patients with liver disease, including viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, alcohol-associated liver disease and end-stage liver disease. As a transplant hepatologist, she specializes in the care of patients before and after liver transplantation.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Surgery) at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthspring (Cigna Medicare)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Universit
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian / CUIMC
Research
Selected Publications
- Elshafey SA, Brown RS Jr. Nonviral or Drug-Induced Etiologies of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (Autoimmune, Vascular, and Malignant). Clin Liver Dis. 2023;27(3):649-657. doi:10.1016/j.cld.2023.03.008
- Elshafey SA, Khungar V, Fox AN, Brown RS Jr. Chapter 8: current indications, contraindications, delisting criteria, and timing for transplantation. In Busuttil RW, Klintmalm GBG, ed. Transplantation of the Liver. 4th ed. (Fourth Edition). In press.
- Miranda M, Deen D, Elshafey S, Herrera M, Gold M. "response to Patient Activation Intervention Among Spanish- Speaking Patients at a Community Health Center in New York City." Journal of health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2014, 25, 591-604.
- Benjamin LN, Elshafey S, Kistler EA. Et al. "Recommendations for QTc monitoring: rational or Arbitrary?" Prim Care Companion CNS Discord. 2018; 20(0): 18f02327.