Co-founders


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Nicole Golden, DNP, FNP-BC

Co-Founder, Black Liver Health Initiative
Nurse Practitioner, Adult Liver Transplant, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Veronica Roye, DNP, FNP-BC

Co-Founder, Black Liver Health Initiative
Adult Liver Transplant Coordinator, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Monica Nelson-Kone, BSN, RN

Co-Founder, Black Liver Health Initiative
Liver Transplant Coordinator, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, NYP/CUIMC

 

Our Team


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Lorna Dove, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Hepatology

Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Jean Emond, MD

Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Chief of Transplantation Services, Columbia University
Executive Director, Transplant Initiative, New York-Presbyterian, CUIMC
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Catherine Lucero, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, WCM

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Russell Rosenblatt, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, WCM

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Akhil Shenoy, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Transplant Psychiatry
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Elizabeth Verna, MD, MS

Frank Cardile Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research, Transplant Clinical Research Center, CUIMC
Director of Hepatology Research, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, CUIMC
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

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Julia Wattacheril, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Program
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, CUIMC

 

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Eleonore Baughan, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, Transplant Clinical Research Center, CUIMC

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Brittney Destin, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, Transplant Clinical Research Center, CUIMC

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Moury Minhaz, BS

Clinical Research Manager, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, CUIMC