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Hyung Leona Kim-Schluger, MD
Liver Transplantation
About Me
Dr. Kim-Schluger is the Associate Director of The Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute and was named the Sydney J. Zweig Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Kim -Schluger's expertise is the management of liver transplant recipients, as well as on the natural course and treatment of hepatitis C. Among her research efforts have been studies that named to identify different treatment options for patients with hepatitis C virus infection; to better understand the course of hepatitis C after liver transplantation and to determine the best immunosuppressive drug regimens for liver transplant recipients.
Dr. Kim-Schluger also has a special interest in the controversial issues and ethical dilemmas of organ allocation.
In the News
Dr. Kim-Schluger discusses hepatitis C in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up.
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Dr. Kim-Schluger recipient of endowed Professorship: Read Here
Visit the RMTI website: https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/recanati-miller-transplant
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Focus
- Abnormal Liver Enzymes
- Acute and Chronic Liver Failure
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Autoimmune Liver Disease
- Benign Neoplasm
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- End - Stage Liver Disease Management
- Endoscopic Band Ligation
- Esophageal Varices
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gilbert's Syndrome
- HIV-related liver disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Vaccine
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Testing
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Function Test
- Liver Transplant
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- Toxic Hepatitis
- Wilson's Disease
Education
BA, Barnard College
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
, Beth Israel Hospital
, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Internship, Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Fellowship, Transplant Hepatology
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Awards
2013
Physician of the Year
MSH Nursing Department
1988
The Harry S. Altman Prize in Pediatrics
1988
Alpha Omega Alpha
1983
Phi Beta Kappa
1980
The Governor's Scholarship for Academic Excellence
1979
The Governor's Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- An Iterative Design Approach to Development of an Ex Situ Normothermic Multivisceral Perfusion Platform. L. Leonie van Leeuwen, Matthew L. Holzner, Ceilidh McKenney, Rachel Todd, Jamie K. Frost, Sneha Gudibendi, Leona Kim-Schluger, Thomas Schiano, Sander Florman, M. Zeeshan Akhtar. Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Normothermic machine perfusion of explanted livers: Exploratory study of an alternative translational model for end-stage liver disease. Rachel Todd, L. Leonie van Leeuwen, Matthew Holzner, Leona Kim-Schluger, Maria Isabel Fiel, Daniel Puleston, Sander S. Florman, M. Zeeshan Akhtar. Artificial Organs
- The potential of machine learning to predict early allograft dysfunction after normothermic machine perfusion in liver transplantation. L. Leonie van Leeuwen, Haritz Irizar, Leona Kim-Schluger, Sander Florman, M. Zeeshan Akhtar. Journal of Hepatology
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
5 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
5 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
5 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Kim-Schluger has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.