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Ritu Agarwal, MD
Gastroenterology
About Me
Dr. Ritu Agarwal joined Mount Sinai in 2012 as an Associate Professor in the Division of Liver Disease at The Icahn School of Medicine. She is triple-board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Agarwal's clinical expertise includes management of viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis and decompensated liver disease and general gastroenterology.
After completing her undergraduate studies at Cornell University, Dr. Agarwal earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. She subsequently completed both her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai.
In addition to her clinical role, Dr. Agarwal is actively involved in research. She has served as the Principal Investigator for multiple pharmaceutical clinical trials for Hepatitis B and C treatment, with her most recent study focusing on the "Efficacy and Safety of Switching from Tenofivir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) 300 mg QD to Tenofivir Alafenamide (TAF) 25 mg QD in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis B who are Virologically Suppressed." Dr. Agarwal has also been published in several journals within her field of Hepatology, including Clinics in Liver Disease, the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
In her professional community, Dr. Agarwal is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Association of Liver Diseases.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Abnormal Liver Enzymes
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Autoimmune Liver Disease
- Bile Duct Diseases
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Gallbladder Polyp
- Gallstones
- Gilbert's Syndrome
- HIV-related liver disease
- Hemangioma
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatic Adenoma
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Vaccine
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Jaundice
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Function Test
- Liver Mass
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- Steatotic Liver Disease
- Toxic Hepatitis
- Wilson's Disease
Education
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
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
- 32BJ Health Fund
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Anthem/Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial
- Anthem/Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - UMR Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Real-world Comparison of Steatosis-Associated Fibrosis Estimator and Fibrosis-4 Scores for Assessing Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease-related Fibrosis in a Highly Diverse Urban Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease Population. Xiaotao Zhang, Vikram Sivakumar, Alejandra Paredes-Marin, Asher Leviton, Augusto Villanueva, Meena B. Bansal, Julia Napoli, Christian Near, Dakota Trick, Hulya Kocyigit, Scott L. Friedman, Alyson Harty, Douglas Dieterich, Tatyana Kushner, Helen Adams, Ritu Agarwal, John Bucuvalas, Jaime Chu. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Identifying Environmental Factors Associated with Significant Fibrosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease/Steatohepatitis. Alejandra Paredes-Marin, Julia Napoli, Vikram Sivakumar, Christian Near, Helen Adams, Alyson Harty, Ritu Agarwal, Douglas Dieterich, John Bucuvalas, Tatyana Kushner, Jaime Chu, Swati Antala, Asher Leviton, Scott L. Friedman, Augusto Villanueva, Rachel W. Smith, Xiaotao Zhang, Meena B. Bansal. Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Outcomes of a 3-Year Quality Improvement Study to Improve Advance Care Planning in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis. Arpan Patel, Chip A. Bowman, Nicole Prause, Saikiran M. Kilaru, Andrew Nguyen, Nina Kogekar, Cynthia Cohen, Lindsay Channen, Alyson Harty, Ponni Perumalswami, Douglas Dietrich, Thomas Schiano, Christopher Woodrell, Ritu Agarwal. American Journal of Gastroenterology
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
4.7 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.8 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.8 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. Agarwal has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships to report.
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.