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Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation
RMTI - Liver Diseases Practice
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About Me
Dr. 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
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Dr. 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
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Dr. 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
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Focus
- Ascites
- Cirrhosis
- Endoscopic Band Ligation
- Gastroenterology
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Jaundice
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- 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, Universidad Del Noreste
Residency, Internal Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Temple University Hospital
Awards
2012
2012 American Liver Foundation Physician of the Year
American Liver Foundation
2008
Best Doctors
New York Magazine
2008
Castle-Connolly America's Top Doctors
2008
Super Doctors
NY Times Magazine
2006
Manhattan Chapter Triangle Award
TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization)
1995
Sol Sherry Award
Temple University Hospital
1991
Award for Excellence
Maimonides Medical Center
1990
Award for Excellence
Maimonides Medical Center
1989
Award for Excellence
Maimonides Medical Center
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.
Locations
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.
- RMTI - Liver Diseases Practice5 East 98th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10029
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- AgeWell New York
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Cigna - Medicare
- 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
- Hotel Trades
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oxford - Freedom & Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Community Care Medicaid
- 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
- RMTI Liver Transplantation5 East 98th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10029
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- AgeWell New York
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Cigna - Medicare
- 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
- Hotel Trades
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oxford - Freedom & Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Community Care Medicaid
- 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
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Histologic and Clinical Outcomes of Patients Developing Post-Liver Transplant Plasma Cell-Rich Rejection. Nazli Begum Ozturk, Thomas D. Schiano, Maria Isabel Fiel. American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- The Importance of Segment 4 Anatomy on Outcomes Following Living Donor Left Lateral Segmentectomy. Ahmad Mahamid, Mark Chen, Omri Sulimani, Salvatore Amodeo, Lucas Facciuto, Akio Kozato, Yuki Bekki, Thomas D. Schiano, Marcelo E. Facciuto. Journal of Surgical Research
- Successful pathways to liver transplant for undocumented immigrants. Stanley Kerznerman, Laura Ford, Mara Kuns, Sander Florman, Thomas Schiano. American Journal of Transplantation
Patient Experience Rating
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 and biotechnology companies 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 relationships with such companies.
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:
- eurofins transplant genomics
- Genzyme Corporation
- trugraf
- New York Organ Donor Network (NYODN)
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
- eurofins transplant genomics
- chemomab LTD
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Genzyme Corporation
- progenity
- trugraf
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)
- Centerlight Healthcare
- sanofi-aventis
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.