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Biography: If you need assistance in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), please call 646-317-6325. Visit Columbia Liver Asian Outreach Office (English | Mandarin) Dr. Rajani Sharma earned her AB at Princeton University prior to attending Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she received a resident teaching award. She then completed her gastroenterology fellowship and transplant hepatology fellowship also at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center. During her gastroenterology fellowship, she earned a Masters in Patient Oriented Research at the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Sharma strives to provide empathetic and thoughtful care that focuses on the specific needs of each of her patients. Her clinical practice is focused on the management of all types of liver disease. In addition, Dr. Sharma has specialized training in managing complications of end-stage liver disease and caring for patients before and after liver transplantation. Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Biography: JohnNathanson is a gastroenterologist specializing in thediagnosis and treatmentof a variety of digestive diseasesas well as colorectalcancer screening and prevention. He graduated cum laudewith a degreein Neuroscience from AmherstCollege.He received his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at MountSinai with a distinction in research, where was the recipientof the BarryColler Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine and was elected to the AlphaOmega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Nathanson trained in internal medicineat the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and completed hisgastroenterology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center.Hisinterests include the use of artificial intelligence in colonoscopy, and he haspublished on the application of technology in gastroenterology, access tocolorectal cancer screening, and colonoscopy quality.