Melissa Palmer, MD
Medical Director, Hepatology, New York University
Hepatology
Bio
Melissa Palmer, MD is medical director of hepatology at NYU Hepatology Associates Plainview and is clinical professor of medicine at NYU. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA and was trained in hepatology (as well as medical school) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
Dr. Palmer is Board Certified in Gastroenterology and in Internal Medicine. Dr. Palmer is the author of the best-selling book "Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis and Liver Disease." She has also authored numerous scientific publications in the field of hepatology in such peer-reviewed journals as Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Seminars of Liver Disease, Transplantation, and Archives of Internal Medicine. Palmer runs the popular liver web site www.liverdisease.com.
She is frequently sought by the media for her opinion on various topics related to liver disease. Palmer lectures to the medical community and the public on liver disease-related topics on a regular basis, and has appeared many times on television as a liver disease expert and has been quoted in such publications as TIME magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine, Prevention magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsday. She also has appeared in numerous videos and CD-Roms aimed at educating doctors and the public about hepatitis C and other liver diseases, such as primary biliary cirrhosis -- some of which can be viewed on her youtube site.
Palmer is on many medical advisory boards -- New York chapter of the American Liver Foundation, the nutrition subcommittee of the national chapter of the American Liver Foundation, the Latino Organization for Liver Awareness (LOLA), and the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Organization (PBCers), to name a few. Palmer is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association. Palmer has performed trials on various experimental medication for the treatment of hepatitis. She is conducting research on new therapies for liver disease, specifically in the area of hepatitis C.
Her practice is located in Plainview, N.Y. Dr. Palmer can be followed on Twitter.
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Board Certifications:
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
Organization Affiliations:
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Liver Foundation, New York Chapter
- American Liver Foundation, Nutrition Subcommittee
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Organization
- New York University
Publications:
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