David Wolf, M.D., specializes in Transplant Hepatology and - since 1996 – has been the medical director of the Liver Transplantation Program at Westchester Medical Center. Dr. Wolf has over thirty years of experience in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Dr. Wolf went on to serve on the faculties at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, before joining the faculty at New York Medical College in 1996. Since then, he has received the Excellence in Housestaff Teaching Award six times. He has published more than 60 papers and 80 abstracts, focusing on viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, liver cancer, and the economics of liver transplants.

In 1996, Dr. Wolf established the Liver Transplant Program at Westchester Medical Center, which was the first liver transplant program in the Hudson Valley. Over 1200 liver transplants have been performed at Westchester since the program’s founding. He sees patients with a broad array of liver diseases and has been recognized annually as a Castle Connolly New York Metro Area Top Doctor since 2006.

Dr. Wolf is very active in the transplant community. He lectures frequently to physician and patient organizations and served as the Medical Advisor for the Transplant Support Organization (TSO) for many years.

Education

• Fellowship: Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Residency: Internal Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
• M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• B.A., Yale University
• Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology 

Areas of Expertise

• Treatment of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
• Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
• Treatment of Hepatitis B and C
• Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis
• Post-liver Transplant Care

Honors and Awards

• Excellence in Housestaff Teaching, Westchester Medical Center - 2001, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Top Doctors, New York Metro Area, (Castle Connolly), 2006-present
• Outstanding Professional Award, Transplant Support Organization - 2016

Research

• Use of extended criteria donor organs in liver transplantation
• Optimizing use of HCV-positive allografts in liver transplantation
• Strategies to improve post-liver transplant outcomes
• Performance of liver transplant in patients with active alcohol use disorder

Publications

• Dawkins M, Cheung N, Rozenblit G, et. al. "Intrahepatic Arterioportal Fistula With Subsequent Portal Hypertension After Percutaneous Liver Biopsy." ACG case reports journal, 11(3), (2024) e01287. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001287
• Latifi R, Samson DJ, Smiley A, et. al. "Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Biologic Mesh for Ventral/Umbilical Hernias in Patients with Cirrhosis: Technique and Outcomes." Surgical technology international, 42(), (2023) 173-180.
• Okumura K, Lee JS, Dhand A, et. al. "Trends and outcomes of liver transplantation among older recipients in the United States." World journal of transplantation, 12(8), (2022) 259-267. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v12.i8.259
• Sogawa H, Misawa R, Bodin R, et. al. "Fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by blastomycosis after recent orthotopic liver transplantation in a non-endemic area." Medical mycology case reports, 37(), (2022) 37-40. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.07.003
• Okumura K, Sogawa H, Samson D, et. al. "Improving Liver Transplant Outcomes for Hepatitis C Virus Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Era." Transplantation proceedings, 54(7), (2022) 1834-1838. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.03.070
• Okumura K, Nishida S, Sogawa H, et. al. "Inferior Liver Transplant Outcomes during early COVID-19 pandemic in United States." Journal of liver transplantation, 7(), (2022) 100099. doi: 10.1016/j.liver.2022.100099
• Dale M, Sogawa H, Seyedsaadat SM, et. al. "Successful Management of COVID-19 Infection in 2 Early Post-Liver Transplant Recipients." Transplantation proceedings, 53(4), (2021) 1175-1179. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.03.010

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Professional Service

• American Liver Foundation, Greater New York Chapter, Member of Medical/Scientific Advisory Board
• Transplant Speakers International, Member of Advisory Council
• Empire Liver Foundation
• Transplant Support Organization, Medical Advisor

Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Physicians, Fellow
• American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow
• American Gastroenterological Association, Fellow
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Fellow