David E. Bernstein, MD

I am a gastroenterologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases. Over the past 30 years, advances in hepatology have led to new diagnostic tests and treatments for previously untreatable and potentially fatal liver conditions. I have been privileged to be involved in much of the research leading to these advancements as an investigator in more than 200 clinical trials.

I devote my clinical practice to caring for people with all types of liver disease. These include autoimmune liver conditions; primary biliary cholangitis, which is inflammation of the bile ducts; primary sclerosing cholangitis, or scarring of the bile ducts; viral hepatitis; hereditary liver diseases; alcohol-associated and non-alcohol-associated fatty liver; noncancerous and cancerous liver tumors; and drug-induced liver injury. I also care for patients with cirrhosis and its complications.

I work closely with specialists at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute and interventional radiologists to evaluate, prepare, and treat patients with liver cancer and those needing a liver transplant.

In addition, I perform diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal procedures, such as colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and transient elastography, an ultrasound exam that measures liver stiffness.

As a member of an academic medical center, I train residents, fellows, and junior attending physicians and am involved in clinical research in a variety of liver diseases. This gives me the opportunity to provide the best and most up-to-date standard of care to my patients.

I have written more than 200 scientific papers, chapters, and reviews on liver diseases and gastroenterology. I have been involved in developing public policy and education on liver diseases in New York State. As a special consultant to the New York State Department of Health, I helped develop and implement the state’s five-year strategic plan for viral hepatitis and worked with a group to develop guidelines on treating hepatitis C.

I am a master of the American College of Gastroenterology and a fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American College of Physicians. I am past president of the New York Gastroenterological Association and the Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology.