Melissa Hershman, M.D., B.S.N

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.N., 2010, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • M.D., 2014, Keith B Taylor Global Scholars Program, St. George’s University School of Medicine

  • Residency

    • Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, 2017

  • Fellowship

    • Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel/Morningside/West, New York, 2020

  • Certifications

    • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017
    • Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2020

Memberships and associations:

  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators
  • American College of Gastroenterology

Honors and awards

  • “2nd Place Honors” NYSGE Annual Meeting
  • “Outstanding Poster Presenter” ACG 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course
  • Nominated Participant, ACG 2nd Year Fellows Course, Washington, D.C.
  • Nominated Participant, IBD Summit for Fellows, Philadelphia, P.A.
  • Cum Laude, St. George’s University School of Medicine
  • “Best Project in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine”, Lutheran HealthCare Research Awards Competition
  • “Best Clinical Vignette”, Lutheran HealthCare Research Awards Competition
  • 2nd Place “Medical Student Clinical Vignette”, New York Chapter American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Iota Epsilon Alpha International Honor Medical Society, St. George’s University
  • Dean’s List, University of Pennsylvania

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Valentin, N., Guerrido Martinez, I., Pinotti, R., Rozenshteyn, F., Wu, Y., Collins, K., Shah, M., Hershman, M., Weisberg, I. Pregnancy Outcomes after Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2021; 116(3): 491-504.
  • Fan, X., Huang, X., Hershman, M., Zheng, X., Jiang, C., Yue, B., Weisberg, I. Portal Vein Thrombosis Prevalence and Mortality Among Alcoholic Cirrhosis in a Nationwide Inpatient Cohort. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2020; 32(9): 1160-1167
  • Fan, X., Hershman, M., Levi, G., Weisberg, I. A Case of Colonic Mucosubmucosal Elongated Polyp in Sigmoid Colon on Surveillance Colonoscopy and Review of Literature. American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal. 2019;6(6):1–3.
  • Hershman, M., Mei, R., Kushner, T. Implications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on Pregnancy and Maternal and Child Outcomes. Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2019; 15(4): 221-228.
  • Hershman, M., Alizadeh, A., Swaminath, A. Radiology Prep to the Rescue: Gastrografin Enema After Failure of Oral Bowel Preparation for Patients with Ileocolonic Fistula. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017; 112(9):1363.
  • Hershman M., Jen H., Chander Roland B. Chronic Diarrhea Unmasking Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Gastroenterology & Hepatology Open Access. 2017;6(6): 00218.
  • Hershman, M., Shamah, S., Mudireddy, P. & Glick, M. Pointing Towards Colonoscopy: A Case Series Review of Sharp Foreign Body Removal via Colonoscopy. Annals of Gastroenterology. 2017; 30(2):254-256.

Publications