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

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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

  • Modification of the diabetes prevention program for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Obesity Science and Practice
    1. Melissa Hershman
    2. Karen Torbjornsen
    3. Daniel Pang
    4. Brooke Wyatt
    5. Douglas T. Dieterich
    6. Ponni V. Perumalswami
    7. Andrea D. Branch
    8. Amreen M. Dinani

  • Portal vein thrombosis prevalence and mortality among alcoholic cirrhosis in a nationwide inpatient cohort

    European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    1. Xiaowen Fan
    2. Xiaoquan Huang
    3. Melissa Hershman
    4. Xin Zheng
    5. Changchuan Jiang
    6. Bing Yue
    7. Ilan Weisberg

  • Implications of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease on pregnancy and maternal and child outcomes

    Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    1. Melissa Hershman
    2. Rena Mei
    3. Tatyana Kushner

  • Pointing towards colonoscopy

    Annals of Gastroenterology
    1. Melissa Hershman
    2. Steven Shamah
    3. Prashant Mudireddy
    4. Michael Glick