Meaghan M. Phipps, MD
Transplant Hepatology
Gastroenterology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Overview
Dr. Meaghan Phipps earned her BS in Behavioral Neuroscience at Lehigh University prior to attending medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center where she also served as a chief resident. She then completed her Gastroenterology fellowship at NYP Columbia and advanced fellowship training in Transplant Hepatology at NYP Columbia/Cornell.
Dr. Phipps’s clinical practice is focused on the care and management of patients with liver disease, including viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and alcohol-associated liver disease. As a transplant hepatologist, she specializes in the care of patients before and after liver transplantation. Dr. Phipps has a particular interest in the care for patients with liver cancer and works alongside her colleagues in surgery, oncology, and interventional radiology in Columbia’s multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Program.
In addition to clinical medicine, Dr. Phipps has an interest in medical education and serves as the Associate Program Director for the NYP Columbia/Cornell Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Cirrhosis
- Complication of Liver Disease
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Liver Disease
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Transplant Evaluation
- Portal Hypertension
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Phone Appointments
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amerigroup of New Jersey
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
*Please contact the provider’s office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Honors & Awards
- 2022 AASLD Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award
- 2015 Leonard M. Hummel Memorial Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine
- 2014 Alpha Omega Alpha
- 2014 Gold Humanism Honor Society
- 2011 Phi Beta Kappa
- 2011 Biological Sciences Departmental Honors
Research
Research Interests
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Medical Education
Selected Publications
- Phipps MM, Verna EC, Pereira MR. Long term outcomes of liver grafts from donors with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: Closing the knowledge gap. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Oct;25(5):e14143. doi: 10.1111/tid.14143. Epub 2023 Sep 7. PMID: 37675775.
- Verna EC, Phipps MM, Halazun KJ, Markovic D, Florman SS, Haydel BM, Ruiz R, Klintmalm G, Lee DD, Taner B, Hoteit MA, Tevar AD, Humar A, Chapman WC, Vachharajani N, Aucejo FN, Melcher ML, Nguyen MH, Nydam TL, Markmann JF, Mobley C, Ghobrial RM, Langnas AN, Carney C, Berumen J, Schnickel GT, Sudan D, Hong JC, Rana A, Jones CM, Fishbein TM, Busuttil RW, Agopian V. Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results from the US Multicenter HCC Transplant Consortium. Liver Transpl, 2023 Jan 1;29(1):34-47. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000007.
- Phipps MM, Verna EC. Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Liver Transplantation: Lessons from the First Year of the Pandemic. Liver Transpl. 2021 Sep;27(9):1312-1325. doi: 10.1002/lt.26194.
- Nobel YR, Phipps M, Verna EC. COVID-19 and Effect on Liver Transplant. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2021 Aug 16:1-17. doi: 10.1007/s11938-021-00355-w.
- Phipps MM, Barraza LH, LaSota ED, Sobieszczyk ME, Pereira MR, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Zucker J, Verna EC. “Acute Liver Injury in COVID-19: Prevalence and Association with Clinical Outcomes in a Large US Cohort”. Hepatology. 2020. 10.1002/hep.31404. doi:10.1002/hep.31404.
- Miller EH, Annavajhala MK, Chong AM, Park H, Nobel YR, Soroush A, Blackett JW, Krigel A, Phipps MM, Freedberg DE, Zucker J, Sano ED, Uhlemann AC, Abrams JA. Oral Microbiome Alterations and SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Viral Load in Patients with COVID-19. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Oct 31;9(2):e0005521. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00055-21.
- Blackett JW, Faye AS, Phipps M, Li J, Lebwohl B, Freedberg DE. Prevalence and Risk Factors for Inappropriate Continuation of Proton Pump Inhibitors After Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Oct;96(10):2550-2560. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.07.038.
- Pomenti S, Gandle C, Sbeih H, Phipps M, Livanos A, Guo A, Yeh J, Burney H, Liu H, Dakhoul L, Kettler C, Gawrieh S, deLemos A, Scanga A, Chalasani N, Miller E, Wattacheril J. “Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hispanic Patients: Trends and Outcomes in a Large United States Cohort”. Hepatology Communications. 2020. 10.1002/hep4.1575.
- Nobel YR, Phipps M, Zucker J, Lebwohl B, Wang TC, Sobieszczyk ME, Freedberg DE. “Gastrointestinal Symptoms and COVID-19: Case-Control Study from the United States”. Gastroenterology. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s11938-021-00355-w.
- Phipps M, Livanos A, Guo A, Pomenti S, Yeh J, Dakhoul L, Burney H, Kettler C, Liu H, Miller E, Gawrieh S, DeLemos A, Scanga A, Chalasani N, Wattacheril J. "Gender Matters: Characteristics of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Women from a Large, Multicenter Study in the United States." American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2020 Sep;115(9):1486-1495. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000643
- Phipps M, Wattacheril J. “Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in non-obese individuals.”. Frontline Gastroenterology. 2019. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2018-101119.
- Phipps M, Fox AN, Brown RS. “Selection of Candidates and Timing of Liver Transplantation”. In Schiff’s Diseases of the Liver, (12th ed., pp. 1055-1064). 2017. Wiley-Blackwell.