Elizabeth Zheng, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Elizabeth Zheng is a transplant hepatologist who cares for patients with liver diseases, including hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Zheng's research is focused on finding ways to increase access to liver care for underserved patients and on developing strategies to increase screening for liver cancer.

Zheng earned her medical degree at New York Medical College. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center (an affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine), a fellowship in gastroenterology at Einstein Medical Center and a fellowship in transplant hepatology at UCSF.

Education
06/2018 - Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
06/2017 - Gastroenterology Fellowship, Einstein Medical Center
06/2014 - Internal Medicine Residency, Montefiore Medical Center
MD, 05/2011 - , New York Medical College
Publications

  1. Zheng E, Yao F. Real-World Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Selected Case Presentations Highlighting the Dilemmas of Surveillance. Clinics in liver disease 2024. PMID: 39608957


  2. Singal AG, Ghaziani TT, Mehta N, Zhou K, Grinspan LT, Benhammou JN, Moon AM, Yang JD, Salgia R, Pillai A, Zheng E, Rich NE, Gopal P, Jalal P, Verna E, Yekkaluri S, Phen S, Melendez-Torres J, Alshuwaykh O, Choi H, Junus K, Grady J, Song M, Leven EA, Yum J, Gowda V, Alsudaney M, Hernandez P, Desai N, Parikh ND. Recall patterns and risk of primary liver cancer for subcentimeter ultrasound liver observations: a multicenter study. Hepatology communications 2023. PMID: 36881615


  3. Varghese T, Varghese GM, Vennikandam MM, Phipps M, Zheng E. Paraumbilical Varix Masquerading as a Gastric Submucosal Nodule in Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis. Volume 9 of Issue 7. ACG case reports journal 2022. PMID: 35784501


  4. Pereira MR, Aversa MM, Farr MA, Miko BA, Aaron JG, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Husain SA, Ratner LE, Arcasoy S, Uriel N, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Tsapepas DS, Emond JC, Verna EC. Tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a matched cohort study. Volume 20 of Issue 11. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020. PMID: 32946668


  5. 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 U.S. Cohort. Volume 72 of Issue 3. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020. PMID: 32473607


  6. Zheng E, Sandhu N, Navarro V. Drug-induced Liver Injury Secondary to Herbal and Dietary Supplements. Volume 24 of Issue 1. Clinics in liver disease 2019. PMID: 31753247


  7. Rich NE, Yang JD, Perumalswami PV, Alkhouri N, Jackson W, Parikh ND, Mehta N, Salgia R, Duarte-Rojo A, Kulik L, Rakoski M, Said A, Oloruntoba O, Ioannou GN, Hoteit MA, Moon AM, Rangnekar AS, Eswaran SL, Zheng E, Jou JH, Hanje J, Pillai A, Hernaez R, Wong R, Scaglione S, Samant H, Kapuria D, Chandna S, Rosenblatt R, Ajmera V, Frenette C, Satapathy SK, Mantry P, Jalal P, John BV, Fix OK, Leise M, Lindenmeyer CC, Flores A, Patel N, Jiang ZG, Latt N, Dhanasekaran R, Odewole M, Kagan S, Marrero JA, Singal AG. Provider Attitudes and Practice Patterns for Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2019. PMID: 31357028


  8. Zheng E, Navarro VJ. Causality assessment for liver injury attributable to dietary supplements. Volume 9 of Issue 3. Clinical liver disease 2017. PMID: 30992959


  9. Zheng E, Navarro V. Daño hepático debido al uso de suplementos nutricionales y de herbolario: revisión de componentes individuales. Volume 8 of Issue Suppl 1. Clinical liver disease 2016. PMID: 31041093


  10. Zheng EX, Rossi S, Fontana RJ, Vuppalanchi R, Hoofnagle JH, Khan I, Navarro VJ. Risk of Liver Injury Associated with Green Tea Extract in SLIMQUICK(®) Weight Loss Products: Results from the DILIN Prospective Study. Volume 39 of Issue 8. Drug safety 2016. PMID: 27189593


  11. Zheng E, Navarro V. Liver injury due to herbal and dietary supplements: A review of individual ingredients. Volume 7 of Issue 4. Clinical liver disease 2016. PMID: 31041035


  12. Zheng E, Navarro V. Drug-induced liver injury in the United States: A review of multi-ingredient supplements. Volume 7 of Issue 3. Clinical liver disease 2016. PMID: 31041031


  13. Zheng EX, Navarro VJ. Liver Injury from Herbal, Dietary, and Weight Loss Supplements: a Review. Volume 3 of Issue 2. Journal of clinical and translational hepatology 2015. PMID: 26357638


  14. Zheng E, Burjonrappa S. Pancreatitis because of foregut duplication cyst of the pancreas treated by laparoscopic resection. Volume 45 of Issue 12. Journal of pediatric surgery 2010. PMID: 21129523