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    Vikas Gupta, MD/PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Pathology
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    Additional Titles

    Clinical Director of Yale Fatty Liver Disease Program, Internal Medicine

    Contact Info

    vikas.gupta@yale.edu

    Yale School of Medicine

    Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

    New Haven, CT 06520-8019

    United States

    About

    Titles

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Pathology

    Clinical Director of Yale Fatty Liver Disease Program, Internal Medicine

    Biography

    Vikas Gupta is the clinical director of the Yale Fatty Liver Program. He sees and treats patients with any liver disorder and uses medical weight management strategies in the care of fatty liver disease.

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    Education & Training

    Fellowship
    Weill Cornell Medical College (2020)
    Residency
    Massachusetts General Hospital (2016)
    Internship
    Massachusetts General Hospital (2015)
    MD/PhD
    Duke University School of Medicine (2014)
    BS
    Pennsylvania State University, Biology (2007)

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Cell Biology; Cholangitis, Sclerosing; Cholestasis, Extrahepatic; Cholestasis, Intrahepatic; Fibrosis; Genomics; Hypertension, Portal; Liver Cirrhosis; Molecular Biology

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Vikas Gupta's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      Junior Faculty Samuel Kushlan Award

      Yale School of Medicine Award
    • honor

      Early Career Investigator in Basic Science

      National AwardAASLD
    • honor

      Kellen Fellowship

      Other Award

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist who specializes in liver disease and medical weight loss management.

    Growing up, Dr. Gupta had a unique perspective of medical education and training. His father switched careers and entered medical school when Dr. Gupta was about 7. “He wasn’t a full-fledged physician until I was in high school, and I got to watch the whole process,” he says. “It struck me as an intellectually interesting and rewarding career path.”

    After medical school, Dr. Gupta considered specializing in cardiology, but during internal medical training, his exposure to patients with end-stage liver disease changed his mind.

    “I found the physiology of this patient population really interesting and saw opportunities for clinical improvement,” he says. “When your liver doesn’t function well, it can affect your lungs, heart, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and brain. By taking care of patients with liver disease, it keeps me thinking about the physiology of all organs.”

    As clinical director of the Fatty Liver Disease Program, Dr. Gupta says a major piece of his job is medical weight management. “We are seeing so many patients with liver abnormalities that stem from fatty liver disease that we know will improve with weight loss,” he says. “We have a great team and resources to help patients achieve their weight loss goals. We want to help patients with fatty liver disease avoid developing end-stage liver disease.”

    In the clinic, Dr. Gupta likes to keep it simple, “In medical training, we learn so much jargon that is not useful to patients,” he says. “I try to draw diagrams and simplify the terminology to make it easier for patients to understand.”

    Clinical Specialties

    Internal Medicine; Digestive Diseases; Gastroenterology; Hepatology

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    Board Certifications

    • Gastroenterology

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2020

    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2017

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    Yale School of Medicine

    Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

    New Haven, CT 06520-8019

    United States

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    Locations

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      The Anlyan Center

      300 Cedar Street

      New Haven, CT 06519

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