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Vikas Gupta, MD/PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Pathology
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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.

Appointments

  • Digestive Diseases

    Assistant Professor
    Primary

  • Pathology

    Assistant Professor
    Secondary
    Pathology

Other Departments & Organizations

  • Digestive Diseases
  • Fatty Liver Disease Program
  • Internal Medicine
  • Janeway Society
  • Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
  • Pathology
  • Program in Translational Biomedicine (PTB)
  • Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
  • Yale Medicine

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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Contacts

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Mailing Address

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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Locations

  • TAC S227A

    Academic Office

    The Anlyan Center

    300 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06519

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