Dr. Akhil Shenoy

Shenoy Overview

Columbia Psychiatry lists Dr. Shenoy as a psychiatrist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and identifies him as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. NewYork-Presbyterian lists him at CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic on West 168th Street in Manhattan and describes his practice as psychiatry, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology [1][2].

In the transplant setting, his role is more specialized than a standard outpatient psychiatry profile. The Black Liver Health Initiative identifies him as Director of Transplant Psychiatry, and Columbia’s consultation-liaison fellowship materials place him directly within transplant-related psychiatric consultation for liver and transplantation services [3][5][6].

Why Transplant Psychiatry Matters in Liver Disease

Liver transplantation is not only a surgical and hepatology process. It is also a psychosocial and behavioral process. Patients may face depression, anxiety, insomnia, trauma, substance-use disorder, demoralization, medication nonadherence, family conflict, or uncertainty about transplant candidacy. A transplant psychiatrist helps the multidisciplinary team evaluate these issues and helps the patient move through the process more safely and realistically [5][6][8].

This is particularly important in alcohol-associated liver disease. Dr. Shenoy’s publication record includes work on relapse-risk assessment, multidisciplinary treatment of alcohol use disorder in transplant candidates and recipients, and ethical questions surrounding transplant evaluation after psychosocial rejection [6][7][8][9].

Clinical Focus and Relevance for Patients

Scholarship and Academic Contribution

Dr. Shenoy’s published work reflects the modern evolution of transplant psychiatry. PubMed-indexed articles associated with him address psychosocial scoring systems for alcohol relapse after liver transplant, multidisciplinary management of alcohol use disorder in transplant candidates and recipients, and ethical questions that arise when candidates rejected for psychosocial reasons seek reevaluation elsewhere [6][7][8][9].

Columbia CUIMC’s interprofessional education materials also identify Dr. Shenoy as a presenter on the challenges of liver-transplant evaluation, reinforcing that his work includes teaching and multidisciplinary discussion of how transplant teams make difficult, high-stakes selection decisions [4][10].

Education, Training, and Credentials

Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian list Dr. Shenoy’s medical education at Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, internship and residency at Boston University Medical Center, and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. They also list board certification in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine [1][2].