Dr. Benjamin Samstein, MD

Dr. Benjamin P. Samstein has years of experience in the field of Surgery with expertise in Transplant Surgery. He earned his BA in Chemistry from Cornell University and his MD from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. After completing his residency in General Surgery, he went on to complete a fellowship in Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and Program Director of Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and as an Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. Currently, he serves as the Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery and as the Surgical Director and Primary Surgeon of the Liver Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program and Attending Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He also serves as a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.