Sonal Kumar, MD
Enriched profileDirector of Clinical Hepatology; Assistant Professor of Medicine · Weill Cornell Medicine
Sonal Kumar is Director of Clinical Hepatology; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 176 publications with 3,655 citations (h-index 26); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Sonal Kumar, MD, is Director of Clinical Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The public record shows 176 publications with 3,655 citations (h-index 26), centered on NASH / NAFLD / MASH. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 22 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · MedEdPORTAL
- Top research focus: NASH / NAFLD / MASH
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 22 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Diet and Meal Timing in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatoic Liver Disease
Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
22 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year202546 payments$111,103openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncProgram year202536 payments$78,351openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Madrigal PharmaceuticalsProgram year202571 payments$66,219openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
60.5%Thyroid Hormone Receptor beta Agonist34.9%Rezdiffra100%Part D<11 patientsBile Acid25.6%Ursodiol100%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
39.5%Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors39.5%Vemlidy100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Portal vein thrombosis prevalence and associated mortality in cirrhosis in a nationally representative inpatient cohort.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Article2019
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
This person's own public accounts first, then places where others mention them. Two different things, listed separately.
Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/sonal-kumar-md
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/sonal-kumar
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →aasld.org ↗ - YouTube
youtube.com/watch
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →youtube.com ↗ - Weillcornell.org
Speaker/advisor disclosures: professional services with Merck; advisory/scientific board with GlaxoSmithKline and Intercept Pharmaceuticals; speaker for Gilead Sciences, Novo Nordisk, and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗
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- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
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American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology)
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American Board of Obesity Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗ - Internal Medicine Residency
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →media.mycme.com ↗ - Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →media.mycme.com ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Member
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
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European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗ - Member
Empire Liver Foundation
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Assistant Attending Physician
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗ - Founder and Director
ICHANGE (multidisciplinary clinic for MASLD/obesity-related GI conditions), Weill Cornell Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →media.mycme.com ↗ - Director
Clinical Trial Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →media.mycme.com ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- "Dr. Sonal Kumar on the Silent Epidemic of Fatty Liver Disease"
Weill Cornell Medicine Patient Care news feature
2018verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗ - provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →pbcexperts.org ↗
- Faculty speaker/moderator
Practicing Clinicians Exchange (PCE) CME programs
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →practicingclinicians.com ↗
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