Ani Kardashian, MD

Dr. Ani Kardashian is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is a transplant hepatologist who specializes in caring for patients with fatty liver, cirrhosis, and patients who undergo liver transplantation. Her research interests include understanding the social factors that contribute to the development and management of chronic liver diseases, viral hepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and liver disease in HIV infection.

Dr. Kardashian received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco and completed Internal Medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco. She then completed fellowships in Gastroenterology at University of California, Los Angeles and in Transplant Hepatology from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kardashian is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology.

• University of Southern California: Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science Program (KL2), 2022
   – 2025
• International Liver Congress/EASL: Young Investigator Bursary Award for Outstanding Abstract, 2021
• Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco: Clinical Fellow of the Year, 2020
• American Society of Transplantation: Women’s Health Community of Practice Outstanding Abstract Award, 2020
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award (grant), 2019
   – 2021
• American College of Gastroenterology: Young Physicians Leadership Program, 2018
   – 2019
• HIV and Liver Disease Seventh Biennial Meeting: Young Investigator Award, 2018
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Resident/Fellow Ambassador Award, 2017
   – 2018
• HIV and Liver Disease Sixth Biennial Meeting: Young Investigator Award, 2016
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Emerging Liver Scholar, 2015
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine: Clinical and Translational Research Award, 2015
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine: Alpha Omega Alpha, 2013
• Stanford University: Graduated with Distinction, 2008
• Stanford University: Phi Beta Kappa, 2007

• Stanford University — B.A. — 2008 — Human Biology
• University of California, San Francisco — M.D. — 2013 — School of Medicine
• University of California, San Francisco — Internship/Residency — 2016 — Department of Medicine
• University of California, Los Angeles — Fellowship in Gastroenterology — 2019
• University of California, San Francisco — Fellowship in Advanced/Transplant Hepatology — 2020
• University of Southern California — M.S. — 2025 — Clinical Translational Research

• Food Insecurity and Diet Quality: Effects on Liver Disease in People with HIV
  NIH · K23DK142591 · Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 31, 2029 · Role: Principal Investigator
• NIH
  NIH · KL2TR001854 · Apr 1, 2022 – Jul 31, 2025 · Role: Principal Investigator
• USC
  USC · Role: Principal Investigator

• I’m a Hepatologist, and This Is the Vegetable I Swear by for Liver Health (8/28/2025)
• I’m a Hepatologist, and This Is the Fruit I Swear by for Liver Health (8/26/2025)
• The Impact of Food Insecurity in Chronic Liver Disease (podcast) (3/2/2023)
• How Food Insecurity Is Linked to Liver Disease (4/1/2022)
• Regular fast food consumption linked to liver disease, USC study says (1/11/2023)
• Fast food intake ‘significantly more deleterious’ among adults with obesity, diabetes (1/12/2023)
• Here’s How Fast Food Can Impact Your Liver (1/13/2023)
• Researchers discover the fast food link to fatty liver disease (01/31/2023)
• Avoid if You Have Liver Disease (5/24/2023)
• One man left Kansas for a lifesaving liver transplant — but the problems run deeper (5/26/2023)
• Food insecurity boosts fibrosis odds in HIV with diabetes, lowers MASLD odds in HIV alone (4/22/2024)
• Foods to Avoid if You Have Liver Disease (5/15/2024)

• Terrault, Norah
• Dodge, Jennifer
• Lee, Brian
• Kohli, Rohit
• Zhou, Kali
• Tsukamoto, Hidekazu