Biography
Videos
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California, San Francisco | Transplant Hepatology fellowship | 07/2010 | |
University of Minnesota | Gastroenterology fellowship | 07/2009 | |
University of Minnesota | Internal Medicine Residency | 07/2006 | |
Dow | M.D. | School of Medicine | 2000 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Clinical Expertise
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Benign Liver Tumors
Cirrhosis
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Program Affiliations
UCSF Liver Transplantation Program
Research Interests
Epidemiology and management of NAFLD
Sleep apnea in NAFLD
Modeling outcomes in advanced liver disease and liver transplantation.
Publications
- Granulomatous hepatitis, a mystery solved.| | PubMed
- The Liver Cirrhosis Network Cohort Study: Cirrhosis Definition, Study Population, and Endpoints.| | PubMed
- Increases and decreases in liver stiffness measurement are independently associated with the risk of liver-related events in NAFLD.| | PubMed
- African American race does not confer an increased risk of clinical events in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.| | PubMed
- Defining the serum proteomic signature of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, ballooning and fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.| | PubMed
- Safety and Sustained Efficacy of the Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) Agonist Cilofexor Over a 96-Week Open-label Extension in Patients With PSC.| | PubMed
- Secular Trends in Severe Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury in North America: An Update From the Acute Liver Failure Study Group Registry.| | PubMed
- Machine learning to predict waitlist dropout among liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Hepatology Practice and Provider Burnout.| | PubMed
- ASMBS Position Statement on the Impact of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.| | PubMed
- Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.| | PubMed
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Expert Panel Consensus Statement: Vaccines to Prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection in Patients With Liver Disease.| | PubMed
- Prognostic Value of the 13 C-Methacetin Breath Test in Adults with Acute Liver Failure and Non-acetaminophen Acute Liver Injury.| | PubMed
- Psychological Health of Surgeons in a Time of COVID-19: A Global Survey.| | PubMed
- Surveillance and Monitoring of Hepatocellular Carcinoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.| | PubMed
- Clinical Best Practice Advice for Hepatology and Liver Transplant Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: AASLD Expert Panel Consensus Statement.| | PubMed
- The Association Between Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, and Extrahepatic Cancers.| | PubMed
- Clinicopathological features and outcomes of parenchymal rejection in liver transplant biopsies.| | PubMed
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review.| | PubMed
- Histologic Findings of Advanced Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Who Have Normal Aminotransferase Levels.| | PubMed
- Trends in hospitalizations for chronic liver disease-related liver failure in the United States, 2005-2014.| | PubMed
- The Nonsteroidal Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist Cilofexor (GS-9674) Improves Markers of Cholestasis and Liver Injury in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.| | PubMed
- Acetaminophen is Undetectable in Plasma From More Than Half of Patients Believed to Have Acute Liver Failure Due to Overdose.| | PubMed
- Low-Normal Thyroid Function Is Associated With Advanced Fibrosis Among Adults in the United States.| | PubMed
- History of Marijuana Use Does Not Affect Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waitlist.| | PubMed
- Hilar cholangiocarcinoma associated with immunoglobulin G4-positive plasma cells and elevated serum immunoglobulin G4 levels.| | PubMed
- Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of l-ornithine phenylacetate in patients with acute liver injury/failure and hyperammonemia.| | PubMed
- Clinical and metabolic effects associated with weight changes and obeticholic acid in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.| | PubMed
- Acetaminophen-induced Acute Liver Failure Is More Common and More Severe in Women.| | PubMed
- Outcomes in Adults With Acute Liver Failure Between 1998 and 2013: An Observational Cohort Study.| | PubMed
- Acute liver injury and acute liver failure from mushroom poisoning in North America.| | PubMed
- Emerging Therapies for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.| | PubMed
- Circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study of detection, enumeration, and next-generation sequencing in cases and controls.| | PubMed
- Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria.| | PubMed
- Farnesoid X nuclear receptor ligand obeticholic acid for non-cirrhotic, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (FLINT): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.| | PubMed
- Response to letter to the editors.| | PubMed
- Combined effects of recipient age and model for end-stage liver disease score on liver transplantation outcomes.| | PubMed
- Alpha-fetoprotein level > 1000 ng/mL as an exclusion criterion for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting the Milan criteria.| | PubMed
- Adult-Onset Fatal Neurohepatopathy in a Woman Caused by MPV17 Mutation.| | PubMed
- Clinical and histological determinants of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and advanced fibrosis in elderly patients.| | PubMed
- Clinical predictors of EMG-confirmed cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathy.| | PubMed
- Pretransplant severe hepatic encephalopathy, peritransplant sodium and post-liver transplantation morbidity and mortality.| | PubMed
- Emergent orthotopic liver transplantation for hemorrhage from a giant cavernous hepatic hemangioma: case report and review.| | PubMed
- Risk of multiple sclerosis after idiopathic optic neuritis in a Pakistani population.| | PubMed
- Using higher risk organs for liver transplantation: in whom and at what price?| | PubMed
- Stroke in Pakistan.| | PubMed
- Prognostic indicators in patients with primary intraventricular haemorrhage.| | PubMed