Sentences with word «hepatologist»

HCV CPG co-chair reviewer and consultant hepatologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, Professor David Mutimer said: «As our understanding of HCV increases and therapies evolve, more complex treatment strategies are necessary to achieve the primary goal of curing the infection.

The University of Chicago Medicine has one of the oldest and most experienced liver transplant programs in the U.S. Hepatologists partner with transplant surgeons, nursing specialists and other members of the transplant team to provide comprehensive, ongoing care for individuals who need a liver transplant.»

The research was carried out by lead author Professor Derek Gilroy, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at UCL in collaboration with consultant hepatologist Dr Alistair O'Brien.

At UT Southwestern, our specialized liver cancer team comprises transplant hepatologists, surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, and other specialists, all working together to deliver individualized patient care and bring about the best possible outcomes for patients with any type of liver cancer.

Hepatologists team with UChicago Medicine oncologists, surgeons, interventional radiologists and other specialists to offer the most aggressive therapies to confront this challenging type of cancer.

The study suggests PSC and PBC differ more than originally thought, Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hepatologist and senior study author says: «Moving forward, we can look at what this finding might tell us about the causes of these diseases and how to better treat them.»

«This is a revolutionary breakthrough in the treatment of this disease and represents a huge improvement in the quality of life of those affected,» says the Vienna hepatologist.

«For effectively preventing HBV ‐ related liver cancer, the findings of this study may help hepatologists treat patients with chronic HBV infection in the future, particularly for those who are not indicated for antiviral therapy.

Hepatologist Sean Koppe of the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago says that the results justify testing the drug in humans.

«This is one of the biggest unmet needs in medicine today,» says hepatologist Rohit Loomba of the University of California, San Diego.

The prevalence varies across the region with higher rates seen in the south and the east, making HCV a critical area of attention for hepatologists as one fifth of HCV - infected patients are at risk of developing cirrhosis or liver cancer (2).

The treatment team includes hepatologists, nurses, and nutritionists who provide personalized dietary counseling for weight loss and maintenance.

U-M pediatric gastroenterologists and hepatologists offer a full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment options for children with digestive, gastrointestinal and liver disorders.

«Our study found that individuals who took aspirin had a more than a two - and - a-half to three - and - a-half-fold lesser chance of developing bile duct cancer, compared to individuals who did not take aspirin,» says Lewis Roberts, M.B. Ch.B., Ph.D., the study's senior author and a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Mayo Clinic.

The liver transplant team is made up of many individuals who contribute to its success — liver transplant surgeons, transplant hepatologists (doctors with expertise in the treatment of the liver), and a team of gastroenterologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, radiologists, mental health specialists, chaplains, nurses, social workers and pharmacists.

«Hepatologists are currently ill - equipped at identifying the patients who are most likely to develop NASH.

In the mid-1990s, Leonard Seeff, a hepatologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington, D.C., overheard Kaplan discussing the Warren Sera Collection, as it came to be known.

«We strongly recommend a follow - up of serum liver tests 6 - 12 weeks after delivery in all women with ICP, with and without persisting pruritus, and if serum liver test results are elevated, further evaluation by a hepatologist,» noted Dr. Marschall and his co-investigators.

The Transplant Program team includes not only skilled surgeons, but also cardiologists, pulmonologists, hepatologists, nephrologists, intensive care physicians, infectious disease physicians, endocrinologists, imaging experts, nurses, transplant coordinators, social workers, psychologists, dietitians, pharmacists, financial coordinators, and other specialists.

Our multidisciplinary team includes pediatric oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, ophthalmologists, hepatologists (liver specialists), nephrologists (kidney specialists), transplant physicians, plus a full range of additional subspecialists.

The team is comprised of transplant surgeons, hepatologists, specially trained nurses and support staff.

Our hepatologists (physicians specializing in liver disease) have expertise in the following, and more:

Our hepatologists partner with other UChicago Medicine specialists in addiction medicine to offer each patient a comprehensive, personalized approach to care.

But as a neurologist, and not a hepatologist or a pulmonologist, I like it for its remarkable antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects as well as actions on important neurotransmitters such as glutamate and dopamine.

«The exact mechanism is unknown but it is thought that coffee exerts antioxidant effects,» said Murad, a hepatologist at the medical center.

Thirdly, the trial judge, and the Court of Appeal found that even if the plaintiff had been referred to a hepatologist, Mr Varipatis would have failed (in the absence of bariatric surgery) to achieve weight loss.

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