Overview
My main focus is on liver disease, liver transplant, short gut syndrome and small bowel transplant in adults
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2024 - Present
Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Trends in the Perioperative Practices for Immunological Assessment and Immunosuppression Strategies for Patients Undergoing Intestinal Transplantation at American Transplant Centers.
Journal Article Transplant Proc · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Intestinal transplantation (IT) is a complex procedure that requires nuanced immunosuppressive strategies to optimize patient outcomes. Despite advancements, significant variability remains in immunosuppressive protocols across transplant cente ... Full text Link to item CiteEndoscopic Surveillance of the Intestinal Allograft: Recommendations From the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association Working Group.
Journal Article Transplantation · April 1, 2024 Intestinal transplant (ITx) rejection lacks a reliable noninvasive biomarker and rejection surveillance relies on serial endoscopies and mucosal biopsies followed by histologic assessment. Endoscopic biopsies are also essential for identifying other ITx-re ... Full text Link to item CiteWhen you need to dive in the deep end-Transplanting SARS-CoV-2 PCR+ recipients.
Journal Article Transpl Infect Dis · October 2023 There is an ongoing need to understand whether transplantation during acute Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be performed safely, especially when urgent transplant is required. We collected retrospective data of all consecutive non-lung transplant r ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Northsea_Pro00113188 A Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of NST-6179 in Adult Subjects with Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease (IFALD)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NorthSea Therapeutics B.V. · 2023 - 2026A Phase 2, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of NM-002 in Adult Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 9 Meters Biopharma, Inc · 2021 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru) ·
2001
M.D.