Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2023 - Present
Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
2025: The Current State of Functional Assessment in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation
Journal Article Current Transplantation Reports · December 1, 2026 Purpose of Review: Frailty has emerged as an important factor in liver transplant evaluation, as frailty is common in cirrhosis and is associated with adverse outcomes before and after transplant. No standardized approach to frailty assessment exists in th ... Full text CiteErratum: Clinically relevant cut-points for changes in the Liver Frailty Index are associated with waitlist mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
Journal Article Liver Transpl · May 1, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteErratum: The Liver Frailty Index enhances mortality risk prediction above and beyond MELD 3.0 alone.
Journal Article Liver Transpl · May 1, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Study of the Efficacy the Safety of Vamifeport (CSL624) in Adults with HFE-related Hereditary Hemochromatosis (FERROCLEAR)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by CSL Behring LLC · 2026 - 2030The spectrum of cognitive impairment including Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias after liver transplantation: from the Multi-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2018 - 2028Investigating the role of frailty on outcomes in acutely ill patients with cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation in the acute care setting
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2023 - 2028View All Grants
Education
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine ·
2009
M.D.