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 CiteInduction of Antigen-Specific T Cell Tolerance by CNP-104 Positively Affects Clinical Response in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) 9237
Conference The Journal of Immunology · November 1, 2025 Abstract Description PBC is an archetypal autoimmune disease where the dominant autoantigen is mitochondrial PDC-E2. Hitherto, ... Full text CiteS5562 Inflammatory Polyarthritis as the Initial Presentation of Hereditary Hemochromatosis With Compound Heterozygosity C282Y/H63D
Conference American Journal of Gastroenterology · October 2025 Full text CiteRecent Grants
P2b Primary Biliary Cholangitis trial CNP-104-CL-202
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by COUR Pharmaceuticals Development Company · 2025 - 2030Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Role of Androgens on Visceral Fat, Lipid Metabolites, and Liver Injury in Young Women
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2023 - 2028CMV Vaccine in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Candidates (COLT) Study (Cost Reimbursable)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2024 - 2028View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine ·
2009
M.D.