hepatologist

A hepatologist has been recruited and will join the hospital in June, officials there say.

Her father is a hepatologist in New York.

I have occasionally confused a hematologist (blood) with a hepatologist (liver).

If you have tried interferon in the past and did not get good results, talk to a doctor who is a liver specialist (hepatologist).

However, severe cases may require treatment by a hepatologist or gastroenterologist - specialists in diseases of the liver.

One of his students at Edinburgh during this period was Sheila Sherlock, who became a pioneering hepatologist.

Liver specialist (hepatologist).

The med techs' cobbled assays told the hepatologist some of what he needed to know about the state of her internal organs.

The bride's father, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist, is a partner in Digestive Disease Consultants there.

The hepatologist will be able to tell you about newer combinations of peginterferon with ribavirin or new, experimental treatments.

But now, Dr. Enrique J. Martinez, his hepatologist, said, the virus is renewing its attack.

When interferon is used for chronic viral hepatitis, a hepatologist or gastroenterologist is most likely to supervise treatment.

Your GP should refer you to a specialist in either liver disease (a hepatologist) or general digestive diseases (a gastroenterologist).

Already, Dr. Martin said, she has entered into a partnership with a hepatologist who refers some business to Dr. Jenkins.

He was the father of Professor Oliver James, a leading British hepatologist and pro-vice chancellor of the Newcastle University.

Any association between abnormal aminotransferases and clinical jaundice or synthetic dysfunction (elevated INR) should prompt consultation with a hepatologist.

Dr Hans Popper, MD, PhD (24 November 1903 - 6 May 1988) was a pathologist, hepatologist and teacher.

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Patients likely to develop hepatic decompensation who receive interferon alfa must, however, be monitored closely by an experienced hepatologist, preferably in a centre with facilities for liver transplantation.

Dr. Pat Basu, a hepatologist in Forest Hills, Queens, said there is a high incidence of hepatitis B among the Bukharan immigrants who live near his office.

Despite its state approval, Iowa Methodist has not begun offering liver transplants because it has not met the organ-sharing network's requirement that a hepatologist, a nonsurgical liver specialist, be on staff.

Most people with hepatitis C visit a gastroenterologist or hepatologist, but some folks, especially those with an HIV co-infection, may go to an infectious-disease doctor who has expertise in hepatitis C treatment.

Dr. Sing Chan, a hepatologist in Flushing, Queens, has been getting more and more invitations for lunch lately from pharmaceutical representatives seeking to interest him in new drugs developed to treat the hepatitis B virus.

"She would travel the world to lecture; there was a time in England where every hepatologist had been through her unit," said Dr. Dooley, who was Dr. Sherlock's co-author on the last three editions of her book.

Dr Paul Southern, a consultant hepatologist at Bradford's Royal Infirmary, said people are now dying in their 20s from liver disease and binge-drinking children as young as 12 are falling prey to the "pocket money alcohol business".