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My clinical interests include risk reduction and management of the complications of end-stage liver disease (variceal bleeding, ascites, encephalopathy and hepatocellular carcinoma) as well as the clinical evaluation and on-going care of liver transplant candidates and recipients. I perform endoscopy with a focus on variceal band ligation.
I have a strong interest in quality improvement, clinical care outcomes and heath care policy. I have been and remain heavily involved in shaping local, regional, and national liver allocation policy. I am currently Vice Chair of UNOS Liver & Intestine committee and a member of the UNOS Policy Oversight Committee. I have held several national and regional UNOS committee positions since 2007. I have been Chair of the UNOS Region 5 and Region 8 Liver & Intestine regional review boards and an active member of the UNOS Liver & Intestine committee. For the AASLD, I am Chair of the AASLD Special Interest Group on Portal Hypertension and member of the Practice Guidance Committee. I have been a member of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) visiting committee that has the charge to oversee analysis done on behalf of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). I have served as Chair of the ABIM Transplant Hepatology Self-Evaluation Production Maintenance of Certification Committee and Associate Editor of Liver Transplantation (official journal of AASLD).
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