Started Practice: 1995
Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 2005
Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Role:
* Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, Scripps Center for Organ & Cell Transplantation
Teaching Role:
* Faculty, Scripps Clinic Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology
Professional Societies:
* Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
* Member, American Society Transplant Physicians
* Member, American College Gastroenterology
* Member, International Liver Transplant Society
* Member, European Association for the Study of the Liver
* Member, California Medical Association
* Past Member, San Bernardino County Medical Society, Medical Review and Advisory Committee
* Member, Southern California Society of Gastroenterology
* Member and Past Member of Board of Trustees, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
* Editorial Board, ASAIO Journal, 2004
* Past Section Editor ASAIO Journal, Liver Transplantation, 2005
* Website Editor ASAIO Artificial Liver Section, 2005
* Reviewer, European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2002
* United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Region 5 Associate Councilor, Region 5 Councilor, 2004-2006
* United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Region 5 Regional Review Board (RRB Liver), 2006
* United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors Region 5 Representative, 2004 2006
* United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) At-Large Representative, 2004-2006
* Medical Advisory Committee American Liver Foundation (ALF) San Diego Chapter.
Board Membership:
* Physician Representative, United Organ Transplant Network (UOTA) Board of Directors, 2005
* Board Member, Fair Allocation in Research (FAIR) Foundation
Research Focus:
* Liver transplantation optimizing patient selection
* Liver failure liver assist treatments for encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome and other complications of end-stage liver disease
* Hepatocellular carcinoma development and therapies
* Ascites ascitic fluid analysis and ascitic fluid infection
* Hepatitis therapies (HBV and HCV)
Clinical Interests Within Specialty:
* Complications of advanced liver disease including decompensated cirrhosis and acute liver failure
Clinical Interests Outside of Specialty:
* Pulmonary and renal complications of liver disease
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Education Background
RESIDENCY
University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University Of Iowa - 1990
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Location & Hours
University Of Kansas Physicians
7405 Renner Rd, Shawnee, KS 66217
Specialties Treated
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Transplant Surgery
Conditions Addressed
Chronic Pancreatitis
Benign Polyps of the Colon
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Malignant Neoplasm of Colon
Cirrhosis
Infectious Liver Disease
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Procedures Performed
Liver Biopsy
Insurance Accepted
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