A hepatology career spanning more than 25 years underpins this physician’s specialization in internal medicine, gastroenterology, transplant hepatology, liver transplantation, hepatocellular carcinoma, viral hepatitis, chronic hepatitis C, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and liver disease management. His expertise encompasses the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic liver disorders, liver transplant medicine, autoimmune and biliary liver diseases, liver cancer, and complications of advanced liver disease. He has also provided consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony as a hepatology expert witness.

His professional background includes service as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, Director of Clinical Hepatology, Co-Director of a Multidisciplinary Liver Cancer Program, Senior Associate Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, Medical Director of a Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Transplant Hepatologist, and Hepatologist at academic medical centers, liver transplant programs, and specialty healthcare organizations. In these roles, he has directed liver transplant programs and overseen clinical services involving patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, chronic viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and advanced liver disease, while overseeing multidisciplinary liver disease care, transplant evaluation, and clinical hepatology services.

In addition to his clinical leadership, he has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on research involving hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation, viral hepatitis, liver fibrosis, portal hypertension, chronic hepatitis C, and transplant outcomes. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and delivered invited national and international presentations on liver transplantation, hepatocellular carcinoma, chronic liver disease, hepatitis B and C, autoimmune liver disease, and cirrhosis management. His qualifications are further supported by a Doctor of Medicine degree, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, completion of an internal medicine internship and residency, fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, board certifications in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology, and professional membership in the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.