Liver Clinics

Our faculty members take a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and management of liver disease. As a fellow in our gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellowship, you'll augment your knowledge of hepatology practice and learn about providing in-depth liver care, from diagnostics and testing to novel therapies. 

Working alongside our liver disease specialists, our fellows learn to:

• treat challenging types of liver disease in diverse populations
• comprehensively evaluate patients
• evaluate abnormal liver tests
• provide expert diagnosis and treatment plans
• evaluate hepatobiliary imaging

Our fellows also gain exposure to:

• the most current approaches to liver cancer
• paracentesis and liver biopsies
• new therapies in viral hepatitis

As a trainee in our fellowship, the contact you'll have with patients in our liver clinics will enable you to conduct research and clinical studies. 

For instance, you'll have opportunities to follow patients for the purpose of evaluating the safety and efficacy of new treatments. Additionally, liver samples you collect from liver biopsies have the potential to be used for translational research.

Fellows in our program gain insight about working in an interdisciplinary setting as they consult with patients' referring physicians, liver transplant surgeons and hepatologists, pathologists, nutritionists, interventional radiologists and physician assistants.

We see patients with a wide range of disorders at our liver clinics. Our fellows gain experience with conditions including:

• drug- and alcohol-induced liver disease
• hemochromatosis
• hepatic encephalopathy
• ascites
• hepatomegaly
• non-alcoholic fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
• primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Wilson's disease
• hepatitis A, B, C, D, E

We have liver clinics at multiple training sites: