Hepatology

Many common liver diseases causes liver to become inflamed. The progress of this inflammation can progress to liver cancer or liver failure. Factors which causes live disease includes viral infection, alcohol abuse, use of certain drugs, poison or cancer. More than 100 forms of liver disease are there. Liver diseases are caused by a variety of factors which can affect everyone from infants to adults7. This can affect the morphology and fuction of the liver8. It is estimated that 1 in 2500

Lakhole, an exceptional physician and researcher. I am a pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital/ Brown University. I can state that Dr. Lakhole is an elite member of the field of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology, and she has distinguished herself in this complex and critically important field in which there is a shortage of physicians in the United States. As a clinician and researcher, Dr. Lakhole has set herself apart from other pediatric gastroenterologists

There is a saying in Tibetan: “Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.” Loosing my brother to hepatocellular cancer a few weeks before the start of my residency was a very devastating experience but it also bolstered my resolve and commitment to continue with my fight against hepatitis B and other liver diseases. Growing up in rural Ghana, I often encountered people whose daily lives were challenged by diseases. Most distinct among them were young men and woman with distended abdomens

month of the internal medicine clerkship, I was on an inpatient gastroenterology and hepatology team. I appreciated the complexity of the pathophysiology behind the patient illnesses, and understanding these principles helped guide management of patients in various severities of illnesses. This month of the clerkship also still integrated principles of internal medicine outside of the gastroenterology and hepatology that was used for patient care. In addition, the attending physician would sit with

diseases, aging and dementia, allergic diseases, Alzheimer’s, prostate cancer, and the outcomes of anesthesia by collaborating with different scientist in the labs to establish translational research. They also have several clinical fellowships for hepatology- “the study, prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases that affect the liver, gallbladder biliary tree and pancreas” (Robertson, 2014). The clinical research helps the patient by evaluating drugs prior to being available to the public.

infection, there is a significant need to reduce current barriers to hepatitis C treatment (Page, 2012). Awareness of risk factors of hepatitis C helps the NPs to recognize at risk patients, who should be screened for viruses and referred to treatment based on the specific criteria (Olson & Jacobson, 2011). The NPs should become the specialist referral resource and a center point of information support. This role assists in reducing the number of the patients seeking treatment in the acute care

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predominance in large epidemiological study on 1313 HCC patients in Egypt, 88% male predominance in 59 HCC patients (16), Bakir & Ali-Eldin 2012 concluded 85% in studying of DM in 100 confirmed HCC patients recruited from internal medicine department and hepatology outpatient clinic in Ain Shams University Hospitals(17), and 65.5% of 58 HCC patients by(18) .the range of Age in the liver disease and HCC groups nearly the same 43-73years with mean (59± 7 years) which agreed with Shaker et al.,2013 who documented

Dr. Deborah Goldman, assistant professor in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, states that whole milk is vital to brain development. “Whole milk supports neuron formation and other major brain growth and development.” (healthtalk.umn.edu) Calcium and phosphorous are necessary for growing strong bones and teeth

PERSONAL STATEMENT Pathology was my first choice of medical specialty. As an undergraduate it gave me an intellectual stimulation of understanding the disease process. Root of the whole work process is correct diagnosis and effective treatment begins with it. On becoming a diagnostic expert i will be able to assist the Health care team and make impact nearly on all aspects of patient care. To be a specialist in this hidden profession that saves life above all other diagnostic modalities was my ambition