Our team is composed of physicians and researchers involved in the diagnosis, treatment and study of diseases of the liver. This includes treatment of, and research into, diseases such as: liver cancer, primary biliary cirrhosis/primary sclerosing cholangitis, Hepatitis C, and cirrhosis.

Hepatology (Liver Diseases)
Scott J. Cotler, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Hepatology
Jamie Berkes , M.D., Instructor of Medicine
Juliana Chan, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Thomas J. Layden, M.D., Edmund F. Foley Professor and Department Head


Liver Transplantation
Enrico Benedetti, M.D., Head, Department of Surgery
Jose Oberholzer, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Cell Transplantation
Howard Sankary, M.D., Professor of Surgery

Hepatology Staff
Karen Dancy, RN, PTC, Transplant Coordinator
Ester Trinos, MSN, ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner
Myriam Davis, MSN, ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner
Veronica Elazagui RN, PTC, Transplant Coordinator
Jeanine Elkin, RN, Living Liver Transplant Coordinator
Pat Gaddis, MS, RN, Transplant coordinator
Patricia Kemerley, MSN, ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner


General Gastroenterology
Jay L. Goldstein, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Vice Head for Clinical Affairs
Paul K. Schlesinger, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine

GI Oncology
Richard V. Benya, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine
Robert E. Carroll, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Joseph Espat, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Scott Helton, M.D., Professor, Chief, Division of Surgery

Nutrition
Reed Berger, M.D., Visiting Instructor of Medicine

Therapeutic Endoscopy/Pancreaticobiliary Diseases
Arkan Alrashid, MD., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Russell Brown, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, GI Lab
Allan G. Halline, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Fellowship Program


Surgical Faculty
Henry Briele, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery
Joseph Espat, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery

Basic Research Faculty
Gail Hecht, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Pradeep K. Dudeja, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Andrei L. Gartel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics
Lyn Sue Kahng, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
K. "Ram" Ramaswamy, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Mrinalini Rao, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Angela Tyner, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Susan Uprichard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Hepatology