Clinic Descriptions and Responsibilities

Transplant hepatology fellows will participate in the following clinics:

• Liver fellows practice Once a week, fellows will see patients referred from other clinics or other institutions for a variety of liver diseases, with an emphasis on continuity of care.
  
  
• Transplant practice Four days a week, fellows will assist in managing patients both before and after transplantation. Fellows will evaluate patients referred for transplantation and individuals referred as potential living-related donors. Fellows will learn about outpatient care of the liver transplant recipient, including management of immunosuppression, complications of immunosuppression, and recurrent disease after transplant, such as recurrent HCV.
  
  
• Faculty practices Transplant hepatology fellows will attend office hours with senior faculty to acquire expertise in the basic management of liver disease, including treatment of viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Fellows will also participate in the evaluation of abnormal liver tests.