Liver Expert Witnesses in California

This expert's is a Physician-Scientist (M.D. and Ph.D) who serves as an attending hepatologist at a top tier university. He specializes the care of viral hepatitis (HCV and HBV) and other liver diseases. His research interests have been centered on hepatitis C virus (HCV) virology, pathogenesis, and virus-host interaction including immune response. For the past 10 years during his PhD and Post-Doctoral training, he has investigated viral-host interactions that regulate HCV viral replication through the activation of intracellular innate immune response. In recent years, he has focused on understanding how host cell innate immune pathways sense HCV infection and initiate the host response which involves type I interferon and proinflammatory cytokine production to regulate hepatic immunity. After a recent transition to an independent faculty position, his laboratory continues to investigate virus-host interactions that regulates disease outcome and pathogenesis of HCV infection. He has extensive expertise and skills in virology, cell signaling, cytokine biology, and cell biology. His role as a physician specializing in the care of viral hepatitis at an academic medical center offers the unique integration of basic science and clinical/translational science into the laboratory research program.

This highly qualified board certified expert has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years. Residency ad fellowship training were completed at Loma Linda University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, respectively. He is actively involved in research and education: the expert serves on countless medical and surgical committees dedicated to the improvement of health care outcomes and physician education, is a reviewer and editor for many prestigious transplant journals, and has been awarded in recognition for his contributions to the specialty. The expert has authored over 250 original peer reviewed articles and abstracts and has lectured at over 150 conferences and symposia. Currently, he is the Chief of Clinical Transplantation, the Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation and a Professor of Surgery at a highly ranked university affiliated medical center.