Dr. Carl L Berg MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
40 Duke Medicine Cir Durham NC, 27710About
I relish the challenges associated with the care of patients with complex liver disease. I strive to partner with patients and their families to obtain optimal clinical outcomes for my patients. I bri ...
Education and Training
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1986
Washington Center / School of Medicine 1986
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology- 1991
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Transplant Hepatology- 2008
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Association of primary sclerosing cholangitis and celiac disease: a case report and review of the literature.
- Preoperative delta-MELD score does not independently predict mortality after liver transplantation.
- Cost minimization in endoscopy center scheduling: a case-controlled study.
- Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) predicts nontransplant surgical mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
- Comparison of the grading of esophageal varices by transnasal endoluminal ultrasound and esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
- Resolution of decompensated cirrhosis from Wilson's disease with zinc monotherapy: a potential therapeutic option?
- Coagulopathy does not fully protect hospitalized cirrhosis patients from peripheral venous thromboembolism.
- Methylphenidate-induced autoimmune hepatitis.
- Mechanical pleurodesis aided by peritoneal drainage: procedure for hepatic hydrothorax.
- The role of anti-fibrinolytics, rFVIIa and other pro-coagulants: prophylactic versus rescue?
- Addition of adult-to-adult living donation to liver transplant programs improves survival but at an increased cost.
- NASH and cryptogenic cirrhosis: a histological analysis.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma and model for end-stage liver disease exceptions: the more we understand, the more challenging the allocation gets.
- Declined organ offers in liver transplantation: careful timing or missed opportunity?
- Liver Transplantation in 2016: An Update.
Treatments
- Ascites, Cirrhosis, Hemochromatosis And More
- Liver Cancer
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis C
Fellowships
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA 1992
- Clinical Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 1989
- Research Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts) 1990
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