Robert L Carithers
Internist | Transplant Hepatology
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Carithers is a UW professor of medicine. He is head of UW Medical Center's liver care services and medical director of the liver transplant program at UWMC. His clinical interests include hepatitis ...
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1973
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on the florid duct lesion of primary biliary cirrhosis.
- Liver transplantation. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
- Hepatitis C and renal failure.
- Pretreatment symptoms and dosing regimen predict side-effects of interferon therapy for hepatitis C.
- Hepatitis C in clinical practice.
- Cholestasis and alcoholic liver disease.
- A multicenter study of recombinant human interleukin 12 for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients nonresponsive to previous therapy.
- Primary biliary cirrhosis: specific treatment.
- Hepatitis C virus and liver disease: global transcriptional profiling and identification of potential markers.
- Prolonged follow-up of patients in the U.S. multicenter trial of ursodeoxycholic acid for primary biliary cirrhosis.
- AASLD practice guidelines: Evaluation of the patient for liver transplantation.
- Using root cause analysis to improve survival in a liver transplant program.
- Gene expression patterns that correlate with hepatitis C and early progression to fibrosis in liver transplant recipients.
Treatments
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Fellowships
- Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
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