eBook, PDF

Clinical Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Diseases (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

1. Summary table with each chapter to highlight key articles and key outcomes from included studies

2. Emphasis on understanding clinical epidemiology, including recent incidence, prevalence, and improved survival trends. Focus will not be on diagnostic approach or treatment approaches

3. Emphasis on the methodology of clinical research studies included with chapters specifically devoted to clinical epidemiology

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Autor

Robert Wong is a graduate of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center. Following residency, he completed his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics during which time he also completed his Masters in Clinical Epidemiology. After completing fellowship, he joined the gastroenterology faculty at Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital, where he also holds an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. His clinical interests include viral hepatitis and chronic liver diseases. His research interests include clinical epidemiology and outcomes research with a focus on chronic liver diseases and gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr Gish has made key contributions to hepatitis research and treatment; he was a major early contributor to the decipherment of methods for the detection of hepatitis B and C virus and characterizing its epidemiology and clinical presentation in humans. He was involved in studies that led to the genotypic classification strategies and methods now in use worldwide. As of Sept 26th, Dr Gish has joined, part-time, Dr Richard Manch in Phoenix Arizona at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to help start a liver transplant program at that facility and to help expand their Liver Disease Center to enhance research and education. In April 2014, Dr Gish joined Stanford to assist with the liver program development as a Professor Consultant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 349
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319943558
• Artikelnr.: 54423185