Dr. Velimir A. Luketic M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1250 E Marshall St Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Velimir Luketic is a gastroenterologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Luketic specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Luketic performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1988
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary sclerosing cholangitis: evaluation with MR cholangiography-a case-control study.
- Esophageal varices. I. Clinical presentation, medical therapy, and endoscopic therapy.
- Esophageal varices. II. TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) and surgical therapy.
- Bleeding esophageal varices. How to treat this dreaded complication of portal hypertension.
- Clinical spectrum of cholestasis.
- A randomized, controlled trial to determine whether continued ribavirin monotherapy in hepatitis C virus-infected patients who responded to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy will enhance sustained virologic response.
- Management of portal hypertension after variceal hemorrhage.
- The diagnostic value of anti-mitochondrial antibodies, especially in primary
- A review of the physiological and immunological functions of biliary epithelial cells: targets for primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and drug-induced ductopenias.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus in African Americans with genotypes 2 and 3.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 with peginterferon, ribavirin, and epoetin alpha.
- Differences between Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic patients with primary biliary cirrhosis in the United States.
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with altered hepatic MicroRNA expression.
- Association between high-normal levels of alanine aminotransferase and risk factors for atherogenesis.
- Long term changes in liver histology following treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus.
Treatments
- Hepatology, Liver Transplant
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis C
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Gastroenterology, V C U Medical College of Voirginia, Richmond, VA USA 1991
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