
Dr. Nezam H Afdhal M.D.
Hepatologist | Hepatology
Bidmc 110 Francis St. , St Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Nezam Afdhal is a hepatologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Afdhal specializes in the study of body parts such as the liver, the biliary tree, the gallbladder and the pancreas. Hepatologists manage disorders in these areas and are specifically known for treating viral hepatitis. Patients who have received liver transplants also follow up with hepatologists after their procedure.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- pH-dependent conformational change of gastric mucin leads to sol-gel transition.
- A recombinant bovine gallbladder mucin polypeptide binds biliary lipids and accelerates cholesterol crystal appearance time.
- Crohn's and stones.
- Xenogeneic transplantation of porcine hepatocytes into the CCl4 cirrhotic rat model.
- Hepatic fibrosis: are any of the serum markers useful?
- Good cholesterol, bad cholesterol: role of oxysterols in biliary tract diseases.
- Diagnosing fibrosis in hepatitis C: is the pendulum swinging from biopsy to blood tests?
- Targeted disruption of the murine mucin gene 1 decreases susceptibility to cholesterol gallstone formation.
- Interaction of mucin with cholesterol enriched vesicles: role of mucin structural domains.
- Lack of the intestinal Muc1 mucin impairs cholesterol uptake and absorption but not fatty acid uptake in Muc1-/- mice.
- Role of epoetin alfa in maintaining ribavirin dose.
- Evaluation of liver fibrosis: a concise review.
- Genetic analysis of cholesterol gallstone formation: searching for Lith
- Estrogen receptor alpha, but not beta, plays a major role in 17beta-estradiol-induced murine cholesterol gallstones.
- Biopsy or biomarkers: is there a gold standard for diagnosis of liver fibrosis?
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
Treatments
- Liver Transplant, Hepatology
Fellowships
- St. Vincent's Hospital & University College in Gastroenterology, Ireland 1985
- St. Vincent's Hospital & University College in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ireland 1987
- Boston Medical Center in Gastroenterology, Boston, MA 1988
- Boston Medical Center in Gastroenterology, Boston, MA 1989
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Nearest Hospitals
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALl
300 LONGWOOD AVENUE BOSTON MA 2115BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALl
75 FRANCIS STREET BOSTON MA 2115