Dr. Herbert L. Bonkovsky MD
Internist
1025 Morehead Medical Drive Suite 600 Charlotte North Carolina, 28204About
Herbert Bonkovsky, MD, holds many positions with Carolinas Healthcare in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is Senior Advisor for Research, Director of Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Disorders Lab, and works in the department of internal medicine. He holds teaching positions at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and the University of Connecticut.
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The value of intravenous heme-albumin and plasmapheresis in reducing postoperative complications of orthotopic liver transplantation for erythropoietic protoporphyria.
- Increased heme oxygenase-1 gene expression in liver cells and splanchnic organs from portal hypertensive rats.
- Effects of selected antihypertensives and analgesics on hepatic porphyrin accumulation: implications for clinical porphyria.
- Heme oxygenase: recent advances in understanding its regulation and role.
- Heme biosynthesis in a chicken hepatoma cell line (LMH): comparison with primary chick embryo liver cells (CELC).
- Effects of antidepressants and benzodiazepine-type anxiolytic agents on hepatic porphyrin accumulation in primary cultures of chick embryo liver cells.
- Effects of phenylarsine oxide on expression of heme oxygenase-1 reporter constructs in transiently transfected cultures of chick embryo liver cells.
- Hepatotoxicity due to troglitazone: report of two cases and review of adverse events reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration.
- Iron reduction before and during interferon therapy of chronic hepatitis C: results of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.
- Iron reduction as an adjuvant to interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C who have previously not responded to interferon: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial.
- Induction of the heme oxygenase-1 gene by metalloporphyrins.
- Outcomes research in chronic viral hepatitis C: effects of interferon therapy.
- Upstream regulatory elements in chick heme oxygenase-1 promoter: a study in primary cultures of chick embryo liver cells.
- Role of HFE gene mutations in liver diseases other than hereditary hemochromatosis.
- Management of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation: a concise review.
Clinical Trials
- Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of MT?7117 in Subjects With Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
- Harvoni Treatment Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
- Oral Iron for Erythropoietic Protoporphyrias
- Erythropoietic Protoporphyrias: Studies of the Natural History, Genotype-Phenotype Correlations, and Psychosocial Impact
- Longitudinal Study of the Porphyrias
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Chairman, Medical Scientific IDI -
Awards
- Mentor's Scholar Awrad, 2007
- Distinguished Alumni Award, 2004
Internships
- Duke University
Fellowships
- Clinical and Transitional Research in Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Disorders
Professional Society Memberships
- American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Physicians
Articles and Publications
- Over 350 Articles Published, Book Chapters Published
What do you attribute your success to?
- Scientific and Medical Curiosity, Hard Work
Hobbies / Sports
- Cycling, Tennis, Singing
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
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