Who is your good doctor?

[orphanedhawk]

Is there someone you'd recommend to others in your area?
From time to time, someone on the forum needs a referral.
Who do you see ? Why do you like them ?
Tell us if the doc is a GI or Hepatologist or other, where they're located and how to contact them.

Although, my GI had suggested I see a specialist at CPMC in S.F., it was a member here who recommended a specific  hepatologist several years ago. He is still my liver doctor.

Many of us refer to our doctors and how much we like them, so lets help others.

(For anyone concerned with privacy issues, by law medical professionals can not share information about patients other than with specific professionals.)

[mutatedRNA]

I second this!  Dr. Kwo was recommended to me by my Dr. in Austin when I moved to Indy.  He is on top of his game. One of the best and brightest I have ever met..

[pooh55811]

Welcome to the forum.

I don't know if NYGirl will see your post. However, I did look up the doctor she mentioned, Dr. Ira Jacobson, and here is a web site about him. It also includes contact information (phone and fax).

http://www.weillcornell.org/imjacobson/

    Phone [phone]
    Fax [phone]

    1305 York Avenue
    4th Floor
    New York, NY 10065


Here are two other web site links for him:

http://www.weillcornell.org/practice/hepcctr/index.html

    Phone [phone]
    Fax [phone]

    1305 York Avenue
    4th Floor
    New York, NY 10065


http://www.weillcornell.org/practice/gastrohep/index.html

    Phone [phone]
    Fax [phone]

    1305 York Avenue
    4th Floor
    New York, NY 10065


Office Hours (for both of the above clinics)

    Monday through Friday
    9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Best of luck to you and your brother.
    

[tatia115]

hallo,

your recomendation will i accpet for my brother, cann you send me a emeil DR.  Ira Jacobson, because i coudnot  found it in internet. thank u in advance
ta

[frijole]

Don't see anyone from Dallas posted yet so I will add Dr Abdullah Mubarak of the Liver Institute at Methodist Hospital in Dallas.  The Liver Institute is a transplant center and he is a hepatologist.  I have been under his care for this treatment with the PIs.

There is no one to recommend in the town I live in  -Midland, TX.  There are only GI's here and only 2 of them.  One of the GI's had been in discussion with Dr. Mubarak, trying to get him to come to Midland and open a clinic.  It is a possibility that I hope comes to term.

[Naya888]

I am glad to see someone from this  area,i had Dr. SaloumUSF also part of TGH group but was extremely dissapointed for many reasons with him -one just not being there ever when I need him He was assigned to other 40 hospitals and doing 45pts in one office day. .Now I transfered to Dr. Daly Clearwater who pays a bit  more attention and his office returns my calls.I am not exactly impressed as he also rushing everything but stick with him.for now. If you k now someone else who is hepatologist or gastro experienced in current HepC   tx pls let me know .Thank you a lot

[HectorSF]

I have been seeing Dr. Haddad for 5 years. He works will Dr. Terrault helping me manage my ESLD and liver cancer. He performed my biopsy, multiple endoscopies, treated my G.E.R.D. and treated me for hepatitis C. A caring doctor. He saved the life of my friend who was experiencing liver failure that had been told to go to hospice. He has since had his transplant and is doing well.

Dr. Thomas Haddad
Gastroenterology
San Francisco Medical Group
909 Hyde St  Ste 125
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-771-4366
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This is my great caring and expert hepatologist. I have been working with her for 5 years through discovery of my cirrhosis, hep C treatment, End-Stage Liver Disease, and HCC. Together we are planning my transplant.

Norah Terrault, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program
Director of Viral Hepatitis Research in Liver Transplantation

(You will need a referral from your gastro or primary to be seen at UCSF. Wait times are long as it is one of the best hospitals in the country for persons with advanced liver disease in the U.S.)

UCSF GI Faculty Practice
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94143-0657
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Dr. Nora Terrault is a medical specialist and researcher. Her field is Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She also holds a Master degree of Public Health to study the development of disease in a population. Her specialty is liver injury, transplantation, cirrhosis, and failure. She consults with surgeons doing Liver Transplants and Pediatric Liver Transplants.

Dr. Terrault and her team conduct laboratory and clinical trials on hepatitis B and C viruses in certain transplant recipients, and study therapies to prevent complications in those patients. This life-saving work also includes therapeutic trials with new drugs to treat chronic hepatitis. Her findings have been presented to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the leading organization for research in liver disease.

Her latest project involves outcomes of hep C infection in dialysis patients and those patients undergoing kidney transplantation.

Other Responsibilities:
Associate Editor for HEPATOLOGY and Liver Transplantation
AASLD Councilor-at-Large 2011-2013
Project Echo Faculty

Latest Video Presentation:

Trials of HCV Protease Inhibitors in Treatment Experienced Patients
AASLD March 16, 2012
http://www.multiwebcast.com/aasld/2012/cdc.aasld.stc.hepatitis/19977/norah.terrault.trials.of.hcv.protease.inhibitors.in.treatment.experienced.html