Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health

VCU GI Fellows Present Abstracts at AASLD Meeting

We congratulate the six fellows from the GI program at Virginia Commonwealth University/VCU Health who presented abstracts at the recent annual AASLD – The Liver Meeting in San Diego, working with Institute faculty mentors. They were:

Nikita Chadha, D.O., class of 2026 (not pictured)

• “Designation of Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure in Patients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis”
  Institute Mentors: Richard Sterling, M.D.; Amon Asgharpour, M.D.; Scott Matherly, M.D.; Joel Wedd, M.D.; Hannah Lee. M.D.; M. Shadab Siddiqui, M.D.; Vaishali Patel, M.D.; S. Obi Aseem, M.D., Ph.D.; Vinay Kumaran, MBBS; Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Amit Sharma, M.D.; Aamir Khan, MBBS; Daisuke Imai, M.D., Ph.D.; Marlon Levy, M.D.; and David Bruno, M.D.
• “Social Determinants of Health Measured by SDI and ADI Do Not Impact Liver Transplant Outcomes”
  Institute Mentors: Amon Asgharpour, M.D.; Scott Matherly, M.D.; Joel Wedd, M.D.; Hannah Lee, M.D.; M. Shadab Siddiqui, M.D.; Vaishali Patel, M.D.; S. Obi Aseem, M.D., Ph.D.; Albert Arias Vinay, Kumaran, MBBS; Seung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Amit Sharma, M.D.; Aamir Khan, MBBS; Daisuke Imai, M.D., Ph.D.; Marlon Levy, M.D.; David Bruno, M.D.
• “Post-Liver Transplantation Renal Dysfunction Primarily Driven by Older Age and MELD at Listing Rather than Liver Disease Etiology Type”
  Institute Mentors: Richard Sterling, M.D.; Amon Asgharpour, M.D.; Joel Wedd, M.D.; Hannah Lee, M.D.; M. Shadab Siddiqui, M.D.; Vaishali Patel, M.D.; S. Obi Aseem, M.D., Ph.D.; Vinay Kumaran, MBBS; Seung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Amit Sharma, M.D.; Aamir Khan, MBBS; Daisuke Imai, M.D., Ph.D.; Marlon Levy, M.D.; and David Bruno, M.D.
• “HE Histologic Features of Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis Undergoing Liver Transplantation: An Explant Study”
  Institute Mentors: David Bruno, M.D.; Joel Wedd, M.D.; and Richard Sterling, M.D.

Michael Eiswerth, D.O., class of 2026 (bottom right)

• “The Impact Of IQR/Median on The Accuracy of Liver Stiffness Measurement Predicting Advanced Fibrosis on Liver Biopsy”
  Institute Mentor: Richard Sterling, M.D.

Gowthami Kanagalingam, M.D., class of 2025 (upper right)

• “Validation of the MASEF Score for Its Diagnostic Enrichment Utility for At-Risk Mash in the NIMBLE Project”
  Institute Mentors: Arun Sanyal, M.D., and M. Shadab Siddiqui, M.D.

Marcus Healey, M.D., class of 2026 (not pictured)

• “Prognostic Utility of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Criteria in Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis”
  Institute Mentors: Amon Asgharpour, M.D.; Vaishali Patel, M.D.; Hannah Lee, M.D.; Scott Matherly, M.D.; Velimir Luketic, M.D.; M. Shadab Siddiqui, M.D.; Joel Wedd, M.D.; Arun Sanyal, M.D.; and Richard Sterling, M.D.

Vinay Jahagirdar, MBBS, class of 2027 (upper left)

• “Increased Risk of Clostridiodes difficile Infection in Patients with Cirrhosis on Secondary Prophylaxis for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study”
  Institute Mentor: Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D.

Jawaid Shaw, MD., class of 2026 (lower left)

• “A Health IT Intervention with Caregiver Engagement Significantly Reduces Avoidable Readmissions in a Multi-Center Randomized Clinical Trial of > 450 Participants: The HEROIC Trial”
  Institute Mentor: Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D.
• “Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis, Especially Those Not in High Income Countries Continue to Have Worse Outcomes Regardless of Whether Outcomes Were Studied During and After the COVID Pandemic”
  Institute Mentor: Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D.
• “Major Variations in 90-Day Mortality Post-Hospital Discharge among Inpatients with Cirrhosis: A Prospective Cohort Study for The Cleared Consortium”
  Institute Mentor: Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D.