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Office
900 N Washington St
Du Quoin, IL 62832- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of ChicagoFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1995 - 1998
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1995 - 2026
- MO State Medical License 1998 - 2025
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Clinical Trials
- Bariatric Embolization of Arteries in Obese Patients With HCC to Allow Salvage Liver Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 18
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Outcomes of kidney, liver, and simultaneous liver and kidney transplants from hepatitis c infected donors to hepatitis c naïve recipients: A large single center experi...Hany Elbeshbeshy, Neal Modi, Twinkle Patel, Ian Matthews, Timothy Kampert, Jaenic Lee, Raymond Okeke, Yasar Caliskan, Vidyaratna Fleetwood, Chintalapati Varma, Brittne...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2024 Jan 1
- 2 citationsIncidence and Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: The Multicenter Hepatocellular Carcinoma Early Detection Strategy (HEDS) Study.K Rajender Reddy, Dale McLerran, Tracey Marsh, Neehar Parikh, Lewis R Roberts, Myron Schwartz, Mindie H Nguyen, Alex Befeler, Stephanie Page-Lester, Runlong Tang, Sudh...> ;Gastroenterology. 2023 Oct 1
- 14 citationsEarly treatment with terlipressin in patients with hepatorenal syndrome yields improved clinical outcomes in North American studies.Michael P Curry, Hugo E Vargas, Alex S Befeler, Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, Vilas R Patwardhan, Khurram Jamil> ;Hepatology Communications. 2023 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations
- Marshall Browning HospitalDu Quoin, Illinois
- SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, Missouri
- John J. Cochran Veterans HospitalSaint Louis, Missouri
- SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. LouisSaint Louis, Missouri
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