Carlos J Romero Marrero MD

Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation

Staff Physician

Summary

Dr. Carlos Romero-Marrero is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease and Surgical Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. He specializes in diagnosing and treating people with gastrointestinal and liver diseases. He completed his medical school, residency and Gastroenterology Fellowship in the University of Puerto Rico. He subsequently completed advanced training in liver transplantation at the Mayo Clinic. He has been at the Cleveland Clinic for the past 5 years. He is the Associate Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship and co-leads SALUD, the Hispanic Employee Group of the Cleveland Clinic. He is also a staff physician at the Hispanic Clinic of Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2009 - 2010
University of Puerto RicoFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2005 - 2009
University of Puerto RicoM.Sc., Clinical Research, 2005 - 2007
University of Puerto RicoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineClass of 2001

Senior Fellows Teacher of the Year Award Gastroenterology Fellowship Program, Cleveland Clinic, 2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha University of Puerto Rico House Staff Inductee, 2008

PubMed

Journal Articles

A New Clinically Based Staging System for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Roongruedee C, Harmsen WS, Romero-Marrero C, Aboelsoud MM, Ndzengue A, Kaiya J, Therneau T, Sanchez W, Gores G, Roberts LR, Am J Gastroenterol, 1/1/2014
Outcomes of an underserved Hispanic population with chronic Hepatitis C treated with Pegylated interferon and Ribavirin in a government-sponsored clinic
Iturrino J, Sanchez CJ, Ortiz A, Romero CJ, Velazquez V, Costas PJ, and Torres EA, P R Health Sci J, 1/1/2011
Incidence and mortality rates of selected infection related cancers in Puerto Rico and in the United States
Ortiz AP, Soto-Salgado M, Calo WA, Tortolero-Luna G, Perez CM, Romero CJ, Perez J, Figueroa N, Suarez E, Infectious Agents and Cancer, 1/1/2010

Abstracts/Posters

Etiology, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease and Hospitalization Requiring Intensive Care are Predictors of 30-day Readmission in Patients with Liver Disease
Agito, Markus MD, Ghobrial, Michael MD, Lopez, Rocio MS, Atreja, Ashish MD MPH, Romero-Marrero, Carlos MD, Rizk, Maged K MD, Clinical Research Workshop, AASLD, 1/1/2012
Adherence to Recommendations in the Use of Albumin for Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis not Optimal and Can Reduce 30-day Readmission
Thomas Smith; Rohit Makkar; Rocio Lopez; Maged K. Rizk; Carlos J. Romero-Marrero, AASLD, 1/1/2012
Molecular Pathogenesis of Cholangiocarcinoma
Romero Marrero C, Roberts LR, 20th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, Beijing, China, 1/1/2010

Lectures

Predicting Mortality in Patients After Liver Transplantation: A Calibrated Prognostic Model for Patients in the Post-Operative Period
San Diego, CA - 1/21/2016
Predicting Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis Admitted to Intensive Care Units: A Comparison of Current Models
San Diego, CA - 1/21/2016
Hepatocellular Carcinoma is Independently Associated with Increased Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis Admitted to Intensive Care Units
Boston, MA - 1/11/2016