DavidSRaifordMD

Gastroenterology • Nashville, TN

Hepatology & Liver Transplantation

Professor, Medical Education & Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Office
3601 Tvc
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1988
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1991 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1986 - 1991
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2018
Nashville Lifestyles Magazine Castle Connolly, 2006, 2008, 2011
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2007

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

23 citations
Liver enzymes, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged, urban Chinese men.
Raquel Villegas, Yong-Bing Xiang, Tom A. Elasy, Qiuyin Cai, Wanghong Xu, Honglan Li, Sergio Fazio, MacRae F. Linton, David S. Raiford, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu> ;Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 2011 Jul 25
35 citations
Serum sickness following rabbit antithymocyte-globulin induction in a liver transplant recipient : Case report and literature review
Andrew L. Lundquist, Ravi S. Chari, James H. Wood, Geraldine G. Miller, Heidi M. Schaefer, David S. Raiford, Kelly J. Wright, D. Lee Gorden> ;Liver Transplantation. 2007 May 1
3 citations
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for treatment of intractable colonic ischemia associated with portal hypertension: a bridge to liver transplantation.
Jonathan A. Schneider, Edward A. White, Derek C. Welch, LeAnn S. Stokes, David S. Raiford> ;Liver Transplantation. 2006 Oct 1
95 citations
Hepatic stellate cell activation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fatty liver
Kay Washington, Kelly J. Wright, Yu Shyr, Ellen B. Hunter, Sandy Olson, David S. Raiford> ;Human Pathology. 2000 Jul 1
13 citations
The significance of microabscesses in liver transplant biopsies: A clinicopathological study
Laura W. Lamps, C. Wright Pinson, David S. Raiford, Yu Shyr, Margie A. Scott, Mary Kay Washington> ;Hepatology. 1998 Dec 1
7 citations
Experience with neoral versus sandimmune in primary liver transplant recipients.
C. W. Pinson, William C. Chapman, J. K. Wright, Ellen B. Hunter, Joseph A. Awad, David S. Raiford, Jerita L. Payne, Sunil K. Geevarghese, Taylor K. Blair, D. H. Van Buren> ;Transplant International. 1998 Jun 1
5 citations
Nashville Experience with Liver Transplantation in Veterans Administration Patients
William C. Chapman, J. Kelly Wright, Joseph A. Awad, Ellen B. Hunter, David S. Raiford, Taylor K. Blair, C. Wright Pinson> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 1997 Jan 1
22 citations
Outcomes analysis for 50 liver transplant recipients: the Vanderbilt experience.
J Payne, K. R. Mccarty, J. G. Drougas, William C. Chapman, J. K. Wright, N. Y. Pinson, K. E. Beliles, V. L. Newsom, Ellen B. Hunter, David S. Raiford, Joseph A. Awad, ...> ;The American Surgeon. 1996 Apr 1
30 citations
Pruritus of chronic cholestasis
David S. Raiford> ;QJM. 1995 Sep 1
48 citations
Rupture and hemorrhage of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia.
Yolanda T. Becker, David S. Raiford, L Webb, J. K. Wright, William C. Chapman, C. W. Pinson> ;The American Surgeon. 1995 Mar 1
12 citations
Kupffer Cell Stimulation with Corynebacterium parvum Reduces Some Cytochrome P450-Dependent Activities and Diminishes Acetaminophen and Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Li...
David S. Raiford, M.C. Thigpen> ;Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 1994 Nov 1
Liver transplantation: results with Vanderbilt's first 25 liver recipients.
J. G. Drougas, Ellen B. Hunter, David S. Raiford, Raymond F. Burk, Joseph A. Awad, J. K. Wright, Lopez Rr, K. L. Donovan, John J. Franks, Thomas At> ;Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association. 1994 Jan 1
5 citations
Ethanol-associated alterations in the kinetics of putrescine uptake and metabolism by the regenerating liver.
Anna Mae Diehl, Shi Qi Yang, Nesbitt D. Brown, Jeffrey S. Smith, David Raiford, Richard K. Gordon, Robert A. Casero> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 1992 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

Vanderbilt Mourns Loss of Former Gastroenterology Director BurkMay 3rd, 2023
After a Career of Service to Others, Raiford to RetireSeptember 5th, 2022
Medical Center Leaders Announce Academy for Excellence in Clinical MedicineJune 21st, 2021
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