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Herbert Bonkovsky, MD, Gastroenterology, Winston Salem, NC, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist

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Gastroenterology Winston Salem, NC

Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Nutrition, Clinical Pharmacology

Professor of Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Translational Sciences; Chief of Porphyria Clinics, and Laboratory for Liver and Metabolic Disorders

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Summary

  • Dr. Herbert Bonkovsky is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist precticing at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has been in practice 53 years. He specializes in hepatology & liver transplantation, nutrition, and pancreas disease. He has particular expertise in metabolic disorders such as the porphyrias, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, aceruloplasminemia, and drug-induced liver injury. He has long experience in general hepatology and gastroenterology, cirrhosis and its complications, and viral hepatitides.

Clinical Expertise

  • Hepatology, iron disorders, porph, Hepat, Hepatic cirrhosis, General gastroenterology, Biliary tract disease, Esophageal disease, Malabsorptive disorders, Viral hepatitides, Drug-induced hepatitis, Porphyrias, Inherited disorders of copper metabolism, Hemochromatosis, Porphyria cutanea tarda, Infection-induced thrombocytopenia, Liver cirrhosis, Biopsies, Liver transplantation, Severity of illness index, Hepatic cancer, Transplant hepatology, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Alcoholic liver disease, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Cirrhosis due to chronic viral hepatitis, Gastrointestinal / Hepatic pathology, Hepatocellular carcinoma

Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 1973 - 1974
  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
    Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1971 - 1973
  • The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University
    The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1968 - 1969
  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1968
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1967
  • Earlham College
    Earlham CollegeA.B.

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2008 - 2024
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1999 - 2009
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1990 - 2002
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1985 - 1991
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1968 - 1976
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Emeritus Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation ASCI
  • Fellow AGA
  • Fellow AASLD
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Features of autoimmunnune hepatitis in patients with drug-induced liver injury  
    de Boer YS, Kosinski AS, Urban TJ, Zhao Z, Long N, Chalasani N, Kleiner DE, Hoofnagle JH for the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, Gastroenterol Hepatol, 1/13/2016
  • Cimetidine for EPP?  
    Balwani M, Anderson KE, Desnick RJ, on behalf of the NIH-supported Porphyrias Consortium of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Investigators, JAMA Dermatology, 1/1/2016
  • Febuxostatinduced acute liver injury  
    Bohm M, Vuppalanchi R, Chalasani N, Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, Hepatology, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Vascular reactivity in mesenteric arteries from a rodent model of acute intermittent porphyria [AIP]
    Pulgar VM, Ademoyero OT, Aileru AA, Yasuda M, Gan L, Desnick RJ, Bonkovsky HL, Gordon Research Conference on Tetrapyrroles, 50th Anniversary, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, 1/22/2016
  • Serum IgM autoantibody profiling using autoantigen arrays identifies histone H4 IgM antibody as highly specific to patients with autoimmune like drug induced liver injury
    Chalasani N, Xu Y, deBoer Y, Raman I, Lian Y, Eckert G, Li Q, Hoofnagle J, for the DrugInduced Liver Injury Network, 67th Annual Meeting of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/14/2016
  • Idiosyncratic drug induced liver injury in African Americans: causes, clinical features, and outcomes
    Chalasani N, Ghabril M, Fontana RJ, Barnhart H, Hayashi P, Ahmad J, Stolz A, Navarro V, Hoofnagle JH, for the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN), 67th Annual Meeting of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 1/14/2016
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Lectures

  • Liver injury due to anti-TNF agents and other biologics 
    Hyattsville, MD - 1/24/2016
  • Drug-Induced Liver Injury—Perspectives from the USA and the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network 
    Beijing, PR China, 2016; Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 - 1/20/2016
  • Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 
    Winston-Salem, NC - 1/17/2016
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Other

  • Treatment of chronic hepatitis C: predictors and results. In "Chronic Hepatitis C" Krawitt EL (ed.), Clinical Advances in Gastroenterology 
    Bonkovsky HL, Educational Reviews, Inc.
    Birmingham, AL - 1/1/1995

Press Mentions

  • Navigating Porphyria Testing Algorithms
    Navigating Porphyria Testing AlgorithmsDecember 1st, 2021
  • A Primer on Porphyrias
    A Primer on PorphyriasFebruary 1st, 2021
  • Depression Symptoms Genetic
    Depression Symptoms GeneticAugust 17th, 2017
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German

Hospital Affiliations