KellenKovalovichMD

Gastroenterology • Phoenixville, PA

Esophagus Disease, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Medical Director, Penn GI Limerick and EAVF and Phoenixville Hospital GI Division

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Office
420 W. Linfield Trappe Road
Building B, Suite 102
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Phone+1 484-938-4030

Fax+1 484-938-4040
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1995 - 1998
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

88 citations
Interleukin-6 protects hepatocytes from CCl4-mediated necrosis and apoptosis in mice by reducing MMP-2 expression.
Meena B. Bansal, Kellen Kovalovich, Ritu Gupta, Wei Li, Akansha Agarwal, Brian Radbill, Carlos E. Alvarez, Rifaat Safadi, M. Isabel Fiel, Scott L. Friedman, Rebecca Taub> ;Journal of Hepatology. 2005 Apr 1
98 citations
Interleukin‐6 from intrahepatic cells of bone marrow origin is required for normal murine liver regeneration
Xavier Aldeguer, Fotini Debonera, Abraham Shaked, Alyssa M. Krasinkas, Andrew E. Gelman, Xingyi Que, Gideon Zamir, Shungo Hiroyasu, Kellen Kovalovich, Rebecca Taub, Ki...> ;Hepatology. 2002 Jan 1
239 citations
Interleukin-6 Protects against Fas-mediated Death by Establishing a Critical Level of Anti-apoptotic Hepatic Proteins FLIP, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xL*
Kellen Kovalovich, Wei Li, Robert A. DeAngelis, Linda E. Greenbaum, Gennaro Ciliberto, Rebecca Taub> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2001 Jul 13
82 citations
Global changes in interleukin-6-dependent gene expression patterns in mouse livers after partial hepatectomy
Wei Li, Xianping Liang, Julie I. Leu, Kellen Kovalovich, Gennaro Ciliberto, Rebecca Taub> ;Hepatology. 2001 Jun 1
12 citations
Fas‐induced apoptosis in mouse hepatocytes is dependent on C/EBPβ
Debjani Mukherjee, Klaus H. Kaestner, Kellen Kovalovich, Linda E. Greenbaum> ;Hepatology. 2001 May 1
49 citations
Normal liver regeneration in p50/nuclear factor κB1 knockout mice☆
Robert A. DeAngelis, Kellen Kovalovich, Drew E. Cressman, Rebecca Taub> ;Hepatology. 2001 Apr 1
247 citations
Increased toxin-induced liver injury and fibrosis in interleukin-6-deficient mice.
Kellen Kovalovich, Robert A. DeAngelis, Wei Li, Emma E. Furth, Gennaro Ciliberto, Rebecca Taub> ;Hepatology. 2000 Jan 1
11 citations
Liver-specific and proliferation-induced deoxyribonuclease I hypersensitive sites in the mouse insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 gene.
Mary Ann S. Crissey, Julia I-Ju Leu, Robert A. De Angelis, Linda E. Greenbaum, L. Marie Scearce, Kellen Kovalovich, Rebecca Taub> ;Hepatology. 1999 Nov 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville, Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania