RubenHernaezMDMPH, PhD
Gastroenterology • Houston, TXHepatology & Liver Transplantation
Staff Physician
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Office
2002 Holcombe Blvd
VAMC-3A-354
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-794-7400- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Ruben Hernaez is a gastroenterologist in Houston, TX and is affiliated with Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Universidad de Navarra Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 18 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in hepatology & liver transplantation and is experienced in hepatology, viral hepatitides, hepatic cirrhosis, transplant hepatology, and biliary tract disease.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2015 - 2016- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2013 - 2015
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthPhD, Epidemiology, 2006 - 2010
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, 2005 - 2006
Universidad de Navarra Faculty of MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
WI State Medical License 2016 - 2025
DC State Medical License 2010 - 2012- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Transplant Hepatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow Teaching Award The Johns Hopkins Osler Residency Program, 2013
- Awardee Saul Zukerman MD Humanitarism in Medicine Award, 2010
- Inductee Delta Omega Alpha, 2006
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Postoperative outcomes of acute-on-chronic liver failure in infants and children with biliary atresia.Jorge Coss-Bu, Muhammad Umair M Mian, Curt Kennedy, Buria Naeem, Adil Ayub, Ruben Hernaez, Thomas P Fogarty, Kirby Deshotels, John Goss, Moreshwar S Desai> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2024 May 1
- Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and the role of biomarkers.Jonel Trebicka, Debbie Lindsay Shawcross, Alexander L Gerbes, Ruben Hernaez> ;Gut. 2024 Mar 25
- Breathing new life to posttransplant survival models.Avegail Flores, Ruben Hernaez> ;Liver Transplantation. 2024 Mar 19
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Press Mentions
MODEL Score Predicts 1-Year Mortality After Liver Transplantation in Patients with ACLFNovember 6th, 2022- Depression, Anxiety Common Among People with CirrhosisOctober 30th, 2020
- Anxiety, Depression Common Among Patients with CirrhosisAugust 21st, 2020
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Committees
- Liver Transplant Physician/Surgery Advisory Board, National Surgery Office, Department Veterans Affairs 2019 - Present
- Member/ American Gastroenterological Association, Research Award Panel 2019 - Present
- Steering Member, Practice Guidelines, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2018 - Present
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
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