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Liver Diseases Branch

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Liver Diseases Branch.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Liang, T. Jake 301-496-1721 Chief
Philpott, Caroline 301-435-4018 Deputy Chief

Clinical Hepatology Research Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Clinical Hepatology Research Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Ghany, Marc 301-402-5115 Section Chief
Sarrafan-Chaharsoughi, Zahra 301-480-7057 Research Assistant

Clinical Research Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Clinical Research Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title Research Description
Liang, T. Jake 301-496-1721 Section Chief
Doo, Edward 301-451-4524 Adjunct Investigator Fatty Liver Disease; Genetic Liver Disease; HIV and Liver; Pediatric Liver Disease; Viral Hepatitis and Infectious Diseases
Ghany, Marc 301-402-5115 Senior Investigator
Heller, Theo 301-402-7147 Senior Investigator
Hoofnagle, Jay 301-496-6555 Adjunct Investigator Basic and Clinical Research on Liver Diseases
Hsu, Christine 301-496-3920 Staff Clinician
Koh, Christopher 301-443-9402 Senior Research Physician
Lama, Dolma 301-435-6122 Research Nurse
Magnani, Alaina 301-451-6984 Research Nurse
Norman-Wheeler, Jaha 301-435-6122 Clinical Nurse Manager
Rotman, Yaron 301-451-6553 Senior Investigator
Scott, Shani 301-451-6983 Research Nurse Specialist
Sherker, Averell 301-451-6207 Adjunct Investigator Autoimmune Liver Disease; Acute Liver Failure; Complications of Chronic Liver Disease; Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases; Liver Bioengineering and Biotechnology; Liver Cancer; Liver Transplantation

Genetics and Metabolism Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Genetics and Metabolism Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Philpott, Caroline 301-435-4018 Section Chief
Protchenko, Olga 301-402-6024 Staff Scientist
Tietgens, Amber 301-480-1824 Biologist

Immunology Section

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Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Rehermann, Barbara 301-402-7144 Section Chief
Oh, Jihoon 301-827-4807 Research Fellow

Liver Diseases Virology Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Liver Diseases Virology Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Liang, T. Jake 301-496-1721 Section Chief
Khan, Mohsin 301-451-1273 Staff Scientist
Park, Seung Bum 301-451-1674 Staff Scientist
Piotrowski, Jason 301-402-7196 Technical Lab Manager
Zhang, Zhensheng 301-435-4016 Biologist
Zhang, Min 301-402-6573 Research Fellow

Liver and Energy Metabolism Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Liver and Energy Metabolism Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Rotman, Yaron 301-451-6553 Section Chief

Translational Hepatology Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Translational Hepatology Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Heller, Theo 301-402-7147 Section Chief
Rai, Anjali 301-480-7054 Staff Clinician