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Alexander Monto, MD, Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, CA

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Gastroenterology Los Angeles, CA

Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

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  • Office

    200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 365c
    Los Angeles, CA 90095
    Phone+1 310-821-1597
    Fax+1 310-206-3607

Summary

  • Alexander Monto, MD is a gastroenterology/hepatology specialist based in Los Angeles, CA with expertise in general gastroenterology, hepatology, and viral hepatitides. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship at the University of California in 2001, after an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and an internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He served on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco based at the San Francisco VA Medical Center from 2001 until August, 2024, when he transferred to the UCLA Gastroenterology faculty, based at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Center. Dr. Monto is an experienced researcher who has co-authored many original articles related to hepatitis C and liver disease and its complications. He has also taught university medical students, residents, and gastroenterology fellows for more than two decades, with his teaching recognized by UCSF teaching awards, and remains an active clinical gastroenterologist and hepatologist.

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1998 - 2001
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1998
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1996
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1995
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
    University of California, Santa CruzB.A, Integrative Biology, 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1999 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
  • UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Teaching Award 2011
  • Department of Veterans Affairs National Service Award 2010
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

  • Role of retroviral restriction factors in the interferon-anpha-mediated suppression of HIV-1 in vivo.
    Pillai SK, Abdel-Mohsen M, Guatelli J, Skasko M, Monto A, Fujimoto K, Yukl S, Greene WC, Rauch A, Cavassini M, Battegay M, Hirschel B, Vernazza P, Bernasconi E, Ledergerb, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Lectures

  • Gastroenterology Division Fellows’ Course. 
    San Francisco, CA
  • Liver Telehealth Resource Guide. 
    Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
  • Diagnosis and Management of Acute Hepatitis C. U.C.S.F. 
    24th Annual “The Medical Management of HIV/AIDS,” San Francisco, CA
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Other

  • Implementation of a multidisciplinary team for hepatocellular cancer at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center improves survival. 
    Chang TT, Sawhney R, Monto A, Davoren JB, Kirkland JG, Stewart L, Corvera CU, HPB
  • The epidemiology and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma. 
    Monto A, Wright TL, Seminars in Oncology
  • Hepatitis C and steatosis. 
    Monto A, Seminars in Gastrointestinal Disease
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Press Mentions

  • VA Extends New Hepatitis C Drugs to All Veterans in Its Health System
    VA Extends New Hepatitis C Drugs to All Veterans in Its Health SystemAugust 10th, 2016

Committees

  • Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2016 - Present