JorgeLRakelaMDMACP, FAASLD, AGAF, FACG

Gastroenterology • Scottsdale, AZ

Hepatology & Liver Transplantation

Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

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Office
13400 E Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Phone+1 480-301-8000

Education & Training

University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1978
University of ChileClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 1994 - 2027
CA State Medical License 1978 - 2025
MN State Medical License 1982 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1994 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
American Board of Internal Medicine Transplant Hepatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:Arizona State Castle Connolly, 2013
Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

73 citations
Hepatitis C virus negative strand RNA is not detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and viral sequences are identical to those in serum: a case against extrahe...
Tomasz Laskus, Marek Radkowski, Lian Fu Wang, Janusz Cianciara, Hugo E. Vargas
The Journal of General Virology. 1997-11-01
61 citations
Safety Studies on Intrahepatic or Intratumoral Injection of Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Expressing Interferon-β in Rodents and Nonhuman Primates
Nathan Jenks, Rae Myers, Suzanne Greiner, Jill Thompson, Emily K. Mader
Human Gene Therapy. 2010-03-15
210 citations
Search for Hepatitis C Virus Negative-Strand RNA Sequences and Analysis of Viral Sequences in the Central Nervous System: Evidence of Replication
Marek Radkowski, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Marek Nowicki, Debra Adair, Hugo E. Vargas
Journal of Virology. 2002-01-15

Journal Articles

Acute Liver Failure of Indeterminate Etiology: A Comprehensive Systematic Approach by an Expert Committee to Establish Causality
Daniel R Ganger, Norman Sussman, Charles Chiu, R T Stravitz, Laura James, Nathan Bass, Anne M Larson, Jorge Rakela, William M Lee, Nature

Professional Memberships

American College of Gastroenterology - ACG
Fellow