Richard T. Stravitz MD
Hepatology & Liver Transplantation
Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
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1250 E Marshall StRichmond, VA 23298
Phone+1 828-406-0804
Fax+1 828-494-5804
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Summary
- I attended NYU School of Medicine and did my residency at UNC-Chapel Hill. I did my GI and transplant hepatology fellowships at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where I have been on faculty since 1993, and am currently Medical Director of Liver Transplantation. My research interests include acute liver failure and hemostasis in patients with liver disease.
Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1990
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 1990 - 2026
NC State Medical License 1989 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology- American Board of Internal Medicine Transplant Hepatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACG) American College of Gastroenterology
Clinical Trials
- Use of Methacetin Breath Test to Predict Liver Failure in Patients With Cirrhosis Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Safety Study of Ornithine Phenylacetate to Treat Patients With Acute Liver Failure/Severe Acute Liver Injury Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsDerivation and Validation of a Model to Predict Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension Using Transient Elastography and FIB-4.Bubu A Banini, Samarth Patel, Jonathan W Yu, Le Kang, Christopher Bailey
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2023-02-01 - 37 citationsA double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of albumin in outpatients with hepatic encephalopathy: HEAL study.Andrew Fagan, Edith A Gavis, Mary Leslie Gallagher, Travis Mousel, Brian Davis
Journal of Hepatology. 2023-02-01 - 5 citationsRole of Hepatitis C Infection in Acute Liver Injury/Acute Liver Failure in North America.Ashwin Rao, Jody A Rule, Giuliana Cerro-Chiang, Richard T Stravitz, Brendan M McGuire
Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2023-01-01
Journal Articles
- Acute Liver Failure of Indeterminate Etiology: A Comprehensive Systematic Approach by an Expert Committee to Establish CausalityDaniel R Ganger, Norman Sussman, Charles Chiu, R T Stravitz, Laura James, Nathan Bass, Anne M Larson, Jorge Rakela, William M Lee, Nature
Committees
- Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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