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infection and inflammation

Name: Dr Sumita Verma

Academic position: Senior Lecturer in Medicine

Research: Chronic hepatitis C (including HIV/HCV coinfection), autoimmune hepatitis and alcoholic hepatitis

Contact details:

Brighton and Sussex Medical School
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton BN1 9PX
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1273 877578
Fax: +44 (0)1273 877576

E-mail:

Biography:

• Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India (1980-1985)
• MBBS (New Delhi): 1986
• MD (New Delhi): 1991
• MRCP (UK) 1993
• Specialist Registrar (Gastroenterology) Yorkshire Rotation 1995-2001
• Assistant Professor (Medicine), University of Southern California, 2002-2004
• Assistant Professor (Medicine), Johns Hopkins University Hospital, 2006-2007
  

Current research:

• Assessing impact of HAART on liver fibrosis in those with HIV/HCV coinfection
• Role of ethnicity on natural history of autoimmune hepatitis
• Ethnicity and hepatic steatosis in chronic HCV infection
• Assessing new drug therapies for severe alcoholic hepatitis

Key/recent publications:

Yoo H, Eustance J, Verma S, Zhang L, Kantsevoy S, Lee L, Kalloo A, Ravich W, Harris M, Thuluvath P: Endoscopic classification of portalhypertensive gastropathy: accuracy and inter/intra observer variability. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 56:675-680, 2002.

Nair S, Verma S, Thuluvath PJ: Pre transplant renal function predicts survival in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation. Hepatology 35:1179-1185, 2002.

Nair S, Verma S, Thuluvath PJ: Obesity and its effect on survival in patient undergoing orthotopic livertransplantation in the United States. Hepatology 35:105–109, 2002.

Verma S, Gunawan B, Mendler MH, Govindrajan S, Redeker A: Factors predicting relapse and poor outcome in Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis: Role of cirrhosis development, patterns of transaminases during remission and plasma cell activity in the liver biopsy. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004;99(8):1510-6

Verma S, Redeker A. In type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, is cirrhosis at presentation or follow up associated with a poorer outcome. Hepatology,2005;42(5):1237

Verma S, Wang CH, Govindarajan S, Kanel G, Squires K, Bonacini M. Does type and duration of antiretroviral therapy attenuate liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV coinfected patients. Clinical Infectious Disease. 2006;42(2):262-70.

Verma S, Ajudia K, Mendler M, Redeker A. Prevalence of septic events, hepatorenal syndrome, and mortality in severe alcoholic hepatitis and utility of discriminant function and MELD score in predicting these adverse events. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 2006 ;51(9):1637-43

Verma S. In type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), should remission be redefined as normalization of transaminases? Journal of Hepatology. 2006;44(4):819

Verma S, Bonacini M, Govindarajan S, Kanel G, Lindsay KL, Redeker A. More advanced hepatic fibrosis in Hispanic patients with chronic hepatitis C: role of patient demographics, hepatic necroinflammation and steatosis. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006;101:1817-1823

Verma S. HAART attenuates liver fibrosis in patients with HIV/HCV Coinfection: fact or fiction? Leading article. JAntimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006;58:496-501

Verma S., Goldin R.D., Main. J. Hepatic steatosis in patients with HIV-Hepatitis C Virus coinfection: is it associated with antiretroviral therapy and more advanced hepatic fibrosis? BMC Res Notes. 2008 Jul 15;1:46.

Reviews

Verma S, Thuluvath PF. Complementary and alternative medicine in hepatology: A review of efficacy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Published online Jan 10 2007

Nowain A, Baktha H, Pais S, Kanel G, Verma S: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: clinical profile, pathogenesis, management strategies and prognosis (review). Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatolology, 2005;20(6):818-24.

 

Chapters

Verma S, Mendler M: Hemobilia. In: Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology (Johnson R [editors]). Elsevier Science, San Diego, CA, pp 285-288 2004.

 

Books

Verma S, Kaplowitz N. Update on liver diseases in women. Written on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Published Oct 2006 (Vol V, No 4)