Arun.j Sanyal

Biography

 Dr Sanyals specialist medical area is chronic liver disease and its outcomes.  He is the former Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA; Executive Director, Education Core, Clinical Center for Translational Research, VCU.  He has served as a chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NASH Research Network and is the current Chair of the Liver Study Section at NIH. He was a founding member of the American Board of Internal Medicine committee for Advanced Hepatology, and served as DDW chair for liver programming and on the World Health Organization (WHO) advisory committee for viral hepatitis. Prof. Sanyal is past president of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2010), where he served for many years. He has published over 250 scientific papers on his research into liver diseases, written textbooks, and his research has led to recommendations related to variceal hemorrhage, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy and NASH. He has developed practice guidelines of various national societies.

Research Interest

 Dr Sanyals specialist medical area is chronic liver disease and its outcomes, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, variceal hemorrhage, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy