Professor, Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Christopher B. O'Brien, MD
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Christopher O'Brien works in the field of Gastroenterology. He attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He received 3 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (AGAF)" and "Super Doctor". Christopher B. O'Brien has written publications. He has 30 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Quantitative assessment of hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during therapy with interferon-alpha2a.'
Publications
- Long-term Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease.
- The hospitalized patient with abnormal liver function tests.
- Review.
- Tenofovir therapy for lamivudine resistance following liver transplantation.
- Factors that identify survival after liver retransplantation for allograft failure caused by recurrent hepatitis C infection.
- Treatment of established recurrent hepatitis C in liver-transplant recipients with pegylated interferon-alfa-2b and ribavirin therapy.
- Outcomes in liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B virus: resistance and recurrence patterns from a large transplant center over the last decade.
- Sirolimus-associated hepatotoxicity in liver transplantation.
- Beneficial effects of topical testosterone replacement in patients with end-stage liver Disease.
- Prediction of sustained virological response in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C virus following combination pegylated interferon alfa-2b and rib...
- Preliminary observation with dronabinol in patients with intractable pruritus secondary to cholestatic liver Disease.
- Primary hepatic angiocentric lymphoma.
- Fatal hyperammonemia following orthotopic lung transplantation.
- Effect of long-term treatment with ursodiol on clinical and biochemical features and Biliary bile acid metabolism in patients with primary Biliary cirrhosis.
- Ursodeoxycholic acid for the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis: a 30-month pilot study.
- Transjugular intrahepatic portoSystemic shunting: decreased survival for patients with high APACHE II scores.
- Drug-induced vanishing bile duct Syndrome: response to ursodiol.
- Quantitative assessment of hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during therapy with interferon-alpha2a.
- The first case report of the use of a zoom videoendoscope for the evaluation of small bowel graft mucosa in a human after Intestinal transplantation.
- Preservation injury patterns in liver transplantation associated with poor prognosis.
- cDNA sequencing of the 5' noncoding region (5' NCR) to determine hepatitis C genotypes in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
- Improved rejection surveillance in Intestinal transplant recipients with frequent use of zoom video endoscopy.
- A pilot trial of recombinant interleukin-12 in patients with chronic hepatitis C who previously failed treatment with interferon-alpha.
- The long-term effects of immune suppression on liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C viral infection.
- Topical testosterone treatment for chronic allograft failure in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C virus.
- Extracorporeal photopheresis alone and with interferon-alpha2a in chronic hepatitis C patients who failed previous interferon therapy.
- Peginterferon alfa-2a (40 kilodaltons) and ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal aminotransferase levels.
- Viral and metabolic factors influencing alanine aminotransferase activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis complicating plasma cell dyscrasia (PCD): remission of PCD following liver transplant.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University MiamiJackson Meml Hospital
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Liver Biopsy
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
- Transplant Hepatology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- AvMed
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Care HMO
- NetworkBlue
- Capital Blue Cross
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Employer Group Open Access HMO
- Employer Group PPO
- Emblem Health
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- GEHA
- Community Blue PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Select HMO
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medica
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Neighborhood Health Plan
- Principal Life
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Neighborhood Health Partnership
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- WellCare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (AGAF)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Jackson Memorial Hospital - Jackson Health System -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Miami Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1548225154 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | O'BRIEN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CHRISTOPHER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 331361002 | |
| NPPES Provider State | FL | |
| Specialty Description | Internal Medicine | |
| Total Claim Count | 1830.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1548225154 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | O'BRIEN |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTOPHER |
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