Bilal Hameed, MBBS
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a Professor of Medicine and Ambulatory Director of Hepatology. I was the program director for transplant hepatology fellowship. Beside busy clinically my research interest includes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, PSC, ALF, HCC and cirrhosis. I am the co-PI for NIH funded Liver Cirrhosis Network (LCN) and site-PI for NIH funded NASH-CRN. I am the PI for many clinical trials in NASH and PSC.

Education & Training

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• Transplant Hepatology fellowship University of California, San Francisco 07/2010
• Gastroenterology fellowship University of Minnesota 07/2009
• Internal Medicine Residency University of Minnesota 07/2006
• M.D. School of Medicine Dow 2000

Interests

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• nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
• hepatocellular cancer
• cirrhosis
• PSC and HCC

Publications (44)

Top publication keywords:
Liver CirrhosisWaiting ListsLiver NeoplasmsLiver Failure, AcuteCarcinoma, HepatocellularCholangitis, SclerosingMarijuana AbuseChemical and Drug Induced Liver Injuryalpha-FetoproteinsChenodeoxycholic AcidEnd Stage Liver DiseaseTransplant RecipientsLiver TransplantationReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• African American race does not confer an increased risk of clinical events in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
  Hepatology communications 2024 Yazdanfar M, Zepeda J, Dean R, Wu J, Levy C, Goldberg D, Lammert C, Prenner S, Reddy KR, Pratt D, Forman L, Assis DN, Lytvyak E, Montano-Loza AJ, Gordon SC, Carey EJ, Ahn J, Schlansky B, Korzenik J, …
• Defining the serum proteomic signature of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, ballooning and fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Journal of hepatology 2022 Sanyal AJ, Williams SA, Lavine JE, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Alexander L, Ostroff R, Biegel H, Kowdley KV, Chalasani N, Dasarathy S, Diehl AM, Loomba R, Hameed B, Behling C, Kleiner DE, Karpen SJ, …
• Safety and Sustained Efficacy of the Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) Agonist Cilofexor Over a 96-Week Open-label Extension in Patients With PSC.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022 Trauner M, Bowlus CL, Gulamhusein A, Hameed B, Caldwell SH, Shiffman ML, Landis C, Muir AJ, Billin A, Xu J, Liu X, Lu X, Chung C, Myers RP, Kowdley KV
• Secular Trends in Severe Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury in North America: An Update From the Acute Liver Failure Study Group Registry.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2022 Rao A, Rule JA, Hameed B, Ganger D, Fontana RJ, Lee WM
• Machine learning to predict waitlist dropout among liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma.
  Cancer medicine 2022 Kwong A, Hameed B, Syed S, Ho R, Mard H, Arshad S, Ho I, Suleman T, Yao F, Mehta N

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• Impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Hepatology Practice and Provider Burnout.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Russo MW, Kwok R, Serper M, Ufere N, Hameed B, Chu J, Goacher E, Lingerfelt J, Terrault N, Reddy KR
• ASMBS Position Statement on the Impact of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.
  Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 2021 Mazzini GS, Augustin T, Noria S, Romero-Marrero C, Li N, Hameed B, Eisenberg D, Azagury DE, Ikramuddin S
• Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
  The New England journal of medicine 2021 Sanyal AJ, Van Natta ML, Clark J, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Diehl A, Dasarathy S, Loomba R, Chalasani N, Kowdley K, Hameed B, Wilson LA, Yates KP, Belt P, Lazo M, Kleiner DE, Behling C, Tonascia J, NASH …
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Expert Panel Consensus Statement: Vaccines to Prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection in Patients With Liver Disease.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Fix OK, Blumberg EA, Chang KM, Chu J, Chung RT, Goacher EK, Hameed B, Kaul DR, Kulik LM, Kwok RM, McGuire BM, Mulligan DC, Price JC, Reau NS, Reddy KR, Reynolds A, Rosen HR, Russo MW, Schilsky ML, …
• Prognostic Value of the 13 C-Methacetin Breath Test in Adults with Acute Liver Failure and Non-acetaminophen Acute Liver Injury.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Fontana RJ, Stravitz RT, Durkalski V, Hanje J, Hameed B, Koch D, Reuben A, Ganger D, Olson J, Liou I, McGuire BM, Clasen K, Lee WM
• Psychological Health of Surgeons in a Time of COVID-19: A Global Survey.
  Annals of surgery 2021 Tan YQ, Wang Z, Yap QV, Chan YH, Ho RC, Hamid ARAH, Landaluce-Olavarria A, Pellino G, Gauhar V, Chand M, Wroclawski ML, Hameed BZ, Ling SK, Sengupta S, Gallo G, Chiu PK, Tanidir Y, Tallada MPV, Garcia…
• Surveillance and Monitoring of Hepatocellular Carcinoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020 Mehta N, Parikh ND, Kelley RK, Hameed B, Singal AG
• Clinical Best Practice Advice for Hepatology and Liver Transplant Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: AASLD Expert Panel Consensus Statement.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020 Fix OK, Hameed B, Fontana RJ, Kwok RM, McGuire BM, Mulligan DC, Pratt DS, Russo MW, Schilsky ML, Verna EC, Loomba R, Cohen DE, Bezerra JA, Reddy KR, Chung RT
• The Association Between Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, and Extrahepatic Cancers.
  Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2020 Veracruz N, Hameed B, Saab S, Wong RJ
• Clinicopathological features and outcomes of parenchymal rejection in liver transplant biopsies.
  Histopathology 2020 Fels Elliott DR, Tavakol M, Lucas CH, Sheahon K, Kakar S, Hameed B, Ferrell LD, Gill RM
• Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Review.
  JAMA 2020 Sheka AC, Adeyi O, Thompson J, Hameed B, Crawford PA, Ikramuddin S
• Histologic Findings of Advanced Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Who Have Normal Aminotransferase Levels.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2019 Gawrieh S, Wilson LA, Cummings OW, Clark JM, Loomba R, Hameed B, Abdelmalek MF, Dasarathy S, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Kowdley K, Kleiner D, Doo E, Tonascia J, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, NASH Clinical …
• Trends in hospitalizations for chronic liver disease-related liver failure in the United States, 2005-2014.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2019 Kim D, Cholankeril G, Li AA, Kim W, Tighe SP, Hameed B, Kwo PY, Harrison SA, Younossi ZM, Ahmed A
• The Nonsteroidal Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist Cilofexor (GS-9674) Improves Markers of Cholestasis and Liver Injury in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019 Trauner M, Gulamhusein A, Hameed B, Caldwell S, Shiffman ML, Landis C, Eksteen B, Agarwal K, Muir A, Rushbrook S, Lu X, Xu J, Chuang JC, Billin AN, Li G, Chung C, Subramanian GM, Myers RP, Bowlus CL, …
• Acetaminophen is Undetectable in Plasma From More Than Half of Patients Believed to Have Acute Liver Failure Due to Overdose.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2019 Leventhal TM, Gottfried M, Olson JC, Subramanian RM, Hameed B, Lee WM, Acute Liver Failure Study Group
• Low-Normal Thyroid Function Is Associated With Advanced Fibrosis Among Adults in the United States.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2018 Kim D, Yoo ER, Li AA, Fernandes CT, Tighe SP, Cholankeril G, Hameed B, Ahmed A
• History of Marijuana Use Does Not Affect Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waitlist.
  Transplantation 2018 Kotwani P, Saxena V, Dodge JL, Roberts J, Yao F, Hameed B
• Hilar cholangiocarcinoma associated with immunoglobulin G4-positive plasma cells and elevated serum immunoglobulin G4 levels.
  Hepatology communications 2018 Azeem N, Ajmera V, Hameed B, Mehta N
• Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of l-ornithine phenylacetate in patients with acute liver injury/failure and hyperammonemia.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 Stravitz RT, Gottfried M, Durkalski V, Fontana RJ, Hanje AJ, Koch D, Hameed B, Ganger D, Subramanian RM, Bukofzer S, Ravis WR, Clasen K, Sherker A, Little L, Lee WM, Acute Liver Failure Study Group
• Clinical and metabolic effects associated with weight changes and obeticholic acid in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
  Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2018 Hameed B, Terrault NA, Gill RM, Loomba R, Chalasani N, Hoofnagle JH, Van Natta ML, NASH CRN
• Acetaminophen-induced Acute Liver Failure Is More Common and More Severe in Women.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2017 Rubin JB, Hameed B, Gottfried M, Lee WM, Sarkar M, Acute Liver Failure Study Group
• Outcomes in Adults With Acute Liver Failure Between 1998 and 2013: An Observational Cohort Study.
  Annals of internal medicine 2016 Reuben A, Tillman H, Fontana RJ, Davern T, McGuire B, Stravitz RT, Durkalski V, Larson AM, Liou I, Fix O, Schilsky M, McCashland T, Hay JE, Murray N, Shaikh OS, Ganger D, Zaman A, Han SB, Chung RT, …
• Acute liver injury and acute liver failure from mushroom poisoning in North America.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2016 Karvellas CJ, Tillman H, Leung AA, Lee WM, Schilsky ML, Hameed B, Stravitz RT, McGuire BM, Fix OK, United States Acute Liver Failure Study Group
• Emerging Therapies for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
  Clinics in liver disease 2016 Hameed B, Terrault N
• Circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study of detection, enumeration, and next-generation sequencing in cases and controls.
  BMC cancer 2015 Kelley RK, Magbanua MJ, Butler TM, Collisson EA, Hwang J, Sidiropoulos N, Evason K, McWhirter RM, Hameed B, Wayne EM, Yao FY, Venook AP, Park JW
• Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015 Yao FY, Mehta N, Flemming J, Dodge J, Hameed B, Fix O, Hirose R, Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP
• Farnesoid X nuclear receptor ligand obeticholic acid for non-cirrhotic, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (FLINT): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
  Lancet (London, England) 2014 Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Loomba R, Sanyal AJ, Lavine JE, Van Natta ML, Abdelmalek MF, Chalasani N, Dasarathy S, Diehl AM, Hameed B, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Terrault N, Clark JM, Tonascia J, Brunt EM, …
• Response to letter to the editors.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014 Yao FY, Hameed B, Mehta N, Roberts JP
• Combined effects of recipient age and model for end-stage liver disease score on liver transplantation outcomes.
  Transplantation 2014 Sharpton SR, Feng S, Hameed B, Yao F, Lai JC
• Alpha-fetoprotein level > 1000 ng/mL as an exclusion criterion for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting the Milan criteria.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014 Hameed B, Mehta N, Sapisochin G, Roberts JP, Yao FY
• Adult-Onset Fatal Neurohepatopathy in a Woman Caused by MPV17 Mutation.
  JIMD reports 2013 Mendelsohn BA, Mehta N, Hameed B, Pekmezci M, Packman S, Ralph J
• Clinical and histological determinants of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and advanced fibrosis in elderly patients.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2013 Noureddin M, Yates KP, Vaughn IA, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, McCullough A, Merriman R, Hameed B, Doo E, Kleiner DE, Behling C, Loomba R, NASH CRN
• Clinical predictors of EMG-confirmed cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathy.
  The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques 2013 Hassan A, Hameed B, Islam M, Khealani B, Khan M, Shafqat S
• Pretransplant severe hepatic encephalopathy, peritransplant sodium and post-liver transplantation morbidity and mortality.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2011 Brandman D, Biggins SW, Hameed B, Roberts JP, Terrault NA
• Emergent orthotopic liver transplantation for hemorrhage from a giant cavernous hepatic hemangioma: case report and review.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2010 Vagefi PA, Klein I, Gelb B, Hameed B, Moff SL, Simko JP, Fix OK, Eilers H, Feiner JR, Ascher NL, Freise CE, Bass NM
• Risk of multiple sclerosis after idiopathic optic neuritis in a Pakistani population.
  The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques 2010 Kazim SF, Islam M, Khan M, Hameed B, Shafqat S
• Using higher risk organs for liver transplantation: in whom and at what price?
  Gastroenterology 2008 Hameed B, Lake JR
• Stroke in Pakistan.
  JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2008 Khealani BA, Hameed B, Mapari UU
• Prognostic indicators in patients with primary intraventricular haemorrhage.
  JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2005 Hameed B, Khealani BA, Mozzafar T, Wasay M