Marina Roytman, MD
Professor
Gastroenterology - Fresno
School of Medicine

Health Sciences Clinical Professor, UCSF

Marina Roytman, M.D., FACP, FAASLD, is board certified in Internal Medicine and fellowship trained in Medical Education.

Dr. Roytman has been a UCSF Clinical Professor and Liver Program Director at UCSF Fresno since 2017 where she teaches hepatology to Gastroenterology fellows, Internal Medicine residents, medical students and advanced practice providers. Her academic interests include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, drug-induced liver injury, viral hepatitis and alcohol-related liver disease as documented by her publications and her role as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials. More recently, she has been involved in research in alcohol-related liver disease given the dramatic rise of it during COVID-19 pandemic. She continues to be actively involved in metabolic dysfunction associated liver disease research given that epidemic proportions portions of this condition in the United States.

She is a n elected fellow of the American Association of Study of Liver Disease and of the American College of Physicians.

Her hobbies include yoga, reading and creative writing. She is fluent in Russian.

• Fungal infections in liver cirrhosis.
  Translational gastroenterology and hepatology 2024 Iqbal H, Mehmood BF, Jones K, Sohal A, Roytman M
• Leveraging opportunities for treatment/user simplicity (LOTUS): Navigating the current treatment landscape for achieving hepatitis C virus elimination among persons who inject drugs.
  Journal of viral hepatitis 2024 Sulkowski MS, Martinez A, Tyson GL, Scholz K, Franco RA, Kohli A, Julius SF, Deming P, Fink SA, Lynch K, Roytman M, Stainbrook TR, Turner MD, Viera-Briggs M, Ramers CB
• Association of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease with gastrointestinal infections: insights from National Inpatient Sample Database.
  BMJ open gastroenterology 2024 Patel J, Sohal A, Bains K, Chaudhry H, Kohli I, Khanna T, Dukovic D, Roytman M
• Hepatitis E infection: A review.
  World journal of virology 2023 Iqbal H, Mehmood BF, Sohal A, Roytman M
• Author response: The impact of COVID-19 on the hospitalization and outcomes of patients with alcohol-related hepatitis.
  The American journal of the medical sciences 2023 Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Roytman M, Kowdley KV
• Vaccine-Preventable Illness Leads to Adverse Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2023 Sohal A, Kohli I, Chaudhry H, Singh I, Arora K, Kalra S, Dukovic D, Roytman M
• Unusual sites of hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis: Case report.
  SAGE open medical case reports 2023 Chaudhry H, Sohal A, Iqbal H, Chaudhary U, Roytman M
• Recent Trends in Palliative Care Utilization in Patients With Decompensated Liver Disease: 2016-2020 National Analysis.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2023 Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Sharma R, Dhillon N, Kohli I, Singla P, Arora K, Dukovic D, Verma M, Roytman M
• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol-related hepatitis admissions: Analysis of nationwide data 2016-2020.
  The American journal of the medical sciences 2023 Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Patel J, Dhillon N, Kohli I, Dukovic D, Roytman M, Kowdley KV
• Frailty as a risk-stratification tool in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).
  Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls 2023 Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Kohli I, Arora K, Patel J, Dhillon N, Singh I, Dukovic D, Roytman M
• Alcohol-related hepatitis: A review article.
  World journal of gastroenterology 2023 Chaudhry H, Sohal A, Iqbal H, Roytman M
• A Complex Diagnosis of Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Presenting As Decompensated Cirrhosis.
  Cureus 2023 Iqbal H, Petrosyan A, Yoon J, Roytman M
• Refractory gastric ulcer bleeding responsive to long-term octreotide.
  SAGE open medical case reports 2023 Iqbal H, Maharaj D, Chaudhry H, Gulati A, Roytman M
• Development of Liver Cancers as an Unexpected Consequence of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use.
  Cureus 2023 Khalid S, Laput G, Khorfan K, Roytman M
• Iron Man: Non-HFE Hemochromatosis Without Significant Fibrosis.
  ACG case reports journal 2023 Chaudhry H, Sohal A, Petrosyan A, Laput G, Roytman M, Prajapati D
• A tough pill to swallow: Two cases of statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy manifesting as dysphagia and transaminitis.
  SAGE open medical case reports 2023 Chaudhry H, Lin J, Atefi R, Hagino J, Yuvienco CM, Roytman M
• Soaring rates of alcohol-related hepatitis in the latter phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A new normal?
  JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2023 Sohal A, Khalid S, Green V, Hagino J, Chaudhry H, Gulati A, Roytman M
• Long-term clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and chronic liver disease: US multicenter COLD study.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Aby ES, Moafa G, Latt N, Sultan MT, Cacioppo PA, Kumar S, Chung RT, Bloom PP, Gustafson J, Daidone M, Reinus Z, Debes JD, Sandhu S, Sohal A, Khalid S, Roytman M, Catana AM, Wegermann K, Carr RM, …
• A Head Scratcher: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Manifesting as a Subcutaneous Scalp Lesion.
  ACG case reports journal 2022 Lin J, Chaudhry H, Gill A, Roytman M, Prajapati D, Slater D
• Predictors of leaving against medical advice in patients with alcohol-related hepatitis.
  Annals of gastroenterology 2022 Sohal A, Chaudhry H, Bains K, Dhaliwal A, Sharma R, Gupta G, Singla P, Dukovic D, Sandhu S, Roytman M
• Role of endoscopic evaluation prior to diagnostic transesophageal echocardiography: Is it necessary?
  JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2022 Sandhu S, Alhankawi D, Roytman M, Jain R, Prajapati D
• Seasonal Variations of Hospital Admissions for Alcohol-Related Hepatitis in the United States.
  Gastroenterology research 2022 Sohal A, Bains K, Dhaliwal A, Chaudhry H, Sharma R, Singla P, Gupta G, Dukovic D, Sandhu S, Roytman M, Tringali S
• Treatment-Resistant Hepatitis C Viral Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review.
  Case reports in hepatology 2022 Green V, Roytman M
• The Pandemic Within the Pandemic: Unprecedented Rise in Alcohol-related Hepatitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2022 Sohal A, Khalid S, Green V, Gulati A, Roytman M
• A Devastating Case of Hepatitis C-Induced Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.
  Case reports in hepatology 2021 Khalid S, Alhankawi D, Kaur K, Ali A, Kazaryan A, Roytman M
• Identifying areas of improvement in nursing knowledge regarding hepatic encephalopathy management.
  Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives 2021 Sohal A, Green V, Sandhu S, Roytman M
• Persistent Encephalopathy in a Noncirrhotic Patient: Do not Shun This Shunt.
  ACG case reports journal 2020 Kassamali F, Hu S, Roytman M
• Predictors of Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: US Multi-center Study.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020 Kim D, Adeniji N, Latt N, Kumar S, Bloom PP, Aby ES, Perumalswami P, Roytman M, Li M, Vogel AS, Catana AM, Wegermann K, Carr RM, Aloman C, Chen VL, Rabiee A, Sadowski B, Nguyen V, Dunn W, Chavin KD, …
• Update on the management of gastrointestinal varices.
  World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics 2019 Boregowda U, Umapathy C, Halim N, Desai M, Nanjappa A, Arekapudi S, Theethira T, Wong H, Roytman M, Saligram S
• Endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage - is it ready for prime time?
  World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics 2018 Boregowda U, Umapathy C, Nanjappa A, Wong H, Desai M, Roytman M, Theethira T, Saligram S
• Botanicals and Hepatotoxicity.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2018 Roytman MM, Poerzgen P, Navarro V
• Urgent Liver Transplantation for Dietary Supplements: An Under-Recognized Problem.
  Transplantation proceedings 2017 Wong LL, Lacar L, Roytman M, Orloff SL
• An Unusual Cause of Altered Mental Status in Multiple Myeloma: An Extraosseous Manifestation.
  Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2016 Jaruvongvanich V, Spanuchart I, O-Charoen P, Kitamura C, Sumida L, Roytman M
• Examining the clinical course of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients treated with the cosmos regimen: including patients with advanced liver disease and East Asian ancestry.
  Hepatology international 2016 Roytman M, Ramkissoon R, Wu C, Hong L, Trujillo R, Huddleston L, Poerzgen P, Seto T, Wong L, Tsai N
• Real-world Experience with Sofosbuvir-based Regimens for Chronic Hepatitis C, Including Patients with Factors Previously Associated with Inferior Treatment Response.
  Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2015 Wu CJ, Roytman MM, Hong LK, Huddleston L, Trujillo R, Cheung A, Poerzgen P, Tsai NC
• Autoimmune Hepatitis in Hawai'i.
  Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2015 Kim TI, Kagihara JE, Tsai NC, Roytman MM
• Poor Sustained Virological Response in a Multicenter Real-Life Cohort of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Treated with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin plus Telaprevir or Boceprevir.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2015 Vo KP, Vutien P, Akiyama MJ, Vu VD, Ha NB, Piotrowski JI, Wantuck J, Roytman MM, Tsai N, Cheung R, Li J, Nguyen MH
• Outbreak of severe hepatitis linked to weight-loss supplement OxyELITE Pro.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2014 Roytman MM, Pörzgen P, Lee CL, Huddleston L, Kuo TT, Bryant-Greenwood P, Wong LL, Tsai N
• New triple therapy for chronic hepatitis C: real life clinical experience in a community setting.
  Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2013 Akiyama MJ, Piotrowski JI, Roytman MM, Chan SM, Hong LK, Huddleston L, Trujillo R, Tsai NC
• Trial and error: investigational drug induced liver injury, a case series report.
  Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 2013 Marumoto A, Roytman MM, Tsai NC
• Comparison of practice patterns of hospitalists and community physicians in the care of patients with congestive heart failure.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2008 Roytman MM, Thomas SM, Jiang CS