Montgomery Bissell, JR, MD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Distinguished Achievement Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2004
• MERIT award, NIDDK/NIH, 1998-2004
• Advisory Council, NIDDK/NIH, 1997-2001
• President, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 1994-1995
• Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1977---

Education & Training

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• Liver Research School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco 1973
• Residency Harvard Medical Services Boston City Hospital 1970
• M.D. School of Medicine Harvard University 1967
• A.B Harvard College Harvard University 1962

Interests

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• Research: pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis
• porphyrias
• Clinical: liver disease
• acute and cutaneous porphyrias

Grants and Projects

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• UCSF Liver Center, NIH, 1985-2023
• General Clinical Research Center, NIH, 1974-2007
• Cellular Pathophysiology of Hepatic Fibrosis, NIH, 1982-2004
• Regulation of the Fibronectin Gene in Liver Cells, NIH, 1996-2000
• Cellular Pathophysiology of Hepatic Fibrosis, NIH, 1982-1995
• Matrix-degrading Proteinases and Hepatic Fibrosis, NIH, 1988-1991
• LIVER CORE CENTER, NIH, 1985-1990
• Cellular Pathophysiology of Hepatic Fibrosis, NIH, 1982-1990

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
Aminolevulinic AcidPorphyria Cutanea TardaChelation TherapyLiver CirrhosisHemeTyrosinemiasMedicine, AyurvedicGastroenterologyPorphyrias, HepaticEducation, MedicalPorphyrinsLead PoisoningPorphyriasPorphyria, Acute IntermittentPorphobilinogen

• A Prospective, Blinded Study of Symptom Prevalence and Specificity of Porphyrin Precursors in Carriers of Acute Hepatic Porphyria.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2025 Merati M, Jayakumar N, Kapoor Y, Naik H, Balwani M, Anderson KE, Bonkovsky HL, Desnick RJ, McGuire B, Phillips J, Bissell DM, Wang B
• Porphyria.
  The New England journal of medicine 2017 Bissell DM, Anderson KE, Bonkovsky HL
• Role of delta-aminolevulinic acid in the symptoms of acute porphyria.
  The American journal of medicine 2014 Bissell DM, Lai JC, Meister RK, Blanc PD
• Therapy for hepatic fibrosis: revisiting the preclinical models.
  Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology 2011 Bissell DM
• Of mentors, mentoring, and extracellular matrix.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2009 Bissell DM