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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
TIMOTHY J. DAVERN, II, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 353-2318 (appts)
(415) 476-0659 (fax)

Box 0538, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0538

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory

EDUCATION

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, A.B., 1985, Chemistry
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, NY, NY, M.D., 1990, Medicine
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990-1993, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1993-1996, Gastroenterology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

6/84 - 8/84

Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.

8/85 - 8/86

Research Technician in the Gastroenterology Division and Dana Research Institute of Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA.

1987 -1988

Blood Bank Technician, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.

1990 - 1993

Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA.

10/92 - 1/93

Research Elective in the Molecular Medicine Division of Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA

7/93 - 7/94

Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco

7/94 - 7/95

Research Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

7/95 - 6/98

Research Fellow in the Molecular Medicine Training Program (MMTP), University of California, San Francisco.

9/96 - 2/98

Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

3/98 -12/02

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1/03 -present

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

HONORS & AWARDS

1982-1984

Holy Cross Dean's List

JM Foundation Fellowship Award

1987-1990

Roland Jackson Medical Scholarship

1990

Alpha Omega Alpha

1995-1998

UCSF Molecular Medicine Training Program (MMTP) Fellowship

1995

Astra Merk Inc./American Gastrointestinal Association Senior Fellowship Research Award

1995-1997

UCSF Liver Center Pilot and Feasibility Award

1996

American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award

1997

NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development (K08) Award

1997-1998

Hefni Scholars Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

TJ Davern, X Liao, L Ferrell, D Rockey, SL Friedman, JA Escobedo, LT Williams, and BF Scharschmidt. Role of Platelet-derived Growth Factor (PDGF) in Hepatic Fibrosis: Evaluation in a Novel Transgenic Mouse Model. Hepatology, 22, 1995, 697A.

N Lormi, TJ Davern, RS Brown, Jr., C Rahmaoui, RR Cavalieri, and BF Scharschmidt. Hepatocytes Express an Array of Novel ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Proteins With Apparently Diverse Functions. Hepatology, 22, 1995, 821A.

TJ Davern and BF Scharschmidt. Gene Therapy for Liver Disease. Digestive Diseases, 16(1) 23-37, 1998.

TJ Davern and BF Scharschmidt. Biochemical Tests of Hepatic Function. In Gastrointestinal Disease, M Feldman, BF Scharschmidt, and MH Sleisenger, Eds., Sixth Edition, W.B. Saunders, Co., Philadelphia, pp 1112-1122.

TJ Davern and J Lake. Recurrent Disease Following Liver Transplantation. Seminars in Gastrointestinal Diseases, 9(3) 86-109, 1998.

TJ. Davern, DB. Schneider, RB. Driscoll, DA. Dichek. Immunomodulation to Prolong Adenoviral Gene Expression. Hepatology, 28, 1998, 1434A.

TJ. Davern, SS. Rouillard, and NM. Bass. Symptomatic Cardiac Iron Overload in Patients with Chronic HCV Infection. Hepatology, 28, 1998, 1826A.

Schiodt FV, Atillasoy E, Shakil AO, Schiff ER, Caldwell C, Kowdley KV, Stribling R, Crippin JS, Flamm S, Somberg KA, et al Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the United States. Liver Transplantation and Surgery, 1999 Jan, 5(1):29-34. (as part of the ALF Study Group)

M. Khalili, NB Bass, TJ Davern, C Freise, V Wu, N Ascher, N Terrault, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is Associated with New Onset Diabetes Mellitus (DM) After Orthotopic LiverTransplantation. Gastroenterology, 116, 1999, L0457.

TJ Davern, AM Sevcik, DM Bissell, In vivo Adenoviral Vector-Mediated Gene Delivery to Nonparenchymal Cells of the Liver. Hepatology, 30, 1999, 490A.

G Ostapowicz, R Fontana, A Larson, TJ Davern, WM Lee and the ALF Study Group, Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure in the USA: Prelimary Results of a Prospective Multi-Center Study. Hepatology,30, 1999, 221A.

E. J. Murphy, T.J. Davern, A. O. Shakil, L. Shick, U. Masharani, H. Chow, C. Freise, W. M. Lee, N.M. Bass, and the Acute Liver Failure Study Group, Troglitazone Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Three Cases, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 45 (3), 2000, 549-53. (Selected as an abstract for the Year Book of Emergency Medicine, 2001)

J.F. Reinus, S. Persky, J. Burkiewicz, D. Quan, N.M. Bass, T.J. Davern, Severe Liver Injury Associated with the Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist, Zafirlukast, Annals of Internal Medicine, 133, 2000, 964-968.

T.J. Davern, N.M. Bass, Update: Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Annals of Internal Medicine, in preparation.

T.J. Davern, A. Sevcsik, D.M. Bissell, Adenoviral Vector Transduction of Liver Nonparenchymal Cells, in preparation.

T.J. Davern, Molecular Therapeutics of Liver Disease, Clinics in Liver Disease, 5 (2), 2001, 381-414.

TJ Davern and BF Scharschmidt. Biochemical Tests of Hepatic Function. In Gastrointestinal Disease, M Feldman, BF Scharschmidt, and MH Sleisenger, Eds., Seventh Edition, W.B. Saunders, Co., Philadelphia, in press.

T.J. Davern, "Bloody Liver: Prometheus Revised", Hepatology, in press.

O. Petras, A. F. McDonagh, T.J. Davern, Hydrodynamic Transfection of Rat Liver, Hepatology, submitted.

O. Petras G.M. Enns, T.J. Davern, Enhancement of AAV Gene Therapy by Transient Expression of Adenoviral Early Gene Products, Hepatology, submitted.

G. Ostapowicz, G. Samuel, A. Larson, T.J. Davern, R. Fontana, T. McCashland, E. Harrison, Linda Hynan, J. Webster, P. Shukla, W.M Lee, Identification of Drug-Induced Liver Injury Among 307 Cases of Severe Liver Injury: A Retrospective Multi-Center Study, AASLD 2001, Hepatology, 34, 2001, 454A.

F. Yao, N.M. Bass, J. Watson, T.J. Davern, V. Wu, B. Moore, N. Ascher, J. Roberts, Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma - A Prospective Analysis of Survival According to Intention-to-Treat and the Rate of "Drop-Out" from the Waiting List, Hepatology, 34, 2001, 174A.

3/15/05

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