Kiran Bambha, MD
Research Interests
My research focuses on racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the U.S. and the mechanisms underlying these differences.
Selected Publications
- Bambha K, Kim WR, Pedersen R, Bida JP, Kremers WK, Kamath PS. Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis. Gut 2008;57:814-20.
- Campos GM, Bambha K, Vittinghoff E, Rabl C, Posselt AM, Ciovica R, Tiwari U, Ferrel L, Pabst M, Bass NM, Merriman RB. A clinical scoring system for predicting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients. Hepatology 2008;47:1916-23.
- Bambha K, Yee HF Jr. In search of an ideal biomarker for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2008;103:1380-2.
- Assistant Professor
- Medicine/Gastroenterology
Research Theme
- Hepatic Physiology and Metabolism
Contact Information
- Kiran.bambha@
ucsf.edu - Phone: (415) 476-2776
- Fax: (415) 476-0659
- 513 Parnassus Ave.
- Box 0538, S-357
- San Francisco, CA. 94143-0538