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Hepatology Faculty

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James "Jay" R. Burton, Jr., MD

Gregory T. Everson, MD, FACP

Lisa M. Forman, MD, MSCE

Hugo R. Rosen, MD, FACP

 

 

James "Jay" R. Burton, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Education
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; 1993-97
Residency: Internal Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY; 1997-2000
Fellowship: Hepatology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY; 2000-2001 and
Gastroenterology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; 2001-2004
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology

Honors/Awards
AASLD/Schering Advanced Hepatology Fellowship Award, 2003-04
Raphael Dolin Resident Research Award, Dedication to Patient Care, Critical Scholarship and Teaching, June 2000

Faculty Positions
2005-present Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO
2004-05 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University,
Portland, OR

Clinical Interests:

Dr. Burton's clinical interests include management of complications of end-stage liver disease (variceal bleeding, ascites and liver cancer) and liver transplantation.

Research interests:

Dr. Burton's research include retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C infection and understanding how the immune system responds to hepatitis C virus infection with antiviral therapy and after liver transplantation.

Representative Publications:

1. McCashland T, Lyden E, Adams L, McGuire B, Burton JR and the US Retransplant Study Group. Is retransplantation for HCV a bad idea? Results of a US multicenter retransplant study. Liver Transpl 2007;13:1246-53. (download pdf)

2. Burton JR, Klarquist J, Im K, Smyk-Pearson S, Golden-Mason L, Castelblanco N, Terrault NA, Rosen HF. Prospective analysis of effector and regulatory CD4+ T cells in chronic HCV patients undergoing combination antiviral therapy. J Hepatol 2008;49:329-338. ( download pdf)

3. Arjal RR, Burton JR, Villamil, Rosen HR. Review article: the treatment of hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007;26:127-40. (download pdf)

4. Burton JR, Suthat L, Lapidus J, Giannini E, Chalasani N, Zaman A. Validation of a multivariate model predicts presence and size varices. J Clin Gastroenterol 2007;41:609-15. (download pdf)

5. Burton JR, Rosen HR. Acute rejection in HCV-infected liver transplant recipients: the great conundrum. Liver Transpl 2006;12:S38-47. (download pdf)

6. Burton JR, Rosen HR. Diagnosis and management of allograft failure. Clin Liver Dis 2006;10:407-35. (download pdf)

7. Burton JR, Rosen HR. Treatment of HCV recurrence: do the pretransplant rules apply? Liver Transpl 2006;12:1044-8. (download pdf)