Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD
- Chief Wellness Officer, Southshore Region
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121
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Overview
Overview
- Dr. Nigel Girgrah received both his medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has specialist certification in both gastroenterology and internal medicine with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He completed further research training in hepatology in the area of portal hypertension and his clinical expertise is in end-stage liver disease and transplant hepatology. Dr. Girgrah's clinical and research areas of interest include recurrent viral disease post-liver transplantation and living donation liver transplantation. He served as Director of Education for the Multi-Organ Transplant Program at the University Health Network in Toronto for several years.
Publications
Selected publications
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2021Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus-Viremic Donors Into Hepatitis C Virus-Aviremic Recipients as Standard of Care. Liver Transplantation. 27:548-557.
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2019Reduction in Waitlist Time Using HCV Positive Liver Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients.. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:461-462.
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2019Use of HCV Positive Livers in HCV Negative Recipients: The Ochsner Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:70-70.
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2018Excellent Outcomes of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts From Older Donors: A US Single-Center Experience. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 113:S570.
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2017Liver Disease Management TeleECHO Improves Provider Knowledge and Care of Patients. Hepatology. 66:314A-314A.
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2017Results of High Risk Donation-after-Circulatory Death (DCD) Donor Liver Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:19-19.
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2017Safety and Outcomes in 100 Consecutive Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplants Using a Protocol That Includes Thrombolytic Therapy. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:2155-2164.
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2016Clearance of the hepatitis C virus without treatment occurs more often than traditionally reported. Hepatology. 64:394A-395A.
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2016Donor-Recipient Matching in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Analysis of Outcomes Using UNOS Match Sequence Data. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:77-77.
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2016How should I treat Budd-Chiari syndrome after liver transplantation with inferior vena cava occlusion?. Eurointervention. 12:124-125.
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2016Outcomes of DCD Liver Transplantation Utilizing Donors With High Donor Risk Index. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:83-83.
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2016Results from 100 Consecutive Donation-After-Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplants Using a Thrombolytic Protocol.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:584-584.
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2016Safety and Efficacy of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir (LS) with or without Ribavirin (RBV) for Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C Infection Post-Liver Transplant.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:793-794.
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2016Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for Severe Aortic Stenosis as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:676-676.
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2016Utilizing Imported Liver Grafts for HCC Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:82-82.
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2015Adverse Cardiac Events After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Study in 389 Consecutive Patients. Liver Transplantation. 21:13-21.
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2013Excellent liver retransplantation outcomes in hepatitis C-infected recipients. Clinical Transplantation. 27:E512-E520.
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2013Liver Transplantation (OLT) Utilizing Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Allografts: A Single Center Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 13:87-87.
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2013Liver Transplantation at the Ochsner Clinic: Quality and Outcomes Improvement. The Ochsner Journal. 13:413-418.
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2013Liver transplantation in hepatitis B core-negative recipients using livers from hepatitis B core-positive donors: A 13-year experience. Liver Transplantation. 19:611-618.
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2013Liver transplantation in the morbidly obese: Do the outcomes justify the use of scarce organs?. Hepatology. 58:1031A-1031A.
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2012Excellent Outcomes after Liver Retransplantation for Recurrent HCV: A Single Centre Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:432-432.
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2012Late Liver Retransplantation: A Single Center Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:86-86.
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2012Peer Review, Performance Improvement and the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee: One Center's Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:87-87.
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2012Primary Hepatic EBV-associated T-cell Lymphoma Mimicking Hepatic Abscess. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 107:S436-S436.
