Natalie Bzowej, MD
- Sr Physician, St. Bernard Region
- 8000 W Judge Perez, Chalmette, LA, 70043
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Overview
Overview
- Dr. Natalie Bzowej received her doctor of medicine degree from the University of Toronto Medical School in Canada in 1992. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Toronto's Wellesley Hospital in 1994 and Toronto Hospital in 1995. In 1998, Dr. Bzowej completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California Hospitals in San Francisco. She is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology. Prior to coming to Ochsner, Dr. Bzowej was the Director of Clinical Hepatology Research - Liver Transplant Program at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California.
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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2019Algorithms using noninvasive tests can accurately identify patients with advanced fibrosis due to NASH: data from the STELLAR clinical trials. Digestive and Liver Disease. 51:E25-E26.
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2019Noninvasive Tests Accurately Identify Advanced Fibrosis due to NASH: Baseline Data From the STELLAR Trials. Hepatology. 70:1521-1530.
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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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2019Total Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Flares in Pregnant North American Women With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Results From a Prospective Observational Study. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 114:1283-1291.
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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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2018Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: the new frontier for liver transplantation. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 23:169-174.
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2018Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance. Hepatology. 67:1560-1599.
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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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2016Outcomes of DCD Liver Transplantation Utilizing Donors With High Donor Risk Index. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:83-83.
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2016Perioperative Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir for HCV in Liver-Transplant Recipients. New England Journal of Medicine. 375:2106-2108.
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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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2016Short Duration Perioperative Administration of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Is Safe and Effective in Preventing HCV Recurrence After Liver Transplant.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:333-334.
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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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2015Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir for HCV in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 373:2618-2628.
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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 the morbidly obese: Do the outcomes justify the use of scarce organs?. Hepatology. 58:1031A-1031A.
