Division Faculty

Rene Davila, M.D.

Acting Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Associate Professor of Medicine

Gastroenterology, Biliary Endoscopy,

Transplant Hepatology

Medical School:

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1992

Residency:

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (Internal Medicine)

Fellowship:

Gastroenterology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Transplant Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Board Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine, (Gastroenterology)                                                    

Clinical Interest:

General Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Research Interest:

Viral hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Selected Publications:

1. Davila R , Keeffe EB. 1999. Prednisone Withdrawal Advocates: Beware of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis. Hepatology 30(1):338-339 .

2. Strickland DK, Riely CA, Patrick CC, Jones-Wallace D, Boyett JM, Waters B, Fleckenstein JF, Dean PJ, Davila R , Caver TE, Hudson MM. 2002. Hepatitis C Infection Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Blood 95(10):3065-3070.

3. Swilley S, Strickland DK, Davila R , Levstik M, Ribeiro R, Hudson MM. 2002. Hepatitis C Infection During Treatment for Childhood Cancer: Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management. Med Pediatr Oncol. 39(1):58-59.

Book Chapters:

1. Davila R and Riely CA. 2002.  Viral Hepatitis and Pregnancy. In: Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Diagnosis and Therapeutics, RS Koff, GY Wu, eds., pp. 291-303. Humana Press, New Jersey.

2. Riely CA and Davila R. 2002. Pregnancy-Related Hepatic and Gastrointestinal Disorders. In: Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, Pathophysiology/Diagnosis/ Management, M Feldman, LS Friedman, MH Sleisenger, eds., 7th edition, Vol 2, pp. 1448-1461. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.