Division Faculty

Jaquelyn F. Fleckenstein, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Transplant Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Clinical Investigator

Medical School:

St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1985)

Residency:

University of Michigan Hospitals

Fellowship:

Gastroenterology, The Johns Hopkins University

Transplantation Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins University

Board Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Clinical Interests: Hepatology.

Research Interests:  Differences in HCV response to therapy between Caucasians and African-Americans.

Selected Publications:

1. Fleckenstein JF, Frank S, Thuluvath PJ. 1996. Presence of autonomic neuropathy is a poor prognostic indicator in patients with advanced liver disease. Hepatology 23(3): 471-5.

2. Fleckenstein JF, Paredes M, Thuluvath PJ. 1998. A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial evaluating the efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid in prevention of liver transplant rejection.
Liver Transpl Surg. 4(4): 276-9.

3. Demirkan K, Fleckenstein JF. 2000. Thrombocytopenia associated with octreotide. Am J Med Sci 320(4):296-297.

4. Di Bisceglie AM, Lyra AC, Schwartz M, Reddy RK, Martin P, Gores G, Lok AS, Hussain KB, Gish R, Van Thiel DH, Younossi Z, Tong M, Hassanein T, Balart L, Fleckenstein J, Flamm S, Blei A, Befeler AS; Liver Cancer Network. 2003. Hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: influence of ethnic status. Am J Gastroenterol. 98(9): 2060-3.

5. Fleckenstein, J.  2004. Chronic hepatitis C in african americans and other minority groups.
Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2004 Feb; 6(1): 66-70.

6. Castellino S. Lensing S. Riely C. Rai SN. Davila R. Hayden RT. Fleckenstein J. Levstik M. Taylor S. Dean PJ. Kippenbrock S. Pope J. Carr J. Strickland DK. Hudson MM. The epidemiology of chronic hepatitis C infection in survivors of childhood cancer: an update of the St Jude Children's Research Hospital hepatitis C seropositive cohort. Blood. 103(7):2460-6, 2004 Apr 1

7. Park VM, Mason BC, Krushkal J, Li R, Riely C, Fleckenstein J. Hepatitis C Hypervariable Region 1: Association of Reduced Selection Pressure in African Americans with Treatment Failure. Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr 5;

Book Chapters:

Fleckenstein J, Diehl AM:   Complications of Chronic Liver Disease In Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterology, Grendell, McQuaid and Friedman, editors, Stamford, CT, 1996, pp. 558-570.