Division Faculty

 
Satheesh P. Nair, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Transplant Hepatology

Methodist University Hospital

Medical School:

Medical College Trivandrum

Residency:

New York Medical College; Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center

Fellowship:

Gastroenterology, New York Medical College; Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center

Transplant Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University

Board Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology with Certificate for Added

Qualifications in Transplant Hepatology                 

Selected Publications:

1. S Nair. Eustace J, Thuluvath PJ. Is African American race an independent risk factor for poor survival after liver transplantation. Lancet . 2002 359 287-93

2. S. Nair , MD, Sumitha Verma, MBBS, Paul J.Thuluvath Obesity and its affect on survival in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation in the United States

Hepatology 2002;35:105-109

3. S. Nair, Paul J Thuluvath. Renal insufficiency and long term survival after liver transplantation. A UNOS database analysis:

Hepatology 2002 , 35;1179-85

4. S. Nair , K Shiva Kumar Paul J Thuluvath. Mortality From Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Biliary carcinoma(BC): Changing Trends in Epidemiology in the State of Maryland. Am J Gastroenterology 2002;97:167-171

5. S. Nair Robert Perrillo. Obesity and the risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotics. Hepatology 2002; 36:150-155   

6.Andrew Mason, S. Nair. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: New Thoughts on Pathophysiology and Treatment . Current Gastroenterology Reports 2002; 4:45-51 (review)

7. PJ Thuluvath, S Nair , D. Impedio, J Cameron. Chronic Calcific Pancreatitis patients: long term outcome with surgical treatment , cancer risk and mortality . J Clin Gastroenterol . 2003 Feb;36(2):159-65.

8. S. Nair , V Chacko, C. Arnold, Diehl AM. Hepatic ATP reserve in Obese subjects Am J Gastroenterology 2003 Feb;98(2):466-70.

9. S Nair , James Eason, George Loss. Sirolimus Monotherapy in Nephrotoxicity due to CI in Liver Transplant Recipients Liver Transplantation 2003 Feb;9(2):126-9

10. Andrew Mason, S Nair . Is type II diabetes another extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection? (Editorial: Am J Gastroenterology 2003 Feb;98(2):243-6

11. S Nair , James Eason, George Loss, Jamie Blazek, Jeanie Lipscomb, Andrew Mason. Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C In Liver Transplant Recipients: Is Their Any Histological Benefit?. Liver Transplantation . 2003 Apr;9(4):354-9 49.

12    James D. Eason, S.Nair , Ari J. Cohen, Jamie L. Blazek, George E. Loss Jr. Steroid-free Liver Transplantation Using Rabbit ATG and Early Tacrolimus Monotherapy. Transplantation. 2003 Apr 27;75(8):1396-9.

13    S Nair , Anna Mae Diehl, Melissa Wiseman Gist H Farr Jr, Robert Perrillo Metformin in the treatment of non alcoholic steatohepatitis a pilot open label trial. Alimentary Pharmacology July 2004

14 .   George E. Loss Jr, Andrew L. Mason, S. Nair , Jamie Blazek R.N, Gist Farr, Ari J.Cohen M.D. and James D. Eason M.D . Does Lamivudine Prophylaxis Eradicate Persistent HBV DNA from Allografts Derived from anti-HBc Positive Donors? Liver Transplantation . 2003 Dec;9(12):1258-64.

15.   E File, Nair S , Mehra M, Hicks DD, Perrillo R. Transmission of Hepatitis C virus Infection From Hepatitis C infected Cardiac Donors. Transplantation. 2003 Oct 15;76(7):1096-100.

1 6.   S Nair , Ranvir Singh Robert Perrillo. TIPS in refractory Ascites: Correlation between Portosystemic gradient and Response . Vasc Interv Radiol . 2004 Dec;15(12):1431-4.

17. Eason JD, Cohern AJ , Nair S, Loss GE, Tolerance: is it worth the risk?

Transplantation . 2005 May 15;79(9):1157-9.

18. . Nair S , Loss G, Cohen A, Eason JD. Induction with Rabbit Anti Thymocyte Globulin Vs Induction with Corticosteroids In Liver Transplantation:

Impact on Recurrent HCV infection Transplantation February 2006

Book Chapters

1. Satheesh Nair Robert Perrillo. Hepatitis B. and Hepatitis D Text Book of Liver Disease . Zakim and Boyer 2005