Dr. Sood joined the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2005.He is currently an associate Professor and Medical Director of Liver Transplant Program. He received his internal Medicine training at Henry Ford Hospital (1994-1996 ) and Gastroenterology Fellowship (1996-1999) at University of Alabama (UAB ) at Birmingham Alabama.He also obtained advanced fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at UAB (1999-2000). Later he worked as an assistant Professor at University of Mississippi ( 2000-2005 ). He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology.

1. Mummadi RR, Kasturi KS, Sood G.Effect of bariatric surgery on non alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD ).A meta- analysis . Hepatology 2007; 46 (4) 294A. 2. Mummadi RR, Kasturi KS, Sood G Iron depletion and response to interferon in chronic hepatitis C (HCV): A meta-analysis . Hepatology 2007; 46 (4): 365A 3. Tarcin O, Gedik N, Karakovum B, Tahan V, Sood G, Celikel C. Serum Prolidase and IGF-1 as Non-invasive Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis During Four Different Periods After Bile-duct Ligation in Rats. Dig Dis Sci. 2007. 4. .Sood GK and Pasricha J.The virology and Immunobiology of Hepatitis C infection : As it impacts on Disease Recurrence after Liver Transplantation. Transplantation and Immunology Letter.2005;21:9-10. 5. Van Leeuwen D, Sood G, Ferrante D, Lazenby A and Sellers M. A 38 yrs old African Woman with an unusually rapid progression of “Primary Biliary Cirrhosis”: A missed opportunity. Seminars In Liver Disease 2002; 22:395-406. 6. .Chalsani N, Imperiale TF, Ismail A, Sood GK, Mark C, Wilcox M, Madichetty H, Kwo P, and Boyer T. Predictors of large esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. Am J of Gastroenterol 1999;11:3285-91. 7. .Chalsani N, Baluyut A, Ismail A, Aman A, Sood GK, Ghalib R, McCashland M, Reddy K, Zervos X, Anbari M, Hoen H. Cholangiocarcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis: A multicenter, case-control study. Hepatology 2000;1:7-11. 8. .Monkemuller K, Sood GK, Wilcox CM. Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in: Cecil’s Review of Internal Medicine, 7th WB Saunders 1999; 111-128. 9. Sood GK and Jones AB. Acute Liver Failure. eMedicine Journal .July 2006 .Volume 7, Number 4 at http:// www.emedicine.com/med/topic1890.htm 10. Sood GK and Jones AB. Porto-Systemic Encephaloapthy. eMedicine Journal July 2006 Volume 7, Number 4 at http:// www.emedicine.com/med/topic1890.htm

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