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Didier Samuel

Didier Samuel

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Medicine
France
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
55305
World Ranking
3880
National Ranking
114

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Didier Samuel is affiliated with Inserm in France and has a substantial body of work primarily within the field of medicine. Their research output focuses extensively on hepatology, epidemiology, surgery, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The subfields of hepatology and liver-related research form the core of their academic contributions, encompassing 123 publications in hepatology alone.

The main topics addressed in their research include liver disease diagnosis and treatment, liver disease and transplantation, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, hepatitis C virus research, hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, hepatitis B virus studies, and liver diseases and immunity. These topics are reflected across numerous publications that explore clinical and therapeutic aspects of liver health and transplantation.

Recent notable publications by Didier Samuel include:

  • Aramchol in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial, 2021, published in Nature Medicine
  • Liver transplantation for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in Europe: Results of the ELITA/EF-CLIF collaborative study (ECLIS), 2021, published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Liver toxicity as a limiting factor to the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors, 2020, published in JHEP Reports
  • Portopulmonary hypertension in the current era of pulmonary hypertension management, 2020, published in Journal of Hepatology
  • COVID-19 in an international European liver transplant recipient cohort, 2020, published in Gut

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Audrey Coilly, Éric Vibert, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Daniel Cherqui, and René Adam. Their joint work with these colleagues is reflected in numerous coauthored publications, demonstrating established collaborative relationships.

Didier Samuel has contributed to publications extensively in select academic journals. The most frequent venues for their work include Journal of Hepatology with 40 publications, Liver Transplantation and Liver International with 7 publications each, JHEP Reports featuring 6 publications, and Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology with 5 publications. These journals are central outlets for dissemination of their research.

Best Publications

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the study of the liver (APASL)

    Shiv Kumar Sarin;Ashish Kumar;John A. Almeida;Yogesh Kumar Chawla

  • Liver Transplantation in European Patients with the Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

    Didier Samuel;Rainer Muller;Graeme Alexander;Luigi Fassati

  • Statements from the Taormina expert meeting on occult hepatitis B virus infection.

    Giovanni Raimondo;Jean Pierre Allain;Maurizia R. Brunetto;Marie Annick Buendia

  • Management of immune checkpoint blockade dysimmune toxicities: a collaborative position paper

    S. Champiat;S. Champiat;O. Lambotte;E. Barreau;R. Belkhir

  • Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

    Philippe Mathurin;Christophe Moreno;Didier Samuel;Jérôme Dumortier

  • Development and validation of a prognostic score to predict mortality in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure

    Rajiv Jalan;Faouzi Saliba;Marco Pavesi;Alex Amoros

  • Efficacy and safety of selective internal radiotherapy with yttrium-90 resin microspheres compared with sorafenib in locally advanced and inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (SARAH): an open-label randomised controlled phase 3 trial

    Valérie Vilgrain;Valérie Vilgrain;Helena Pereira;Eric Assenat;Boris Guiu

  • EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines on the management of acute (fulminant) liver failure.

    Julia Wendon;Juan Cordoba;Anil Dhawan;Fin Stolze Larsen

  • EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Liver transplantation

    Patrizia Burra;Andrew Burroughs;Ivo Graziadei;Jacques Pirenne

  • Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C after direct-acting antiviral treatment: a prospective cohort study

    Fabrice Carrat;Hélène Fontaine;Céline Dorival;Mélanie Simony

  • Terlipressin in patients with cirrhosis and type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: a retrospective multicenter study.

    Richard Moreau;Francois Durand;Thierry Poynard;Christian Duhamel

  • Adefovir dipivoxil therapy for lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B in pre– and post–liver transplantation patients

    Eugene R. Schiff;Ching-Lung Lai;Stefanos Hadziyannis;Peter Neuhaus

  • Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir plus ribavirin in patients with genotype 1 or 4 hepatitis C virus infection and advanced liver disease: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial

    Michael Manns;Didier Samuel;Edward J Gane;David Mutimer

  • Triple therapy in treatment-experienced patients with HCV-cirrhosis in a multicentre cohort of the French Early Access Programme (ANRS CO20-CUPIC) - NCT01514890

    Christophe Hézode;Hélène Fontaine;Céline Dorival;Dominique Larrey

  • Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis B virus infection

    Giovanni Raimondo;Stephen Locarnini;Teresa Pollicino;Massimo Levrero

  • Characterization of liver injury induced by cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors.

    Eleonora De Martin;Jean-Marie Michot;Barbara Papouin;Stéphane Champiat

  • Liver Resection as a Bridge to Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma on Cirrhosis: A Reasonable Strategy?

    René Adam;Daniel Azoulay;Denis Castaing;Rony Eshkenazy

  • Passive immunoprophylaxis after liver transplantation in HBsAg-positive patients

    D. Samuel;H. Bismuth;A. Bismuth;J.-L. Arulnaden

  • Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Treatment of Compensated Recurrent Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Liver Transplantation

    Michael Charlton;Edward Gane;Michael P. Manns;Robert S. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Castaing
Denis Castaing Grenoble Alpes University
René Adam
René Adam University of Paris-Saclay
Daniel Azoulay
Daniel Azoulay Sheba Medical Center
Henri Bismuth
Henri Bismuth Université Paris Cité
Christian Bréchot
Christian Bréchot Institut Pasteur
François Durand
François Durand Université Paris Cité
David H. Adams
David H. Adams Mount Sinai Hospital
Daniel Cherqui
Daniel Cherqui Grenoble Alpes University
Christophe Hézode
Christophe Hézode Université Paris Cité

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