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Richard K. Sterling is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive work in epidemiology, hepatology, infectious diseases, surgery, and molecular biology. Sterling's contributions have advanced knowledge in liver disease diagnosis and treatment, hepatitis C virus research, liver disease and transplantation, hepatitis B virus studies, gut microbiota and health, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, and liver diseases and immunity.

Their recent publications include the following notable papers:

  • Mepolizumab for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (SYNAPSE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial (2021), published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • AASLD Practice Guideline on imaging-based noninvasive liver disease assessment of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis (2024), published in Hepatology
  • AASLD Practice Guideline on blood-based noninvasive liver disease assessment of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis (2024), published in Hepatology
  • Multidisciplinary Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax in 2020: An Evidence-Based Review and Guidance (2020), published in Hepatology
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Cirrhosis Reduces Gut Microbial Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Analysis of Two Trials (2020), published in Hepatology Communications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jasmohan S. Bajaj
  • Marc G. Ghany
  • Mandana Khalili
  • Mark Sulkowski
  • Mauricio Lisker-Melman

Sterling publishes regularly in several scientific journals. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Journal of Hepatology

Their research encompasses over 346 publications in the broad field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on 131 publications in epidemiology and 126 in hepatology specifically. This reflects a sustained focus on liver-related diseases and their clinical management.

Best Publications

  • Development of a simple noninvasive index to predict significant fibrosis in patients with HIV/HCV coinfection

    Richard K. Sterling;Eduardo Lissen;Eduardo Lissen;Nathan Clumeck;Ricard Sola

  • Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Association of Insulin Resistance and Mitochondrial Abnormalities

    Arun J. Sanyal;Carol Campbell-Sargent;Faridoddin Mirshahi;William B. Rizzo

  • Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with normal ALT values

    Pouneh Mofrad;Melissa J. Contos;Mahmadul Haque;Carol Sargeant

  • Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Associated Risk Factors in Hepatitis C-Related Advanced Liver Disease

    Anna S. Lok;Leonard B. Seeff;Timothy R. Morgan;Adrian M. di Bisceglie

  • Des-γ-Carboxy Prothrombin and α-Fetoprotein as Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Anna S. Lok;Richard K. Sterling;James E. Everhart;Elizabeth C. Wright

  • The plasma lipidomic signature of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Puneet Puri;Michelle M. Wiest;Onpan Cheung;Faridoddin Mirshahi

  • SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN OUTCOMES OF CIRRHOSIS DUE TO NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS AND HEPATITIS C

    Arun J. Sanyal;Colin Banas;Carol Sargeant;Velimir A. Luketic

  • A pilot study of vitamin E versus vitamin E and pioglitazone for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Arun J. Sanyal;Pouneh S. Mofrad;Melissa J. Contos;Carol Sargeant

  • Right lobe living donor liver transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • Modulation of the metabiome by rifaximin in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy.

    Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Douglas M. Heuman;Arun J. Sanyal;Phillip B. Hylemon

  • Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in patients with advanced hepatitis C: Results from the HALT-C Trial☆

    Adrian M. Di Bisceglie;Richard K. Sterling;Raymond T. Chung;James E. Everhart

  • Development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation for cryptogenic cirrhosis.

    Melissa J. Contos;Wendy Cales;Richard K. Sterling;Velimir A. Luketic

  • Predicting cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C based on standard laboratory tests: Results of the HALT‐C cohort

    Anna S F Lok;Marc G. Ghany;Zachary D. Goodman;Elizabeth C. Wright

  • LIVER REGENERATION AND FUNCTION IN DONOR AND RECIPIENT AFTER RIGHT LOBE ADULT TO ADULT LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • The multi-dimensional burden of cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy on patients and caregivers.

    Jasmohan S Bajaj;James B Wade;Douglas P Gibson;Douglas M Heuman

  • Persistence of Cognitive Impairment After Resolution of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

    Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Christine M. Schubert;Douglas M. Heuman;James B. Wade

  • Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: The reality beyond the driving test

    Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Kia Saeian;Christine M. Schubert;Muhammad Hafeezullah

  • A randomized, controlled trial of maintenance interferon therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus and persistent viremia

    Mitchell L. Shiffman;Charlotte M. Hofmann;Melissa J. Contos;Velimir A. Luketic

  • Selection and outcome of living donors for adult to adult right lobe transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Ann T. Olzinski

  • Predicting cirrhosis in patients with hepatitis C based on standard laboratory tests: Results of the HALT-C cohort Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

    Anna Suk-Fong Lok;Marc G. Ghany;Zachary D. Goodman;Elizabeth C. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Arun J. Sanyal
Arun J. Sanyal Virginia Commonwealth University
Velimir A. Luketic
Velimir A. Luketic Virginia Commonwealth University
Mitchell L. Shiffman
Mitchell L. Shiffman Bon Secours Health System
Jasmohan S. Bajaj
Jasmohan S. Bajaj Virginia Commonwealth University
Douglas M. Heuman
Douglas M. Heuman Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert A. Fisher
Robert A. Fisher Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Marc G. Ghany
Marc G. Ghany National Institutes of Health
Timothy R. Morgan
Timothy R. Morgan California State University, Long Beach
Adrian M. Di Bisceglie
Adrian M. Di Bisceglie Saint Louis University
Mark S. Sulkowski
Mark S. Sulkowski Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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