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Overview

Rocio Lopez is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has published extensively in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on surgery, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, hepatology, and public health. Their research contributions span 268 publications, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to clinical and translational medical science.

Their work is frequently published in several key venues, including:

  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
  • Surgical Endoscopy
  • Digestive Diseases and Sciences
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Lopez's research topics predominantly cover:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Jesse D. Schold
  • Susana Arrigain
  • Anne Tang
  • Sumit Mohan
  • Prashanthi N. Thota

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • Epidemiology of Adult Pleural Disease in the United States, 2021, published in CHEST Journal
  • Systematic review with meta-analysis: efficacy of balloon-assisted enteroscopy for dilation of small bowel Crohn's disease strictures, 2020, published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Burden of Pediatric Heart Failure in the United States, 2022, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Selective deletion of MyD88 signaling in α-SMA positive cells ameliorates experimental intestinal fibrosis via post-transcriptional regulation, 2020, published in Mucosal Immunology
  • Accuracy of Noninvasive Fibrosis Scores to Detect Advanced Fibrosis in Patients With Type-2 Diabetes With Biopsy-proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, 2020, published in Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • The Incidence and Risk Factors of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

    Mustafa S. Ascha;Ibrahim A. Hanouneh;Rocio Lopez;Tarek Abu-Rajab Tamimi

  • Increased hepatic and circulating interleukin-6 levels in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Anna Wieckowska;Bettina G Papouchado;ZhengZheng Li;Rocio Lopez

  • Validity of real time ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis: a prospective study.

    Srinivasan Dasarathy;Jaividhya Dasarathy;Amer Khiyami;Rajesh Joseph

  • Pentoxifylline improves nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

    Claudia Ortiz Zein;Claudia Ortiz Zein;Claudia Ortiz Zein;Lisa M. Yerian;Prema Gogate;Rocio Lopez

  • Ultrasonographic quantitative estimation of hepatic steatosis in children With NAFLD.

    Angela Shannon;Naim Alkhouri;Christine Carter-Kent;Lidia Monti

  • Eluxadoline for Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea

    Anthony J. Lembo;Brian E. Lacy;Marc J. Zuckerman;Ron Schey

  • Propofol Versus Traditional Sedative Agents for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Meta-analysis

    Mohammed A. Qadeer;John J. Vargo;Farah Khandwala;Rocio Lopez

  • Mass spectrometric profiling of oxidized lipid products in human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Ariel E. Feldstein;Ariel E. Feldstein;Rocio Lopez;Tarek Abu Rajab Tamimi;Lisa Yerian

  • Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio: a new marker for predicting steatohepatitis and fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Naim Alkhouri;Gareth Morris-Stiff;Carla Campbell;Rocio Lopez

  • Capnographic Monitoring of Respiratory Activity Improves Safety of Sedation for Endoscopic Cholangiopancreatography and Ultrasonography

    Mohammed A. Qadeer;John J. Vargo;John A. Dumot;Rocio Lopez

  • Risk Factors for Diseases of Ileal Pouch–Anal Anastomosis After Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis

    Bo Shen;Victor W. Fazio;Feza H. Remzi;Aaron Brzezinski

  • Deep sedation occurs frequently during elective endoscopy with meperidine and midazolam.

    Sandeep Patel;John J Vargo;Farah Khandwala;Rocio Lopez

  • Fundic Gland Polyp Dysplasia Is Common in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

    Laura K. Bianchi;Carol A. Burke;Ana E. Bennett;Rocio Lopez

  • Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Associated Cirrhosis in the United States: An Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

    Mohammad Nasser Kabbany;Praveen Kumar Conjeevaram Selvakumar;Kymberly Watt;Rocio Lopez

  • Cumulative risk of cardiovascular events after orthotopic liver transplantation.

    Mazen Albeldawi;Ashish Aggarwal;Surabhi Madhwal;Jacek Cywinski

  • An apoptosis panel for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis diagnosis

    Tarek I Abu Rajab Tamimi;Hesham M. Elgouhari;Naim Alkhouri;Lisa M. Yerian

  • Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in children: A multicenter clinicopathological study†

    Christine Carter-Kent;Lisa M. Yerian;Elizabeth M. Brunt;Paul Angulo

  • A Pooled Analysis of Efficacy, Safety, and Long-term Outcome of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation Therapy for Patients with Stricturing Crohn's Disease.

    Dominik Bettenworth;Anders Gustavsson;Ashish Atreja;Rocio Lopez

  • Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Mangesh R. Pagadala;Claudia Ortiz Zein;Srinivasan Dasarathy;Lisa M. Yerian

  • An open-label, prospective trial of cryospray ablation for Barrett's esophagus high-grade dysplasia and early esophageal cancer in high-risk patients

    John A. Dumot;John J. Vargo;Gary W. Falk;Lorraine Frey

Frequent Co-Authors

Naim Alkhouri
Naim Alkhouri The University of Texas at Austin
John J. Vargo
John J. Vargo Cleveland Clinic
Bo Shen
Bo Shen Columbia University
Ariel E. Feldstein
Ariel E. Feldstein University of California, San Diego
Valerio Nobili
Valerio Nobili Sapienza University of Rome
John R. Goldblum
John R. Goldblum Cleveland Clinic
Arthur J. McCullough
Arthur J. McCullough Case Western Reserve University
James M. Church
James M. Church Columbia University
Gerhard Rogler
Gerhard Rogler University of Zurich
Victor W. Fazio
Victor W. Fazio Cleveland Clinic

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