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Overview

Sammy Saab is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in hepatology, epidemiology, surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, and molecular biology.

Their main topics of study encompass liver disease diagnosis and treatment, liver disease and transplantation, hepatitis C virus research, hepatitis B virus studies, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, alcohol consumption and health effects, and hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis.

Sammy Saab has published extensively in several prominent medical journals. Their frequent publication venues include Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Digestive Medicine Research, and The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Their recent papers include:

  • Trends in the Burden of Chronic Liver Disease Among Hospitalized US Adults (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • Purification of HCC-specific extracellular vesicles on nanosubstrates for early HCC detection by digital scoring (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Cost-effective methylome sequencing of cell-free DNA for accurately detecting and locating cancer (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • HCC EV ECG score: An extracellular vesicle-based protein assay for detection of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (2022), published in Hepatology
  • Emricasan to prevent new decompensation in patients with NASH-related decompensated cirrhosis (2020), published in Journal of Hepatology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work. Their frequent co-authors include Gina Choi, Edward Lee, Fady M. Kaldas, Jung J. Yum, and Vatche G. Agopian, with co-authorship counts ranging from 11 to 14 publications.

Best Publications

  • Evidence-Based Incorporation of Serum Sodium Concentration Into MELD

    Scott W. Biggins;W. Ray Kim;Norah A. Terrault;Sammy Saab

  • Hepatitis C virus infection in USA: an estimate of true prevalence

    Eric W Chak;Andrew H. Talal;Kenneth E. Sherman;Eugene R. Schiff

  • Analysis of long-term outcomes of 3200 liver transplantations over two decades: a single-center experience.

    Ronald W. Busuttil;Douglas G. Farmer;Hasan Yersiz;Jonathan R. Hiatt

  • Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma as a bridge to liver transplantation

    David S. K. Lu;Nam C. Yu;Steven S. Raman;Charles Lassman

  • Macrovesicular hepatic steatosis in living related liver donors: correlation between CT and histologic findings

    Piyaporn Limanond;Steven S Raman;Charles Lassman;James Sayre

  • Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Prevent Recurrence of HCV Infection After Liver Transplantation: An Open-Label Study

    Michael P. Curry;Xavier Forns;Raymond T. Chung;Norah A. Terrault

  • Long-term patient outcome and quality of life after liver transplantation: analysis of 20-year survivors.

    John P. Duffy;Kenneth Kao;Clifford Y. Ko;Douglas G. Farmer

  • Atorvastatin and Antioxidants for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The St Francis Heart Study Randomized Clinical Trial

    Temitope Foster;Matthew J Budoff;Sammy Saab;Naser Ahmadi

  • A 10-Year Experience of Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C: Analysis of Factors Determining Outcome in Over 500 Patients

    Rafik M. Ghobrial;Randy Steadman;Jeffery Gornbein;Charles Lassman

  • Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation Summit: Current State and Future Directions

    M. K. Nadim;R. S. Sung;C. L. Davis;K. A. Andreoni

  • Major challenges limiting liver transplantation in the United States.

    Jason A. Wertheim;Henrik Petrowsky;Sammy Saab;Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski

  • MELD score predicts 1-year patient survival post-orthotopic liver transplantation.

    Sammy Saab;Victor Wang;Ayman B. Ibrahim;Francisco Durazo

  • Des‐γ‐carboxyprothrombin, α‐fetoprotein and AFP‐L3 in patients with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

    Francisco A Durazo;Lawrence M Blatt;William G Corey;Jiing-Huey Lin

  • Impact of coffee on liver diseases: a systematic review

    Sammy Saab;Divya Mallam;Gerald A. Cox;Myron J. Tong;Myron J. Tong

  • Pregnancy and cirrhosis

    Jennifer Tan;Bijal Surti;Sammy Saab

  • Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Experience With More Than 200 Patients Over a 17-Year Period

    Douglas G. Farmer;Dean M. Anselmo;R. Mark Ghobrial;Hasan Yersiz

  • The evolution of liver transplantation during 3 decades: analysis of 5347 consecutive liver transplants at a single center.

    Vatche G. Agopian;Henrik Petrowsky;Fady M. Kaldas;Ali Zarrinpar

  • TIPS versus paracentesis for cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites

    Sammy Saab;Jose M Nieto;Shannon K Lewis;Bruce A Runyon

  • Comparative analysis of resection and liver transplantation for intrahepatic and hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a 24-year experience in a single center.

    Johnny C. Hong;Christopher M. Jones;John P. Duffy;Henrik Petrowsky

  • Pretransplant model to predict posttransplant survival in liver transplant patients.

    Rafik M. Ghobrial;Jeffery Gornbein;Jeffery Gornbein;Randy Steadman;Natale Danino;Natale Danino

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald W. Busuttil
Ronald W. Busuttil University of California, Los Angeles
Zobair M. Younossi
Zobair M. Younossi Inova Health System
Myron J. Tong
Myron J. Tong University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas G. Farmer
Douglas G. Farmer University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Martin
Paul Martin University of Miami
Jonathan R. Hiatt
Jonathan R. Hiatt University of California, Los Angeles
Robert S. Brown
Robert S. Brown Cornell University
Norah A. Terrault
Norah A. Terrault University of Southern California
Fasiha Kanwal
Fasiha Kanwal Baylor College of Medicine
David Elashoff
David Elashoff University of California, Los Angeles

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