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W. Ray Kim is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a significant body of research focused primarily within medicine, with particular expertise in hepatology, epidemiology, and surgery. Their scholarly contributions encompass several hundred publications, addressing key areas such as liver disease diagnosis, liver disease and transplantation, and viral hepatitis research.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Hepatorenal Syndrome: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2021, Hepatology
  • MELD 3.0: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Updated for the Modern Era, 2021, Gastroenterology
  • OPTN/SRTR 2018 Annual Data Report: Liver, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • OPTN/SRTR 2020 Annual Data Report: Liver, 2022, American Journal of Transplantation
  • OPTN/SRTR 2021 Annual Data Report: Liver, 2023, American Journal of Transplantation

The scientist has consistently contributed to a range of respected publication venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Hepatology
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with W. Ray Kim are:

  • Allison J. Kwong
  • Ajitha Mannalithara
  • Paul Y. Kwo
  • Aparna Goel
  • Sumeet K. Asrani

Their primary fields of study are medicine with a strong subfield focus on hepatology and epidemiology. Other subfields include surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and nephrology.

Research topics addressed in their work prominently cover:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis: Revised consensus recommendations of the International Club of Ascites

    Paolo Angeli;Pere Ginès;Florence Wong;Mauro Bernardi

  • The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)

    Patrick S. Kamath;W. Ray Kim

  • Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list.

    W. Ray Kim;Scott W. Biggins;Walter K. Kremers;Russell H. Wiesner

  • Increased Prevalence and Mortality in Undiagnosed Celiac Disease

    Alberto Rubio–Tapia;Robert A. Kyle;Edward L. Kaplan;Dwight R. Johnson

  • MELD and PELD: Application of survival models to liver allocation

    Russell H. Wiesner;Sue V. McDiarmid;Patrick S. Kamath;Eric B. Edwards

  • Serum activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) as an indicator of health and disease.

    W. Ray Kim;Steven L. Flamm;Adrian M. Di Bisceglie;Henry C. Bodenheimer

  • Evidence-Based Incorporation of Serum Sodium Concentration Into MELD

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

  • Association between noninvasive fibrosis markers and mortality among adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States.

    Donghee Kim;Donghee Kim;W. Ray Kim;Hwa Jung Kim;Terry M. Therneau

  • Burden of liver disease in the United States: summary of a workshop.

    W. Ray Kim;Robert S. Brown;Norah A. Terrault;Hashem El-Serag

  • The burden of hepatitis C in the United States

    W. Ray Kim

  • MELD accurately predicts mortality in patients with alcoholic hepatitis

    Winston Dunn;Laith H. Jamil;Larry S. Brown;Russell H. Wiesner

  • Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation, Followed by Liver Transplantation, for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma at 12 US Centers

    Sarwa Darwish Murad;W. Ray Kim;Denise M. Harnois;David D. Douglas

  • Risk factors for mortality after surgery in patients with cirrhosis.

    Swee H. Teh;David M. Nagorney;Susanna R. Stevens;Kenneth P. Offord

  • Incidence, clinical spectrum, and outcomes of primary sclerosing cholangitis in a United States community.

    Kiran Bambha;W.Ray Kim;Jayant Talwalkar;Heidi Torgerson

  • Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Hepatorenal Syndrome: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

    Scott W Biggins;Paulo Angeli;Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao;Pere Ginès

  • Epidemiology and natural history of primary biliary cirrhosis in a U.S. community

    W.Ray Kim;Keith D. Lindor;G.Richard Locke;Terry M. Therneau

  • A Revised Natural History Model for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    W. Ray Kim;Terry M. Therneau;Russell H. Wiesner;John J. Poterucha

  • The global impact of hepatic fibrosis and end-stage liver disease.

    Young Suk Lim;W. Ray Kim

  • Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in asymptomatic outpatients with cirrhotic ascites.

    Luke T. Evans;W. Ray Kim;John J. Poterucha;Patrick S. Kamath

  • CLINICAL-LIVER, PANCREAS, AND BILIARY TRACT Risk Factors for Mortality After Surgery in Patients With Cirrhosis

    Swee H. Teh;David M. Nagorney;Susanna R. Stevens;Kenneth P. Offord

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis R. Roberts
Lewis R. Roberts Mayo Clinic
Gregory J. Gores
Gregory J. Gores Mayo Clinic
Norah A. Terrault
Norah A. Terrault University of Southern California
Barbara P. Yawn
Barbara P. Yawn University of Minnesota
Goran B. Klintmalm
Goran B. Klintmalm Baylor University Medical Center

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