Internationally Known Expert on Hepatitis B Joins Medical Staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
Contact: Maria Carpenter, 214-820-4827Email: mariaca@baylorhealth.edu
(DALLAS, TEXAS, Sept. 15, 2006) - Robert P. Perrillo, M.D., internationally recognized for his work in antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, has joined the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas as the associate director of hepatology. A gastroenterologist and hepatologist, Dr. Perrillo joins Baylor Dallas from the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, La., where he most recently served as the director of Academic Affairs for the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
As associate chief of hepatology at Baylor Dallas, Dr. Perrillo will expand clinical research activities in hepatology-transplantation, be responsible for fellowship training in liver diseases, and help in developing outreach liver clinics around the State.
Dr. Perrillo is an active leader in the field of hepatology, having authored more than 170 papers on viral hepatitis in publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and he has lectured internationally about hepatitis B. He has served as a board member and advisor for numerous organizations, including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, where he served as chairman of fund development from 2000 to 2005.
Dr. Perrillo graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. in 1970. He completed his residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Mo. He joined the staff of Washington University and became professor of medicine in 1990, while serving as the director of the Gastroenterology Section at the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center from 1976 to 1994. He joined the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in 1994 as head of the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and program director for GI Subspecialty Residency Training. He was instrumental in the initiation of, and served as editor-in-chief, of the Ochsner Journal from 1999 to 2004. Beginning in 2002, Dr. Perillo also served as thedirector of Academic Affairs for the Section of Gastroenterolgoy and Hepatology.
About Baylor Dallas
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, a 997-bed not-for-profit academic hospital, is a major patient care and research center in the southwest. The nationally acclaimed medical center serves as flagship hospital for Baylor Health Care System and has earned Magnet status for "Excellence in Nursing Services" from the American Nurses Credentialing Center - the organization's highest level of recognition.
In addition to its level one trauma center, Baylor Dallas is also home to many nationally ranked centers of excellence including transplant, cardiovascular services, orthopaedics, oncology, digestive diseases, neurosciences and gynecology. In 2005, U.S. News & World Report recognized Baylor Dallas for the 13th consecutive year in its "America's Best Hospitals" guide.
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