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Bilal Hameed, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Department of Medicine

Contact Information

Academic Office
Division of Gastroenterology
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-357
San Francisco, CA 94143-0358
Phone: (415) 514-2860
415-476-0659
Bilal.Hameed@ucsf.edu 		Liver Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1888

Gastroenterology and Liver Faculty Practice
350 Parnassus Ave., Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2318

Education

  • 1995-2000 Dow Medical College, M.B.B.S.

Residencies

  • 2003-2006 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Internal Medicine Residency

Fellowships

  • 2006-2009 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Gastroenterology Fellowship

  • 2009-2010 University of California, San Francisco, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship

Postdoctoral Training

Board Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

Program Affiliations

  • UCSF Liver Transplantation Program

Clinical Expertise

  • Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis
  • Benign Liver Tumors
  • Cirrhosis
  • Fulminant Hepatic Failure
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Living Donor Liver Transplantation
  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and management of NAFLD
  • Modeling outcomes in advanced liver disease and liver transplantation.
  • Sleep apnea in NAFLD

Biography

Bilal Hameed, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and hepatologist at UCSF who treats patients with liver disease and plays an integral role in the multidisciplinary Liver Transplantation Program.

Dr. Hameed received his medical degree from Dow Medical College, completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota, and consecutive fellowships at the University of Minnesota and UCSF, in the areas of gastroenterology and transplant hepatology respectively. Dr. Hameed is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a general certificate in internal medicine and a subspeciality in gastroenterology.

Dr. Hameed is a member of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association. and American Society of Transplantation. He is author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and the recipient of many awards and honors in his field. He is also fluent languages of Punjabi and Urdu.

Selected Publications

  1. Emergent Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Hemorrhage from a Giant Cavernous Hepatic
    Hemangioma: Case Report and Review .Parsia A. Vagefi, Ingo Klein, Bruce Gelb, Bilal
    Hameed, et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Jun 12.
  2. Using Higher Risk Organs for Liver Transplantation: In Whom and at What Price? Bilal Hameed,
    John R. Lake. Editorial. Gastroenterology, Volume 135, Issue 5, November 2008, Pages 1452-
    1454.
  3. Prospective randomized study comparing ultrasound and tri-phasic CT scan for screening for
    HCC among patients with cirrhosis: The VA experience. Bilal Hameed, MD, Taimur Khan, MD,
    Samuel Ho, MD, Bashar Aqel, MD. (Abstract: DDW 2008)
  4. Work-up and treatment of chronic Hepatitis B in clinical practice: A 5-year retrospective review.
    Paul Dambowy, MD, Bilal Hameed, MD, Coleman Smith, MD, Jerry Amundson, Lauren Crain,
    PhD, Kara Sullivan, MD, Paola Ricci, MD. Event: 2006 ACG Abstracts
  5. Management dilemma: Patient with pulmonary thrombosis and pericardial effusion. Amyn
    Malik, MD, Christopher Wolfram, MD, Bilal Hameed, MD, Nadia Malik, MD, Carmelo Panetta,
    MD. Journal of Cardiology, January 2005 (Case Report)
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