Dr. Maria R. Lepe
Overview
Maria Rita Lepe-Suastegui, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in liver transplantation; autoimmune liver disease; liver disease in young adults; fatty liver disease; and health care disparities in liver disease among minority populations, particularly Latino patients.Dr. Lepe-Suastegui earned her medical degree at Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Finch University of Health Sciences in North Chicago, Illinois, and a fellowship in digestive and liver diseases at the University of Illinois Chicago.Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in transplant hepatology, gastroenterology, and internal medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.Dr. Lepe-Suastegui serves on the American Liver Foundation's Medical Advisory Committee. She’s a member of numerous professional associations, including the National Hispanic Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and the North Texas Latin American Physicians Association.She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles related to her areas of expertise and is fluent in Spanish.
Dr. Lepe is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. Her top areas of expertise are Visceromegaly, Esophageal Varices, Hepatitis, Enlarged Liver, and Endoscopy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 700, Dallas, TX 75231
1801 Inwood Rd, Ste 102, Dallas, TX 75390
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Lepe has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- CirrhosisDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Esophageal VaricesDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Esophageal Varices.
- HepatitisDr. Lepe isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
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- AscitesDr. Lepe isAdvanced. Learn about Ascites.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Lepe isAdvanced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Hepatitis CDr. Lepe isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatitis C.
- JaundiceDr. Lepe isAdvanced. Learn about Jaundice.
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Experienced
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)
- Caroli DiseaseDr. Lepe isExperienced. Learn about Caroli Disease.
- CholangitisDr. Lepe isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- EndoscopyDr. Lepe isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Lepe isExperienced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- Hepatic Cystic HamartomaDr. Lepe isExperienced. Learn about Hepatic Cystic Hamartoma.