Overview
Dr. Lance Stein is transplant hepatologist and the Medical Director of Piedmont's Hepatology and Liver Transplant Program since 2021. He has been at Piedmont since 2010. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine. His special interests include viral hepatitis, alcohol related liver disease, acute on chronic liver failure, metabolic associated steatotic liver disease (MASH/MAFLD), and autoimmune liver diseases (including but not limited to autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis). He also is an expert in management of the complications of liver cirrhosis including portal hypertension and liver cancers.
He is a fellow for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterology Association, and the American College of Physicians. He has served on national committees for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology Association and the American Society of Transplantation.
Following graduation from Temple University School of Medicine, he completed residency in internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. He also completed a fellowship in advanced/transplant hepatology at both Columbia and Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospitals.
Dr. Stein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis B. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, and Liver Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 16 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1968 Peachtree Road, N.w., Atlanta, GA 30309
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Stein 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.
4 Clinical Trials
Piedmont Transplant Institute
Raymond Rubin, M.D., has returned to Piedmont to become the Chief Scientific Officer and as a general and transplant hepatologist at Piedmont Transplant Institute. During his time at Piedmont from 1996-2011, he co-founded and served as the medical director of Piedmont's new liver transplant program (2004). From 2011 until 2014, Dr. Rubin left Atlanta for Boston to become a Medical Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where he conducted research and evaluated new treatments for hepatitis C, other liver diseases, and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Rubin earned his medical degree from Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y. He completed his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rubin graduated summa cum laude with bachelors in molecular and cellular biology and British literature. Dr. Rubin has been practicing medicine for 28 years. He is board certified in gastroenterology, internal medicine and transplant hepatology, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and of the American Gastroenterological Association.Dr. Rubin welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans. Dr. Rubin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis B. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Visceromegaly, Enlarged Liver, and Liver Transplant.
Piedmont Transplant Institute
Alexander Lemmer is a Gastroenterologist and a Transplant Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lemmer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis B. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Lemmer is currently accepting new patients.
Piedmont Transplant Institute
H Hon is a Transplant Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Hon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hepatitis B. Her top areas of expertise are Enlarged Liver, Visceromegaly, Cirrhosis, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Hon is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- AscitesDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Ascites.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- CholangitisDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Cholangitis.
- CirrhosisDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Stein isDistinguished. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Advanced
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Stein isAdvanced. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- Budd-Chiari SyndromeDr. Stein isAdvanced. Learn about Budd-Chiari Syndrome.
- Caroli DiseaseDr. Stein isAdvanced. Learn about Caroli Disease.
- Esophageal VaricesDr. Stein isAdvanced. Learn about Esophageal Varices.
- Hepatic Cystic HamartomaDr. Stein isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatic Cystic Hamartoma.
- Experienced
- EndoscopyDr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Gallbladder DiseaseDr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Disease.
- Hepatitis ADr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis A.
- Hepatitis BDr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis B.
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary SurgeryDr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.
- HepatoblastomaDr. Stein isExperienced. Learn about Hepatoblastoma.