Ahmet O. Gurakar
Advanced in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Advanced in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 4, Floor 4, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Dr. Gurakar joined Johns Hopkins from the Nazih Zuhdi Transplantation Institute at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was the chief of Hepatology Research and the program director of the Liver Transplantation Medicine/ Hepatology Fellowship. He served at various capacities in the Liver Medicine Section, since its first establishment in 1993. Dr. Gurakar's clinical interests include pre and post-transplant, clinical and endoscopic management of liver diseases and viral hepatitis. His research interests include bioartificial liver dialysis systems and application of total plasma exchange in the treatment of liver disorders.

Dr. Gurakar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 146 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Primary Biliary Cholangitis.

Residency
NYC Health+Hospitals/Metropolitan, Internal Medicine, 1991
Specialties
Hepatology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in OK
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Faculty of Health Sciences University of Maastricht, Gastroenterology, 1997
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Gastroenterology, 1994
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1993
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Turkish
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 4, Floor 4, Baltimore, MD 21287

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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