Instructor, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology

Dr. Amir A. Qamar practices Gastroenterology. He studied medicine at Aga Khan Medical College. Amir A. Qamar, MD is a published doctor and has 14 publications published. The lastest was: 'Human fetal hepatocyte transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Statin Use in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
• Fulminant hepatic failure secondary to erlotinib.
• Poorer outcomes for recipients of heart allografts from HCV-positive donors: opening the silos.
• Platelet count is not a predictor of the presence or development of gastroesophageal varices in cirrhosis.
• Incidence, prevalence, and clinical significance of abnormal hematologic indices in compensated cirrhosis.
• The ability of serum from alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient patients to inhibit PRT-201, a recombinant human type I pancreatic elastase.
• Abnormal hematological indices in cirrhosis.
• Liver dysfunction and immunosuppressive therapy.
• p38 MAP kinase activation by Clostridium difficile toxin A mediates monocyte necrosis, IL-8 production, and enteritis.
• Saccharomyces boulardii stimulates intestinal immunoglobulin A immune response to Clostridium difficile toxin A in mice.
• Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile and serum levels of IgG antibody against toxin A.
• Association between antibody response to toxin A and protection against recurrent Clostridium difficile diarrhoea.
• Human fetal hepatocyte transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure.

Schools

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• Aga Khan University Medical School

• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

• Yale New Haven Medical Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Thoracentesis

Doctors Specialties

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• Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
• Gastroenterology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Aga Khan Medical College

Hospital

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• Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1629054820
NPPES Provider LastName		QAMAR
NPPES Provider FirstName		AMIR
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		018050001
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Gastroenterology
Total Claim Count		178.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1629054820
Last Name Of The Provider	QAMAR
First Name Of The Provider	AMIR
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