Physician

Gastroenterology

Brian Borg works in the field of Gastroenterology. He attended Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine. Brian Borg is also a published doctor. He has 20 publication published. The most recent publication is: The impact of opiate pain medications and psychoactive drugs on the quality of colon preparation in outpatient colonoscopy.

Publications

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• The impact of opiate Pain medications and psychoactive drugs on the quality of colon preparation in outpatient colonoscopy.
• Excellent liver retransplantation outcomes in Hepatitis C-infected recipients.
• Temporal Association Between Increased Virus-Specific Th17 Response and Spontaneous Recovery From Recurrent Hepatitis C in a Liver Transplant Recipient.
• Queue position in the endoscopic schedule impacts effectiveness of colonoscopy.
• Immune response to extracellular matrix collagen in chronic Hepatitis C induced liver fibrosis.
• Reactivation of Hepatitis B with reappearance of Hepatitis B surface antigen after chemotherapy and immunosuppression.
• Impact of obesity on Bowel preparation for colonoscopy.
• Cutaneous sarcoidosis and primary biliary Cirrhosis: A chance association or related diseases?
• Immunization with Hepatitis C virus-like particles results in control of Hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees.
• A functional SNP of interferon-gamma gene is important for interferon-alpha-induced and spontaneous recovery from Hepatitis C virus infection.
• Peginterferon Alfa-2b and ribavirin for 12 versus 24 weeks in HCV infection.
• Bone mineral density in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis among end-stage liver Disease patients awaiting liver transplantation.
• Clinical trial: pilot study of metformin for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatoHepatitis.
• The effects of discontinuing pioglitazone in patients with nonalcoholic steatoHepatitis.
• Low- and standard-dose peginterferon alfa-2a for chronic Hepatitis C, genotype 2 or 3: efficacy, tolerability, viral kinetics and cytokine response.
• Myxovirus-1 and protein kinase haplotypes and fibrosis in chronic Hepatitis C virus.
• Steatosis and progression of fibrosis in untreated patients with chronic Hepatitis C infection.
• Characterization of virus-specific T-cell immunity in liver allograft recipients with HCV-induced Cirrhosis.
• Interleukin-6 haplotypes and the response to therapy of chronic Hepatitis C virus infection.

Schools

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• Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Faculty Of Medicine

• Prince Georges Hospital Center

• Barnes Jewish Hospital

• National Institute Health

Procedures Preformed

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• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• Liver Biopsy

Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties

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• Gastroenterology
• Transplant Hepatology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Washington University
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Ochsner Medical Center

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