Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Richard T. Stravitz, MD
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Doctor Richard T. Stravitz, MD works in the field of Gastroenterology. He attended NYU School of Medicine. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACG)". Doctor Richard T. Stravitz, MD is a published MD. He has 91 papers published. The most current publication "Hormonal regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase specific activity, mRNA levels, and transcriptional activity in vivo in the rat." Richard Stravitz accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Nonalcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) Is Associated with a Decline in Pancreatic Beta Cell (β-Cell) Function.
- Telaprevir- and Boceprevir-Based Triple Therapy for Hepatitis C in Liver Transplant Recipients With Advanced Recurrent Disease: A Multicenter Study.
- Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Progression to Cirrhosis Associate With Atherogenic Lipoprotein Profile.
- A US Multicenter Study of Hepatitis C Treatment of Liver Transplant Recipients with Protease-Inhibitor Triple Therapy.
- Randomised clinical trial: Lactobacillus GG modulates gut microbiome, metabolome and endotoxemia in patients with Cirrhosis.
- The stroop smartphone APP is a short and valid method toscreen for minimal hepatic encephalopathy.
- Asymmetric Di-methyl Arginine is Strongly Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction and Brain MR Spectroscopic Abnormalities in Cirrhosis.
- Intact thrombin generation and decreased fibrinolytic capacity in patients with acute liver injury or acute liver failure.
- Ectopic Thyroid Presenting As A Liver Mass.
- Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with Cirrhosis improves outcome.
- The impact of fat distribution on the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease and metabolic syndrome.
- Similarities and differences in outcomes of Cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatitis C.
- Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease associated with normal ALT values.
- AutoImmune acute liver failure: proposed clinical and histological criteria.
- Rifaximin improves driving simulator performance in a randomized trial of patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy.
- Similar progression of fibrosis between HIV/HCV-infected and HCV-infected patients: Analysis of paired liver biopsy samples.
- Hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation: biomarkers of Disease and fibrosis progression.
- Herpes simplex virus colitis in a patient with Crohn's disease and hepatitis B and d Cirrhosis.
- Peritoneal sarcoidosis: a unique cause of ascites and intractable hiccups.
- Hemostasis and thrombosis in patients with liver Disease: the ups and downs.
- Persistence of cognitive impairment after resolution of overt hepatic encephalopathy.
- Adult living donor versus deceased donor liver transplantation: a 10-year prospective single center experience.
- Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: the reality beyond the driving test.
- Management of acute liver failure.
- Therapeutic hypothermia for acute liver failure.
- Intravenous N-acetylcysteine improves transplant-free survival in early stage non-acetaminophen acute liver failure.
- Impact of the donor risk index on the outcome of Hepatitis C virus-positive liver transplant recipients.
- Effect of hyponatraemia on outcomes following orthotopic liver transplantation.
- Incidence of prolonged length of stay after orthotopic liver transplantation and its influence on outcomes.
- Coagulopathy of acute liver failure.
- Critical management decisions in patients with acute liver failure.
- A single center review of the use of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Therapeutic hypothermia for acute liver failure: toward a randomized, controlled trial in patients with advanced hepatic encephalopathy.
- Steatohepatitis: Risk factors and impact on Disease severity in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection.
- Intensive care of patients with acute liver failure: recommendations of the U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study Group.
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease in patients with hepatitis C is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome.
- Drug-induced steatoHepatitis.
- Comparison of three commercially available assays for HCV RNA using the international unit standard: implications for management of patients with chronic Hepatitis C v...
- Introduction to the revised AASLD position paper on acute liver failure 2011.
- Medical management of the liver transplant recipient.
- PROMIS computerised adaptive tests are dynamic instruments to measure health-related quality of life in patients with Cirrhosis.
- Minimal effects of acute liver injury/acute liver failure on hemostasis as assessed by thromboelastography.
- The multi-dimensional burden of Cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy on patients and caregivers.
- Hepatitis C virus-infected women have a higher risk of advanced fibrosis and graft loss after liver transplantation than men.
- Non-resective ablation and liver transplantation in patients with Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): safety and efficacy.
- The clinical spectrum of Hepatitis C virus in HIV coinfection.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma: strategy for optimizing surgical resection, transplantation and palliation.
- Calcineurin inhibitor-induced chronic nephrotoxicity in liver transplant patients is reversible using rapamycin as the primary immunosuppressive agent.
- Activation of the Raf-1/MEK/ERK cascade by bile acids occurs via the epidermal growth factor receptor in primary rat hepatocytes.
- Down-regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene expression by bile acids in primary rat hepatocytes is mediated by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway.
- Chronic hepatitis C infection in patients with end stage renal Disease: characterization of liver histology and viral load in patients awaiting renal transplantation.
- Down-regulation of the rat hepatic sterol 27-hydroxylase gene by bile acids in transfected primary hepatocytes: possible role of hepatic nuclear factor 1alpha.
- Regulation of bile acid biosynthesis.
- Hormonal regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase specific activity, mRNA levels, and transcriptional activity in vivo in the rat.
- Activation of protein kinase C alpha and delta by bile acids: correlation with bile acid structure and diacylglycerol formation.
- Quantitative estimations of the contribution of different bile acid pathways to total bile acid synthesis in the rat.
- Induction of sodium-dependent bile acid transporter messenger RNA, protein, and activity in rat ileum by cholic acid.
- Bile salt-induced apoptosis of hepatocytes involves activation of protein kinase C.
- Transcriptional regulation of hepatic sterol 27-hydroxylase by bile acids.
- Hepatocellular protein kinase C activation by bile acids: implications for regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase.
- Regulation of sterol 27-hydroxylase and an alternative pathway of bile acid biosynthesis in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
- Hep G2 cells: a model for studies on regulation of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase at the molecular level.
- Screening for curable Colorectal tumors: an approach for the 21st century.
- Transcriptional regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA by conjugated bile acids in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
- Regulation of rat hepatic 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in vivo and in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
- Molecular genetics and regulation of bile acid biosynthesis.
- Repression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase transcription by bile acids is mediated through protein kinase C in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
- Hormonal regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels and transcriptional activity in primary rat hepatocyte cultures.
- A prospective evaluation of fibrosis progression in patients with recurrent Hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation.
- Treatment of chronic Hepatitis C virus genotype 1 with peginterferon, ribavirin, and epoetin alpha.
- Is hepatic transplantation justified for primary liver Cancer?
- Treatment of chronic Hepatitis C virus in African Americans with genotypes 2 and 3.
- Percutaneous liver biopsy in adult haemophiliacs with Hepatitis C virus: safety of outpatient procedure and impact of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the s...
- Multimodality therapy and liver transplantation in patients with Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: 6 years, single-center experience.
- Review article: medical management of the liver transplant recipient - a primer for non-transplant doctors.
- MELD-XI: a rational approach to "sickest first" liver transplantation in cirrhotic patients requiring anticoagulant therapy.
- Gc-globulin and prognosis in acute liver failure.
- Antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia due to epoetin alfa during antiviral therapy of chronic Hepatitis C.
- The spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the Virginia Correctional System: development of a strategy for the evaluation and treatment of inmates with HCV.
- Adult living donor versus deceased donor liver transplantation: a 6-year single center experience.
- A pilot study of vitamin E versus vitamin E and pioglitazone for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatoHepatitis.
- A prospective, randomized-controlled pilot study of ursodeoxycholic acid combined with mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Living donor liver transplant with clinical tolerance, laboratory evidence of chimerism, and spontaneous clearance of HBV.
- Persistent ascites and low serum sodium identify patients with Cirrhosis and low MELD scores who are at high risk for early death.
- Histologic recurrence of chronic Hepatitis C virus in patients after living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation.
- Effects of interferon treatment on liver histology and allograft rejection in patients with recurrent Hepatitis C following liver transplantation.
- A comparison of the spectrum of chronic Hepatitis C virus between Caucasians and African Americans.
- Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the spectrum of liver Disease in HCV-HIV coinfection.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma in HCV-infected patients awaiting liver transplantation: genes involved in tumor progression.
- Molecular pathways differentiate Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence from acute cellular rejection in HCV liver recipients.
Schools
New York University School Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- Biliary Drainage
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
- Transplant Hepatology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACG)
Education
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University of North Carolina Hospitals -
NYU School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1083704639 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | STRAVITZ | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 232985051 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 2206.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 62.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 2.81 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1083704639 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | STRAVITZ |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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