Medical Director, Liver Transplant

Gastroenterology

Dr. Tram T. Tran, MD

Tram Tran practices Gastroenterology. He graduated from New York Medical College. He over the years received 3 awards: "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California" and "Super Doctor". Tram Tran is a published doctor and has 43 publications published. The lastest was: 'Management of Chronic Hepatitis B: An Overview of Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers.'

Publications

Obesity is independently associated with infection in hospitalised patients with end-stage liver Disease.
Regimens for the Hepatitis C Treatment-Naive Patient.
Spontaneous clearance of Hepatitis C virus in a patient co-infected with Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus: a case report.
An unexpected cause of an infiltrative liver mass.
A Case of mild idiopathic adulthood ductopenia and brief review of literature.
Management of Hepatitis B during pregnancy.
Hepatitis B screening and vaccination practices in asian american primary care.
The patient, the doctor, and the System: Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of hepatitis B.
Hepatitis B: Treatment to prevent perinatal transmission.
Breastfeeding by mothers infected with Hepatitis B carries no increased risk of transmission to infants who receive proper immunoprophylaxis: a meta-analysis.
Current status of liver transplantation for Hepatitis B virus.
Management of chronic Hepatitis B in pregnancy.
Management of Hepatitis B in pregnancy: weighing the options.
Hepatitis vaccination and prophylaxis.
Understanding cultural barriers in Hepatitis B virus infection.
Hepatotoxicity of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and Azathioprine (AZA) in adult IBD patients.
Clinical update: Hepatitis B.
Comparison of clinical outcomes in chronic Hepatitis B liver transplant candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma.
Carboxyhemoglobin and its correlation to Disease severity in cirrhotics.
Patients with inflammatory bowel Disease are at risk for vaccine-preventable illnesses.
Cost-efficacy analysis of peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin compared with peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis C.
Advances in liver transplantation. New strategies and current care expand access, enhance survival.
Hepatitis B: epidemiology and natural history.
Emerging role of transplantation for primary liver Cancers.
Chronic Hepatitis C.
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma and spinal cord infarction following orthotopic liver transplantation: Case report and review of the literature.
Outcomes of patients with Hepatitis B who developed antiviral resistance while on the liver transplant waiting list.
6-thioguanine can cause serious liver injury in inflammatory bowel Disease patients.
Early hepatic nodular hyperplasia and submicroscopic fibrosis associated with 6-thioguanine therapy in inflammatory bowel Disease.
Living donor liver transplantation: histological abnormalities found on liver biopsies of apparently healthy potential donors.
Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplant: identifying the high-risk patient.
Imatinib (Gleevec)-induced hepatotoxicity.
Chronic HBV without e antigen: using HBV DNA to guide management.
Morbidity in live liver donors: standards-based adverse event reporting further refined.
Percutaneous liver biopsy after living donor liver transplantation resulting in fulminant hepatic failure: the first reported case of hepatic compartment Syndrome.
Comorbidities associated with the increasing burden of Hepatitis C infection.
Development and validation of a Disease-targeted quality of life instrument in chronic hepatitis B: the hepatitis B quality of life instrument, version 1.0.
Hereditary Hemochromatosis.
Developments in Hepatitis C therapy during 2000-2002.
Pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus co-administered with adefovir dipivoxil to liver transplant recipients.
Paraesophageal Hernia repair and deep vein thrombosis.
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B: An Overview of Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers.

Schools

New York Medical College
Cedars Sinai Med Center
University Of California Los Angeles

Procedures Preformed

Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
Liver Biopsy

Conditions Treated

Abdominal Pain
Anemia
Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
Biliary Atresia
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Doctors Specialties

Gastroenterology
Transplant Hepatology

Accepted Insurances

Aetna HMO
Choice Plus POS II
Blue Card PPO
CaliforniaCare HMO
Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
Pathway X Direct Access PPO
Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
Select Plus HMO
Access Plus Savenet
Basic PPO
Cigna PPO
Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
Open Access Plus
Commercial Insurance Company
First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
GEHA
Covered California - Bronze PPO
Health Net PPO
Individual and Family PPO
Medicare Advantage PFFS
Medicare MCR
Molina
Optima Health
Heritage Signature
Choice Plus POS
Navigate HMO
Navigate POS
Options PPO
United Healthcare

Awards

Top Doctors:LA Area
Top Doctors:Southern California
Super Doctor

Education

UCLA Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
New York Medical College

Hospital

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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