Full Name
Juan Abraldes
Job Title
Professor of Medicine
Company/Institution/ Organization
University of Alberta
Speaker Bio
Dr. Juan G. Abraldes is a Transplant Hepatologist, Professor and Director of the Liver Unit at the University of Alberta.
He gained his MD in 1995 from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and got his Board Certificate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona (2000). He did a postdoctoral training at Yale University (2003–2004).
His main interest is the diagnosis, risk prediction and management of chronic liver disease. He is the co-author of the American Association for the Liver (AASLD) Clinical Guidance for the management of varices and variceal bleeding in cirrhosis 2016, and the chair of the AASLD guidance on TIPS and Endovascular Therapies for Variceal Hemorrhage 2024. He has contributed to Baveno guidelines for the management of portal hypertension since 2005. He is Associate Editor of Hepatology.
He gained his MD in 1995 from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and got his Board Certificate in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona (2000). He did a postdoctoral training at Yale University (2003–2004).
His main interest is the diagnosis, risk prediction and management of chronic liver disease. He is the co-author of the American Association for the Liver (AASLD) Clinical Guidance for the management of varices and variceal bleeding in cirrhosis 2016, and the chair of the AASLD guidance on TIPS and Endovascular Therapies for Variceal Hemorrhage 2024. He has contributed to Baveno guidelines for the management of portal hypertension since 2005. He is Associate Editor of Hepatology.
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