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Nezam H. Afdhal, MD is a Senior Physician in the Liver Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Afdhal received his medical degree in 1981 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and did fellowship training at University College Dublin and at Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Afdhal’s expertise focuses on the management of the complications of liver disease, including cirrhosis and portal hypertension. He has directed numerous clinical trials focusing on novel treatments of Hepatitis B and C, liver fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Dr. Afdhal has been the national lead for numerous national and global clinical therapeutics for liver disease.

Dr. Afdhal has served on numerous state and national advisory boards for liver disease. He has served on editorial boards and as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals and is currently Editor of the Journal of Viral Hepatitis. He has published more than 300 papers in journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Gut, and Journal of Hepatology, as well as 30 book chapters and 2 books.