Amine Benmassaoud
Academic title(s):
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, 捆绑SM社区
Degree(s):
MDCM, FRCPC
Fellowship Training:
The Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Areas of expertise:
Portal Hypertension and Hepatology
Biography:
Dr Amine Benmassaoud completed his medical degree, internal medicine residency and gastroenterology training at 捆绑SM社区. He went on to pursue fellowship training in Hepatology at the Sheila Sherlock Liver center at the Royal Free Hospital, in London, United Kingdom. His primary clinical and research interests are portal hypertension and vascular liver diseases. His research will focus on the development of novel methods to diagnose, stage, and monitor portal hypertension of cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic causes using invasive or non-invasive tools.
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Selected publications:
- Benmassaoud A, Roccarina D, Arico F, Leandro G, Yu B, Cheng F, Yu D, Patch D, Tsochatizs E. Sarcopenia does not worsen survival in patients with cirrhosis undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for refractory ascites. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020. [Accepted].
- Benmassaoud A, Freeman SC, Roccarina D, Plaz Torres MC, Sutton AJ, Cooper NJ, Iogna Prat L, Cowlin M, Milne EJ, Hawkins N, Pavlov CS, Thorburn D, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS. Treatment for ascites in adults with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jan 16;1:CD013123.
- Benmassaoud A, AlRubaiy L, Yu D, Chowdary P, Sekhar M, Parikh P, Finkel J, See TC, O鈥橞eirne J, Leithead J, Patch D A stepwise thrombolysis regimen in the management of acute portal vein thrombosis in patients with evidence of intestinal ischemia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Nov;50(9)1049-1058.
- Benmassaoud A, Nitulescu R, Pembroke T, Halme AS, Ghali P, Deschenes M, Wong P, Klein MB, Sebastiani G. Liver-related events in HIV-infected persons with occult cirrhosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 27;68(9):1422-1430
- Benmassaoud A, Ghali P, Cox J, Wong P, Szabo J, Deschenes M, Osikowicz M, Lebouche B, Klein MB, Sebastiani G. Screening for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by using cytokeratin 18 and transient elastography in HIV mono-infection. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 30;13(1)e0191985.
Location:
MUHC, Royal Victoria Hospital