Jorge Rakela, M.D.

Arizona

Medical School

University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile

Residency

Internal Medicine, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile

Fellowships

Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Virology, University of Chile School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile

Certification

American Association for the Study of Liver Disease

Academic Rank

Professor of Medicine

Interests

• Extrahepatic HCV replication
• HCV and HIV interaction
• Development of new therapies of chronic viral hepatitis in immunocompetent as well as transplanted patients
• Development of bioartificial liver support systems
• Recurrence of hepatic diseases after transplantation

Publications

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Research

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