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Channa R. Jayasekera, M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  2. Transplant Hepatologist
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Departments

Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Phoenix, Arizona

Languages

English

Existing patients

  1. Hepatocellular carcinoma
  2. Liver cancer
  3. Liver mass
  4. Liver problems
  5. Liver tumor
  6. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
  1. Liver transplant
  • Liver transplantation
  • Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma)
  • Liver masses
  • Cirrhosis
  • Portal hypertension
  • Cholangiopathies
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Metabolic and drug-induced liver diseases
  • Healthcare access and health systems
  • Global health
  1. 2016
    Fellow - Transplant Hepatology (ACGME)California Pacific Medical Center
  2. 2015
    Chief Fellow - Gastroenterology and HepatologyStanford University Medical Center
  3. 2015
    MS - Epidemiology and Clinical ResearchStanford University School of Medicine
  4. 2014
    Fellow - Gastroenterology and HepatologyStanford University Medical Center
  5. 2012
    Resident - Internal MedicineStanford University Medical Center
  6. 2010
    Intern - Internal MedicineStanford University Medical Center
  7. 2009
    MD - MedicineDuke University School of Medicine
  8. 2008
    MSc - Development StudiesThe London School of Economics and Political Science
  9. 2007
    Clinical Research FellowshipFogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship at the NIH, Massachusetts General Hospital and icddr,b
  10. 2003
    BS - Human BiologyCornell University

Certifications

  1. 2020
    Transplant HepatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2016
    GastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. 2015
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2022
    Best of The Liver Meeting 2022AASLD 2022, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  2. 2022
    2022-2023 Mayo Clinic Investment for Extramural Grants (MEGA) AwardMayo Clinic
  3. 2020
    Top Doctors - GastroenterologySeattle Met Magazine
  4. 2019
    Team Excellence Award (Finalist)Kaiser Permanente Washington
  5. 2019
    District Excellence Award for Clinical ExcellenceKaiser Permanente Washington
  6. 2016
    House Staff Research AwardCalifornia Pacific Medical Center
  7. 2015
    Travel AwardAmerican Society of Transplantation
  8. 2014
    Chief FellowDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University
  9. 2009
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  10. 2009
    Wilburt C. Davison ScholarshipDuke University School of Medicine
  11. 2009
    Medical Scholar AwardInfectious Diseases Society of America
  12. 2009
    Dean's Recognition AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  13. 2008
    Graduate with MeritLondon School of Economics and Political Science
  14. 2007
    Profiled in: The Changing Face of Graduate and Professional Students: Duke's Role in Developing Leaders for the 21st CenturyBoard of Trustees, Duke University
  15. 2006
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  16. 2003
    Freeman PrizeMario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University

Professional memberships

  1. 2016 - 2017
    MemberHepatitis C Program, Scientific Advisory Board, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  2. 2015 - 2017
    Faculty FellowCenter for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
  3. 2014
    Visiting Lecturer in GastroenterologyPerdana University Graduate School of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  4. 2012
    Visiting Lecturer in Internal MedicineNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Education Partnership Initiative, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe
  5. 2010
    Yale-Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health ScholarMulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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