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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. Alcoholic liver disease
  2. Cirrhosis
  3. Hemochromatosis
  4. Hepatitis B
  5. Hepatitis C
  6. Hepatocellular carcinoma
  7. Jaundice
  8. Liver cancer
  9. Liver injury
  10. Liver mass
  11. Liver problems
  12. Liver tumor
  13. Metabolic liver disease
  14. Portal hypertension
  15. Primary biliary cholangitis
  16. Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  1. Liver transplant
  • Liver transplantation
  • Cirrhosis
  • Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma)
  • Liver masses
  • Portal hypertension
  • Cholangiopathies
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Alcohol associated liver disease
  • Metabolic liver disease
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Drug-induced liver disease
  • 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. 2025
    Teacher Of the Year in Gastroenterology & HepatologyInternal Medicine Residency, Mayo Clinic Arizona
  2. 2024
    Paulette E and Joseph R Maslick Career Development Award in Transplant ResearchCenter for Clinical and Translational Science (CCATS), Mayo Clinic Arizona
  3. 2023
    Top PerformerOffice of Patient Experience, Mayo Clinic
  4. 2022
    Best of The Liver Meeting 2022AASLD 2022, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  5. 2022
    2022-2023 Mayo Clinic Investment for Extramural Grants (MEGA) AwardMayo Clinic
  6. 2020
    Top Doctors - GastroenterologySeattle Met Magazine
  7. 2019
    Team Excellence Award (Finalist)Kaiser Permanente Washington
  8. 2019
    District Excellence Award for Clinical ExcellenceKaiser Permanente Washington
  9. 2016
    House Staff Research AwardCalifornia Pacific Medical Center
  10. 2015
    Travel AwardAmerican Society of Transplantation
  11. 2014
    Chief FellowDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University
  12. 2009
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  13. 2009
    Wilburt C. Davison ScholarshipDuke University School of Medicine
  14. 2009
    Medical Scholar AwardInfectious Diseases Society of America
  15. 2009
    Dean's Recognition AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  16. 2008
    Graduate with MeritLondon School of Economics and Political Science
  17. 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
  18. 2006
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  19. 2003
    Freeman PrizeMario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University

Professional memberships

  1. 2025 - present
    Co-ChairTransplant Discipline Oriented Group (DOG), Clinical Research Subcommittee, Research Operations Management Team - Arizona
  2. 2023 - present
    MemberEndoscopy Committee, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
  3. 2021 - present
    ModeratorLiver Radiology Conference, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
  4. 2017 - 2021
    Committee MemberNational Transplant Services, Kaiser Permanente
  5. 2017 - 2021
    Committee MemberInter-Regional Hepatology Consultative Group, Kaiser Permanente
  6. 2016 - 2017
    MemberHepatitis C Program, Scientific Advisory Board, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  7. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Transplantation
  8. 2015 - 2017
    Faculty FellowCenter for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
  9. 2014
    Visiting Lecturer in GastroenterologyPerdana University Graduate School of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  10. 2012
    Visiting Lecturer in Internal MedicineNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Education Partnership Initiative, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe
  11. 2011 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  12. 2011 - present
    MemberEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver
  13. 2010
    Yale-Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health ScholarMulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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