Channa R. Jayasekera, M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  2. Transplant Hepatologist

Departamentos

  1. Centro Oncológico Integral de Mayo Clinic
  2. Transplant Center (Centro de Trasplantes)
  3. Gastroenterología y Hepatología

Grupos especializados

  1. Programa de trasplantes de hígado
  2. Programa para Cáncer Gastrointestinal Hereditario y de Inicio Temprano
  3. Clínica para Trastornos Hepatobiliares

Location

  1. Phoenix, Arizona

Idiomas

English

Dr. Jayasekera specializes in liver transplantation and general hepatology, with research interests that include liver malignancies, diseases of the biliary tract, alcohol-associated liver disease, optimizing outcomes after liver transplantation, and expanding access to liver transplantation.

  1. Alcoholic hepatitis
  2. Alcoholic liver disease
  3. Cholangiocarcinoma
  4. Cirrhosis
  5. Hemochromatosis
  6. Hepatic encephalopathy
  7. Hepatitis B
  8. Hepatitis C
  9. Hepatocellular carcinoma
  10. Jaundice
  11. Liver cancer
  12. Liver disease
  13. Liver injury
  14. Liver mass
  15. Liver tumor
  16. Metabolic liver disease
  17. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
  18. Portal hypertension
  19. Primary biliary cholangitis
  20. Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  1. Colonoscopy
  2. Upper endoscopy
Phx

Phoenix, Arizona
  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. 2026
    Global Health Program Small Grant AwardMayo Clinic
  2. 2025
    Teacher Of the Year in Gastroenterology & HepatologyInternal Medicine Residency, Mayo Clinic Arizona
  3. 2024
    Paulette E and Joseph R Maslick Career Development Award in Transplant ResearchCenter for Clinical and Translational Science (CCATS), Mayo Clinic Arizona
  4. 2023
    Top PerformerOffice of Patient Experience, Mayo Clinic
  5. 2022
    Best of The Liver Meeting 2022AASLD 2022, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  6. 2022
    2022-2023 Mayo Clinic Investment for Extramural Grants (MEGA) AwardMayo Clinic
  7. 2020
    Top Doctors - GastroenterologySeattle Met Magazine
  8. 2019
    Team Excellence Award (Finalist)Kaiser Permanente Washington
  9. 2019
    District Excellence Award for Clinical ExcellenceKaiser Permanente Washington
  10. 2016
    House Staff Research AwardCalifornia Pacific Medical Center
  11. 2015
    Travel AwardAmerican Society of Transplantation
  12. 2014
    Chief FellowDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University
  13. 2009
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  14. 2009
    Wilburt C. Davison ScholarshipDuke University School of Medicine
  15. 2009
    Medical Scholar AwardInfectious Diseases Society of America
  16. 2009
    Dean's Recognition AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  17. 2008
    Graduate with MeritLondon School of Economics and Political Science
  18. 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
  19. 2006
    Charles Watts AwardDuke University School of Medicine
  20. 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