Biographical summary
Moira Hilscher, M.D., is a board-certified Transplant Hepatologist and physician-scientist. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Dr. Hilscher attended medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. She completed residency in Internal Medicine followed by subspecialty training in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Dr. Hilscher's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of patients with cirrhosis and its complications with a particular focus on patients with Fontan associated liver disease. Her research interests include: portal hypertension, congestive hepatopathy, and Fontan-associated liver disease.
        Conditions treated
        Procedures performed
        Interests
- Hepatology
- Liver Transplant
- Fontan Associated Liver Disease
- Congestive Hepatopathy
- Portal Hypertension
- Vascular Diseases of the Liver
Mayo Clinic locations
        Education
- 2020Fellow - Transplant HepatologyMayo School of Graduate Medical Education 
- 2020SubSpec FellowRST Transplant Hepatology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
- 2019FellowGastroenterology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
- 2016Residency - Internal MedicineMayo School of Graduate Medical Education 
- 2016ResidentInternal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
- 2013Doctor of MedicineMount Sinai School of Medicine 
- 2008BS - Biology, Minor in French
Thesis: The Impact of FGF-BP1 on Mammary Gland Development in a Primary Epithelial Cell Transplant ModelGeorgetown University 
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2020Transplant HepatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 
- 2019GastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 
- 2016Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 
Awards and honors
- 2024Women in Hepatology Leadership ProgramAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
- 2020Travel AwardDigestive Diseases Week 
- 2020Presidential Poster AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology 
- 2020Academic Skills Workshop Travel AwardAGA-AASLD 
- 2019J. Arnold Bargen Research AwardDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine 
- 2018AASLD Fellow Travel AwardDigestive Disease Week 
- 2017Digestive Diseases Week Fellow Travel AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
- 2017AASLD Fellow travel awardDigestive Disease Week 
- 2017DDW Travel AwardDigestive Disease Week 
- 2016NIH/NIDDK T32 Training GrantNational Institutes of Health 
- 2015Presidential Poster AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology 
- 2015Silver Quality Improvement Award-Reducing Patient Falls in Sedated PatientsMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN  
- 2014AASLD Resident/Fellow Ambassador AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
- 2013Recipient of Emerging Scholars in Liver Diseases AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
- 2011Recipient of Howard Hughes Medical Fellow Research GrantHoward Hughes Medical Institute 
- 2005Howard Hughes ScholarGeorgetown University 
- 2004Recipient of John Carroll ScholarshipGeorgetown University 
Professional memberships
- 2025 - presentAbstract ReviewerEASL Abstract Reviewer 
- 2024 - presentResearch Committe MemberDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 
- 2024 - presentGrant ReviewerAdditional Ventures 2024 
- 2024 - presentScientific Rountable MemberAdditional Ventures 2024 
- 2024 - presentMemberAASLD 
- 2024 - presentMemberVascular Liver Diseases Group (VALDIG) 
- 2023 - 2026Clinical Research CommitteeAASLD 
- 2023 - presentMemberAmerican Heart Association 
- 2023 - presentAbstract ReviewerAASLD 
- 2023 - presentMemberInternational Liver Transplant Society 
- 2022 - presentAbstract ReviewerAASLD 
- 2021 - presentMemberAdult Congenital Heart Disease Heart Liver Transplant Working Group 
- 2021 - presentSession ModeratorSession moderator, Liver Fibrogenesis and Non-Parenchymal Cell Biology. The Liver Meeting 2021, AASLD 
- 2019 - 2021Trainee MemberAASLD Surgery and Liver Transplant Committee 
- 2016 - presentMemberAmerican Gastroenterological Association 
- 2016 - presentMemberAmerican College of Gastroenterology 
- 2013 - presentMemberAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
Publications