Ragunath Appasamy, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
One Convention Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
PUC (Pre-Medical Degree)
St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India, 1977.
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine)
Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University, India, 1983.
Ph.D. (Pharmacology)
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Pa, 1988.
Permanent linkPUC (Pre-Medical Degree)
St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India, 1977.
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine)
Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University, India, 1983.
Ph.D. (Pharmacology)
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Pa, 1988.
Selected Publications
Rabinovitz M, Appasamy R, Finkelstein S: Primary biliary cirrhosis diagnosed during pregnancy. Does it have a different outcome? Digestive Diseases & Sciences 40(3): 571-4, Feb 1995.Appasamy R, Bryant J, Hassanein T, Van Thiel DH, Whiteside TL : Effects of therapy with interferon-a on peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and NK activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 73(2): 350-7, Jun 1994.
Appasamy R, Tanabe M, Murase N, Zarnegar R, Venkataramanan R, Van Thiel DH, Michalopoulos GK : Hepatocyte growth factor, blood clearance, organ uptake, and biliary excretion in normal and partially hepatectomized rats. Lab Invest 68(3): 270-6, Oct 1993.
Michalopoulos GK, Appasamy R : Metabolism of HGF-SF and its role in liver regeneration. in: Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Scatter Factor (HGF-SF) and the C-Met Receptor. EXS. ID Goldberg (eds.). 65: 275-83, Apr 1993.