Nezam H. Afdhal, MD, DSc, is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Afdhal received his MD degree in 1981 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and did fellowship training at University College Dublin and at Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Afdhal’s clinical expertise focuses on the management of the complications of liver disease, including cirrhosis and portal hypertension. His research has been on liver fibrosis, hepatitis B and C.
Dr. Afdhal has served on multiple State, National and International advisory boards for liver disease. He has served as on the Editorial Board and as a reviewer for multiple journals in Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases. He has published more than 250 original manuscripts, reviews and editorials in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Gut, and Journal of Hepatology, as well as 40 book chapters and 2 books. He has received many awards, including the American Liver Foundation Award for Excellence, a Fullbright Scholarship and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
