Lafaine Grant, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Internal Medicine
Education
| Medical School | Wake Forest University School of Medicine (1997) |
| Internship/Residency | Emory University Hospital (2000), Internal Medicine |
| Fellowship | Washington University School of Medicine (2004), Gastroenterology |
| Research Fellowship | Baylor University Medical Center (2007), Hepatology |
Specialty Areas
Clinical Interests
- Primary Interests
- Ascites
- Cirrhosis of Liver
- Drug Induced Liver Disease
- End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD)
- Fatty Liver
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
- Liver Cancer, Cysts, Masses & Tumors
- Liver Disease
- Liver Transplant Evaluation
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Viral Hepatitis
Research Interests
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology
Publications
Featured Publications
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Grant, L and Lisker-Melman, M Annals of Hepatology Summer 2004 3/3 93-9
Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in the Liver Transplant Recipient
Grant, L and Crippin, JS Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol December 2003 6/6 517-522
A Therapeutic Guide to Common Problems in Gastroenterology
Grant, L J Generali MS, RPh. Wolters Kluwer Company 2003 81-112
Gastric bypass surgery improves metabolic and hepatic abnormalities associated with nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease.
Klein S, Mittendorfer B, Eagon JC, Patterson B,Grant L, et al. Gastroenterology June 2006 130/6 1564-72
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association For The Study of Liver Diseases
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Medical Association