Dr. Alvaro Koch

Alvaro Koch, MD

Certification

Internal Medicine (CHILE)
Gastroenterology (CHILE)

Education

University of Chile School of Medicine
Santiago- CHILE
March 1985 - December 1991

Previous Academic Appointments

Instructor of Medicine. Mayo Medical School. (Appointed on January 11, 2000)

Instructor of Medicine. Catholic University of Chile Medical School. (Appointed on October 1, 2000.)(

Post-Graduate Education

Internal Medicine Residency, University of Chile Clinical Hospital and School of Medicine Santiago- CHILE,1992 - 1995

Gastroenterology Fellowship

P. Catholic University of ChileClinical Hospital and School of Medicine
Santiago- CHILE 1996 - 1998

Research Fellowship

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic and Foundation. Rochester , MN
Mentor: Russell Wiesner, M.D.
January 1999 - June 1999

Hepatology Fellowship (UNOS certified)

Mayo Clinic and Foundation. Rochester , MN  1999 - 2000

Languages

English (inglés)
Spanish (español)

Areas of Interest

Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Autoimmune liver diseases
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
Liver and biliary tumors
Cholangiocarcinoma
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Viral hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis

Research Interests

Disease recurrence after liver transplantation
Viral hepatitis
Autoimmune liver diseases

Relevant Publications:

González-Koch A, Brahm J, Antezana C, Smok G, Cumsille MA. The combination of ursodeoxycholic acid and methotrexate for primary biliary cirrhosis is not better than ursodeoxycholic acid alone. J Hepatol 1997; 27:143-149

González-Koch A, Nervi F. Medical management of common bile duct stones. World J Surg 1998; 22:1145-1150

Madrid AM, Brahm J, Antezana C, González-Koch A, Defilippi C, Pimentel C, Oksenberg D, Defilippi C. Small bowel motility in primary biliary cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93(12):2436-40

PB Sylvestre , AR Gonzalez-Koch, MB Ishitani. Histoplasmosis in an explant liver with subsequent seeding of the liver allograft. Liver Transplantation 2000; 6(5):643

S Raghavakaimal, A González-Koch, JJ Poterucha, NN Zein, SW Harmsen, TM Thernau, CB Rosen, RH Wiesner, MR Charlton. Early identification of recipients with progressive histologic recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation Hepatology 2000, 32 (5):1125-1130

A González-Koch, AJ Czaja, HA Carpenter, MR Charlton, MK Porayko, S Roberts, CB Rosen, RH Wiesner. Recurrent autoimmune hepatitis after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation 2001; 7: 302-310