Prof Jacob George (Gastroenterologist)
- Name
- Dr Jacob George
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of Queensland 1983
- FRACP 1991
- Occupation
- Gastroenterologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Malayalam
- Medical Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Professor George graduated MBBS from the University of Queensland (University Medal) in 1984. He trained in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and undertook a PhD at the University of Sydney on cirrhosis and hepatic cytochrome P450 expression in man.
He was the recipient of an NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellowship (1995-1997) and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of California San Francisco. He received the American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1996). In 1998, Dr George was appointed Senior Lecturer in Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital. In 2000 he was appointed Director of Clinical Hepatology at Westmead Hospital and in 2003 was promoted to Associate Professor.
Research Interest:
A/Prof George undertakes basic and clinical research on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and hepatic fibrosis.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Westmead Hospital
- Affiliated Organisations
- Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA)
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Sydney
- Medical Conditions
- Liver cancer
- Congenital hepatic fibrosis
- Hepatitis
