Robert Rahimi
Baylor University Medical Center USA
Biography
Robert Rahimi is a Board Certifi ed in Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Internal Medicine and
has authored several research articles on improving the outcomes of patients with chronic liver disease,
specifi cally on hepatic encephalopathy. He holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Physiology from
Finch University of Health Sciences in North Chicago and Medical degree from Chicago Medical School.
While completing his Internship and Residency program in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville, he concurrently obtained Master of Science in Clinical Research in the Department of Public
Health. Upon relocating to Dallas, Texas, he completed two fellowships, the fi rst in Gastroenterology at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center followed by a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Baylor
University Medical Center at Dallas. He has authored more than 25 articles and is currently the Editor of a
book on the management of the critically ill cirrhotic patient that is due out in 2019.
Abstract
Abstract : Overt hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotics listed for liver transplant in the setting of frailty