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Moira Hilscher, M.D.

  1. Transplant Hepatologist
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Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

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Moira Hilscher, M.D., is a board-certified Transplant Hepatologist and physician-scientist. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr. Hilscher attended medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. She completed residency in Internal Medicine followed by subspecialty training in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr. Hilscher's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of patients with cirrhosis and its complications with a particular focus on patients with Fontan associated liver disease. Her research interests include: portal hypertension, congestive hepatopathy, and Fontan-associated liver disease.

  1. Acute liver failure
  2. Cirrhosis
  3. Fontan-associated liver disease
  4. Portal hypertension
  1. Colonoscopy
  2. Upper endoscopy
  • Hepatology
  • Liver Transplant
  • Fontan Associated Liver Disease
  • Congestive Hepatopathy
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Vascular Diseases of the Liver
  1. 2020
    Fellow - Transplant HepatologyMayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  2. 2020
    SubSpec FellowRST Transplant Hepatology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2019
    FellowGastroenterology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2016
    Residency - Internal MedicineMayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  5. 2016
    ResidentInternal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. 2013
    Doctor of MedicineMount Sinai School of Medicine
  7. 2008
    BS - Biology, Minor in French Thesis: The Impact of FGF-BP1 on Mammary Gland Development in a Primary Epithelial Cell Transplant ModelGeorgetown University

Certifications

  1. 2020
    Transplant HepatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2019
    GastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. 2016
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2020
    Travel AwardDigestive Diseases Week
  2. 2020
    Presidential Poster AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology
  3. 2020
    Academic Skills Workshop Travel AwardAGA-AASLD
  4. 2019
    J. Arnold Bargen Research AwardDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
  5. 2018
    AASLD Fellow Travel AwardDigestive Disease Week
  6. 2017
    Digestive Diseases Week Fellow Travel AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  7. 2017
    AASLD Fellow travel awardDigestive Disease Week
  8. 2017
    DDW Travel AwardDigestive Disease Week
  9. 2016
    NIH/NIDDK T32 Training GrantNational Institutes of Health
  10. 2015
    Presidential Poster AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology
  11. 2015
    Silver Quality Improvement Award-Reducing Patient Falls in Sedated PatientsMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  12. 2014
    AASLD Resident/Fellow Ambassador AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  13. 2013
    Recipient of Emerging Scholars in Liver Diseases AwardAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  14. 2011
    Recipient of Howard Hughes Medical Fellow Research GrantHoward Hughes Medical Institute
  15. 2005
    Howard Hughes ScholarGeorgetown University
  16. 2004
    Recipient of John Carroll ScholarshipGeorgetown University

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - present
    Research Committe MemberDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  2. 2024 - present
    Grant ReviewerAdditional Ventures 2024
  3. 2024 - present
    Scientific Rountable MemberAdditional Ventures 2024
  4. 2023 - 2024
    Clinical Research CommitteeAASLD
  5. 2023 - present
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  6. 2023 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAASLD
  7. 2022 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAASLD
  8. 2021 - present
    MemberAdult Congenital Heart Disease Heart Liver Transplant Working Group
  9. 2021 - present
    Session ModeratorSession moderator, Liver Fibrogenesis and Non-Parenchymal Cell Biology. The Liver Meeting 2021, AASLD
  10. 2019 - 2021
    Trainee MemberAASLD Surgery and Liver Transplant Committee
  11. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Gastroenterological Association
  12. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Gastroenterology
  13. 2013 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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