Moira Hilscher, M.D.

  1. Transplant Hepatologist
  1. Hilscher MB, Wysokinski WE, Andrews JC, Simonetto DA, Law RJ, Kamath PS. Portal Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Cirrhosis: Evaluation and Management Strategies. Gastroenterology. 2024 Sep; 167 (4):664-672 Epub 2024 May 25
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  2. Vaikunth SS, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Conrad DR, Chen S, Daugherty T, Haeffele CL, Teuteberg J, Mclean R, MacArthur JW, Woo YJ, Maeda K, Ma M, Nasirov T, Hoteit M, Hilscher MB, Wald J, Mandelbaum T, Olthoff KM, Abt PL, Atluri P, Cevasco M, Mavroudis CD, Fuller S, Lui GK, Kim YY. Mortality and morbidity after combined heart and liver transplantation in the failing Fontan: An updated dual center retrospective study. Clin Transplant. 2024; 38(4):e15302.
  3. Brown MJ, Kolbe AB, Hull NC, Hilscher M, Kamath PS, Yalon M, Gu CN, Amawi ADT, Venkatesh SK, Wells ML. Imaging of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2024 Jan-Feb 01; 48(1):1-11. Epub 2023 Aug 10.
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  4. Kim YY, Lluri G, Haeffele C, Daugherty T, Krasuski RA, Serfas JD, de Freitas RA, Porlier A, Lubert AM, Wu FM, Valente AM, Krieger EV, Buber J, Rodriguez FH 3rd, Gaignard S, Saraf A, Hindes M, Earing MG, Lewis MJ, Rosenbaum MS, Zaidi AN, Hopkins K, Bradley EA, Cedars AM, Ko JL, Franklin WJ, Frederickson A, Ginde S, Grewal J, Nyman A, Min J, Schluger C, Rand E, Rosenthal BE, Hilscher M, Rychik J, Hoteit MA. Hepatocellular carcinoma in survivors after Fontan operation: a case-control study. Eur Heart J. 2023 Dec 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  5. Hilscher MB, Kamath PS. Fontan-associated liver disease. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2023 Oct; 22(4):130-133. Epub 2023 Jun 19.
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  6. Taner T, Hilscher MB, Broda CR, Drenth JPH. Issues in multi-organ transplantation of the liver with kidney or heart in polycystic liver-kidney disease or congenital heart disease: Current practices and immunological aspects. J Hepatol. 2023 Jun; 78(6):1157-1168.
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  7. Jain CC, Egbe AC, Stephens EH, Connolly HM, Hagler DJ, Hilscher MB, Miranda WR. Systemic Venous Hypertension and Low Output Are Prevalent at Catheterization in Adults with Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum Regardless of Repair Strategy. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Winter; 34 (4):1312-1319 Epub 2021 Oct 21
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  8. Hilscher MB, Wells ML, Venkatesh SK, Cetta F, Kamath PS. Fontan-associated liver disease. Hepatology. 2022 May; 75 (5):1300-1321 Epub 2022 Mar 15
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  9. Li J, Sehrawat TS, Chen J, Hilscher MB, Glaser KJ, Arab JP, De Assuncao TM, Simonetto DA, Mounajjed T, Manduca A, Ehman RL, Shah VH, Yin M. Quantitative assessment of portal hypertension with bi-parametric dual-frequency hepatic MR elastography in mouse models. Eur Radiol. 2021 Apr; 31 (4):2303-2311 Epub 2020 Oct 07
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  10. Izzy M, Addissie BD, Arab JP, Hilscher MB, Cartee A, Lee DC, Lee Y, Fletcher JG, Keaveny TM, Sanchez W. Triple-Phase Computed Tomography May Replace Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Scan for Evaluation of Osteoporosis in Liver Transplant Candidates. Liver Transpl. 2021 Feb; 27 (3):341-348 Epub 2021 Mar 04
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  11. Hilscher MB, Kamath PS, Eaton JE. Cholestatic Liver Diseases: A Primer for Generalists and Subspecialists. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Oct; 95 (10):2263-2279
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  12. Mengfei Liu , Moira Hilscher, Patrick S. Kamath. Esophageal Varices: Primary Prophylaxis and Prevention and Management of Rebleeding Current Hepatology Reports. 2020; 19:213–225.
  13. Bakhshi Z, Hilscher MB, Gores GJ, Harmsen WS, Viehman JK, LaRusso NF, Gossard AA, Lazaridis KN, Lindor KD, Eaton JE. An update on primary sclerosing cholangitis epidemiology, outcomes and quantification of alkaline phosphatase variability in a population-based cohort. J Gastroenterol. 2020 May; 55 (5):523-532 Epub 2020 Jan 13
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  14. Hilscher MB, Shah VH. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Liver Disease. Semin Liver Dis. 2020 May; 40 (2):171-179 Epub 2019 Nov 14
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  15. Hilscher MB, Shah VH. Small but Mighty: Platelets in NASH and Other Chronic Liver Diseases. Hepatology 2020 Apr; 71 (4):1501-1504 Epub 2020 Mar 18
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  16. Amir M, Vora RS, Tafesh ZH, Jesudian A, Gupta V, Schwartz RE, Russo N, Danford CJ, Lau DTY, Brown RS Jr, Jalan-Sakrikar N, Maiers JL, Sharma R, Fortune BE, Hilscher M, Aseem SO. Hepatology Highlights. Hepatology. 2019 Nov; 70 (5):1497-1499
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  17. Hilscher MB, Kamath PS. Congenital Heart Disease and the Liver. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2019 Oct; 14 (4):138-141 Epub 2019 Nov 06
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  18. Hilscher MB, Sehrawat T, Arab Verdugo JP, Arab JP, Zeng Z, Gao J, Liu M, Kostallari E, Gao Y, Simonetto DA, Yaqoob U, Cao S, Revzin A, Beyder A, Wang RA, Kamath PS, Kubes P, Shah VH. Mechanical Stretch Increases Expression of CXCL1 in Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells to Recruit Neutrophils, Generate Sinusoidal Microthombi, and Promote Portal Hypertension. Gastroenterology. 2019 Jul; 157 (1):193-209.e9 Epub 2019 Mar 11
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  19. Hilscher MB, Kamath PS. The Liver in Circulatory Disturbances. Clin Liver Dis. 2019 May; 23 (2):209-220 Epub 2019 Mar 08
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  20. Navin PJ, Hilscher MB, Welle CL, Mounajjed T, Torbenson MS, Kamath PS, Venkatesh SK. The Utility of MR Elastography to Differentiate Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia from Cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2019 Jan; 69 (1):452-454 Epub 2018 Dec 25
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  21. Hilscher MB, Tabibian JH, Carey EJ, Gostout CJ, Lindor KD. Dominant strictures in primary sclerosing cholangitis: A multicenter survey of clinical definitions and practices. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Jul; 2 (7):836-844 Epub 2018 May 04
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  22. Ali AH, Tabibian JH, Nasser-Ghodsi N, Lennon RJ, DeLeon T, Borad MJ, Hilscher M, Silveira MG, Carey EJ, Lindor KD. Surveillance for hepatobiliary cancers in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatology. 2018 Jun; 67 (6):2338-2351 Epub 2018 Apr 19
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  23. Tschumperlin DJ, Ligresti G, Hilscher MB, Shah VH. Mechanosensing and fibrosis. J Clin Invest. 2018 Jan 2; 128 (1):74-84 Epub 2018 Jan 02
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  24. Sessions KL, Hilscher M, Cetta F, Kamath P, Poterucha, Ameduri R, Johnson JN. The Role of Cardiac Transplantation in Reversing Fontan Associated Liver Disease: A Case Report Pediatrics. 2018; 704.
  25. Tabibian JH, Hilscher MB, Martin JA. Cholangiohepatitis With Extensive Intrahepatic Choledocholithiasis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Dec; 15 (12):A31-A32 Epub 2017 July 26
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  26. Hilscher MB, Niesen CR, Tynsky DA, Kane SV. Pre-Procedural Patient Education Reduces Fall Risk in an Outpatient Endoscopy Suite. Gastroenterol Nurs. 2017 May/Jun; 40 (3):216-221
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  27. Hilscher MB, Johnson JN, Cetta F, Driscoll DJ, Poterucha JJ, Sanchez W, Connolly HM, Kamath PS. Surveillance for liver complications after the Fontan procedure. Congenit Heart Dis. 2017 Mar; 12 (2):124-132 Epub 2017 Jan 31
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  28. Hilscher MB, Odell LJ, Myhre LJ, Prokop L, Talwalkar J. The pharmacotherapy of cirrhosis: concerns and proposed investigations and solutions. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2016 Dec; 41: (6)587-591.
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  29. Hilscher M, Sanchez W. Congestive hepatopathy. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2016 Sep; 8 (3):68-71 Epub 2016 Oct 02
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  30. Hilscher M, Enders FB, Carey EJ, Lindor KD, Tabibian JH. Alkaline phosphatase normalization is a biomarker of improved survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Ann Hepatol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 15 (2):246-53
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  31. Hilscher M, Enders FB, Carey EJ, Lindor KD, Tabibian JH. Alkaline phosphatase normalization is a biomarker of improved survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Ann Hepatol. 2016 Mar - Apr; 15 (2):246-253
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  32. Simonetto DA, Yang HY, Yin M, de Assuncao TM, Kwon JH, Hilscher M, Pan S, Yang L, Bi Y, Beyder A, Cao S, Simari RD, Ehman R, Kamath PS, Shah VH. Chronic passive venous congestion drives hepatic fibrogenesis via sinusoidal thrombosis and mechanical forces. Hepatology. 2015 Feb; 61 (2):648-59 Epub 2015 Jan 05
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  33. Hernandez-Gea V, Hilscher M, Rozenfeld R, Lim MP, Nieto N, Werner S, Devi LA, Friedman SL. Endoplasmic reticulum stress induces fibrogenic activity in hepatic stellate cells through autophagy. J Hepatol. 2013 Jul; 59 (1):98-104 Epub 2013 Feb 26
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