Wajahat Zafar Mehal PhD, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupTransplantation Center, Yale-New Haven
Internal Medicine: Digestive Diseases: Hepatology: Viral Hepatitis Program
Biography
* B.A., University of Oxford, 1986
* B.M., University of Oxford, 1988
* M.D., University of Oxford, 1990
* Ph.D.,University of Oxford, 1993
* Transplant Hepatologist
* Director Yale Fibrosis Program
* Director HCV-SCAN at West Haven Medical center
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Education
- B.A., University of Oxford , 1986
- B.M., University of Oxford , 1988
- M.D., University of Oxford , 1990
- Ph.D., University of Oxford , 1993
Selected Publication
- Imaeda AB, Watanabe A, Sohail MA, Mahmood S, Mohamadnejad M, Sutterwala FS, Flavell RA, Mehal WZ. Acetaminophen Induced Hepatotoxicity is Dependent on TLR9 and the NALP3 Inflammasome. Journal of Clinical Investigation In Press.
Articles
March/April 2009
Aspirin for the heart, now for the liver?
The popular pain and fever reliever acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol but sold under many other trade names, is...
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