Joseph Lim, MD
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I would be pleased to work with trainees and scientists who are interested in studying health outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease, with particular attention to chronic hepatitis B and C infections, fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension, and hepatocellular carcinoma. I am an investigator in several national or international multicenter cohort studies evaluating health outcomes focused on hepatitis B and hepatitis C therapy, and a VA cohort study evaluating liver disease outcomes in patients with or without HIV coinfection.
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Joseph Lim, MD, is a hepatologist and gastroenterologist who specializes in treating liver diseases. He focuses on conditions such as chronic hepatitis B and C infections, fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
As a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Lim is working to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic liver diseases. His work includes participating in national and international studies on hepatitis B and C therapies and evaluating liver disease outcomes in patients with or without HIV coinfection.
Dr. Lim received his medical training from Northwestern University and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. He further specialized with a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Stanford University Medical Center.
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Hepatitis B and C
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Gastroenterology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2007
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Yale School of Medicine
Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), P.O. Box 208019
New Haven, CT 06520-8019
United States
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