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Simona Jakab, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
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Firm Chief, Klatskin Liver Service, Internal Medicine

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simona.jakab@yale.edu
203.785.4138

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

About

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Firm Chief, Klatskin Liver Service, Internal Medicine

Biography

Dr. Jakab is a graduate of the Timisoara University of Medicine in Romania. Her internship and residency in Internal Medicine, as well as her gastroenterology fellowship training were completed at Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT, programs affiliated with Yale University. She did elective rotations at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Lahey Clinic. She received advanced training in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/Jefferson Medical College.

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Education & Training

Fellow
Norwalk Hospital/Yale University (2009)
Fellow
Thomas Jefferson Medical College (2006)
Intern/Resident
Norwalk Hospital/Yale University (2005)
Resident
Timisoara University of Medicine & Pharmacy (2002)
MD
Timisoara University of Medicine and Pharmacy (1998)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Liver Cirrhosis; Palliative Care

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Simona Jakab's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2007

Others

  • Jakab SS, Clayton M, Herrine SK, Navarro VJ, Feitelson M. Expression of HBx-Regulated Genes Is Not Limited To HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Oral presentation, Komarov Competition, Philadelphia, March 2006
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Jakab SS, Mitroo P, Rubin R, Herrine SK, Navarro VJ. Extensive Intrahepatic Cholelithiasis with Large Biliary Abscesses. Poster presentation, ACG National Fellows Forum, Reston, VA, June 2006
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Jakab SS, Navarro VJ, Colombe BW, Daskalakis C, Herrine SK, Rossi S. The Impact of HLA Match on Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Outcomes: An Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database. Liver Transplantation. 2007 Oct;13(10): 1405-13.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Gaglio PJ, Jakab SS, Novogrudsky A, Emond JC, Lefkowitch J, Brown RS Jr. Hepatitis C Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation: Does Histologic Severity of Inflammation in the Explant Correlate with Recurrence? Poster presentation, 2004 American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Edwin C. Cadman Award

    Yale University AwardYale University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program

Clinical Care

Overview

Simona Jakab, MD, specializes in digestive diseases. Her clinical focus is on treating liver and liver-related conditions, such as ascites, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcoholic cirrhosis, chronic liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, acute and chronic liver failure, and hepatic encephalopathy. She is the firm chief of the Klatskin Liver Service in internal medicine.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Jakab’s research interests include cirrhosis and varices management, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatitis and liver transplantation, gastroenterology in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and pre-liver transplant dental protocols. Her work has also explored the side effects of hepatitis C medications and the relationship between hepatitis B exposure and the development of liver and pancreatic cancer.

A recipient of the Edwin C. Cadman Award, Dr. Jakab is an associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Hepatology

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Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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