Matthew Cave

Matthew C. Cave, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-5252 - Academic Office 502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

General Gastroenterology, General Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Toxicology and Colon Cancer Screening

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology / Transplant Hepatology

Education and Training

• Medical School: University of Kentucky

• Residency: Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital

• Fellowship: University of Louisville

Recent Publications

• Zhong W, McClain CJ, Cave M, Kang YJ, Zhou Z. The role of zinc deficiency in alcohol-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 May;298(5):G625-33. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

• Joshi-Barve S, Amancherla K, Patil M, Bhatnagar A, Mathews S, Gobejishvili L, Cave M, McClain C, Barve S. Acrolein, a ubiquitous pollutant and lipid hydroperoxide product, inhibits antiviral activity of interferon-alpha: relevance to hepatitis C. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jul 1;47(1):47-54. Epub 2009 Apr 1.

• Joshi-Barve S, Barve SS, Amancherla K, Gobejishvili L, Hill D, Cave M, Hote P, McClain CJ. Palmitic acid induces production of proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-8 from hepatocytes. Hepatology. 2007 Sep;46(3):823-30.

• Hurt RT, Frazier TH, Matheson PJ, Cave MC, Garrison RN, McClain CJ, McClave SA. Obesity and inflammation: III. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2007 Aug;9(4):307-8.

• Hurt RT, Frazier TH, Matheson PJ, Cave MC, Garrison RN, McClain CJ, McClave SA. Obesity and inflammation: II. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2007 Aug;9(4):306-7.

• Hurt RT, Frazier TH, Matheson PJ, Cave MC, Garrison RN, McClain CJ, McClave SA. Obesity and inflammation: should the principles of immunonutrition be applied to this disease process? Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2007 Aug;9(4):305-6.

• Cave M, Deaciuc I, Mendez C, Song Z, Joshi-Barve S, Barve S, McClain C. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: predisposing factors and the role of nutrition. J Nutr Biochem. 2007 Mar;18(3):184-95. Review.