Marsano, Luis

Luis S. Marsano, M.D. Professor of Medicine Director of Hepatology Jewish Hospital Distinguished Chair in Hepatology 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

Acute and chronic Hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Diarrhea

Board Certifications

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

Education and Training

• Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

• Residency: University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals

• Fellowship: University of Miami (Hepatology); Washington University (Gastroenterology)

Recent Publications

• McClain CJ, Barve SS, Barve A, Marsano L. Alcoholic liver disease and malnutrition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 May;35(5):815-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01405.x. Epub 2011 Feb 1. Review.

• Frazier TH, Stocker AM, Kershner NA, Marsano LS, McClain CJ. Treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2011 Jan;4(1):63-81.

• Barve A, Khan R, Marsano L, Ravindra KV, McClain C. Treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Ann Hepatol. 2008 Jan-Mar;7(1):5-15. Review.

• Mendez CM, McClain CJ, Marsano LS. Albumin therapy in clinical practice. Nutr Clin Pract. 2005 Jun;20(3):314-20. Review.

• Morgan TR, Weiss DG, Nemchausky B, Schiff ER, Anand B, Simon F, Kidao J, Cecil B, Mendenhall CL, Nelson D, Lieber C, Pedrosa M, Jeffers L, Bloor J, Lumeng L, Marsano L, McClain C, Mishra G, Myers B, Leo M, Ponomarenko Y, Taylor D, Chedid A, French S, Kanel G, Murray N, Pinto P, Fong TL, Sather MR. Colchicine treatment of alcoholic cirrhosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of patient survival. Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr;128(4):882-90.

• Bosch A, Marsano L, Varilek GW. Successful obliteration of duodenal varices after endoscopic ligation. Dig Dis Sci. 2003 Sep;48(9):1809-12.

• Mendez C, Marsano L, Wright R. Complications of cirrhosis. J Ky Med Assoc. 2003 Sep;101(9):403-14.

• Arteel G, Marsano L, Mendez C, Bentley F, McClain CJ. Advances in alcoholic liver disease. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2003 Aug;17(4):625-47. Review.

• Kugelmas M, Hill DB, Vivian B, Marsano L, McClain CJ. Cytokines and NASH: a pilot study of the effects of lifestyle modification and vitamin E. Hepatology. 2003 Aug;38(2):413-9.

• Marsano LS. Hepatitis. Prim Care. 2003 Mar;30(1):81-107. Review.