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Martin Black, MD

 

Martin Black, MD

 

Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Medicine

Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology

Head, Liver Unit, Section of Gastroenterology

Telephone:  215-707-3434

FAX: 215-707-2684

Email: martin.black@temple.edu

 

Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology

 

Educational Background:

 

MB, BS, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London

 

Residencies in Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN and Pathology in United Kingdom and Australia

 

Fellowship, Hepatology, Royal Free Hospital, London

 

Additional Fellowships, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD

 

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certifications:

 

Internal Medicine, 1967 (UK)

 

Gastroenterology, 1967 (UK)

 

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clinical Interests:

 

  • Diagnosis and treatment of liver disease
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Chronic active hepatitis
  • Interferon therapy
  • Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  • Liver transplantation
  • Gastrointestinal disorders

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research interests:

 

  • Mechanism of drug hepatotoxicity
  • Cytochrome P450 function
  • Liver disease and metabolism
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Molecular biology of hepatitis viruses
  • Correlation of clinical and histopathological aspects of liver disease

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extramural funding:

 

Pharmaceutical industry

 

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

20716039. Singhal A, Jain AB, Burke M, Black M, Aggressive use of ribavirin and prolonged course of peginterferon to improve the rate of viral response in liver transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C viral infection. Exp Clin Transplant 8:3(214-9)2010 Sep

16197490. Chang A, Skole K, Gautam M, Schmutz J, Black M, Thomas R, Horwitz B, Friedenberg FK, The impact of past alcohol use on treatment response rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 22:8(701-6)2005 Oct 15

12591068. Miller L, Banson FL, Bazir K, Korimilli A, Liu Ji, Dewan R, Wolfson M, Panganamamula KV, Carrasquillo J, Schwartz J, Chaker AE, Black M, Risk of esophageal variceal bleeding based on endoscopic ultrasound evaluation of the sum of esophageal variceal cross-sectional surface area. Am J Gastroenterol 98:2(454-9)2003 Feb

11096608. Hussain H, Black M, Granulomatous Liver Disease. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol 3:6(473-480)2000 Dec

10882970. Chung CY, McCray WH, Dhaliwal S, Haywood T, Black M, Liu JB, Miller LS, Three-dimensional esophageal varix model quantification of variceal volume by high-resolution endoluminal US. Gastrointest Endosc 52:1(87-90)2000 Jul

10728519. Schiano TD, Black M, Hills C, Ter H, Bellary S, Miller LS, Correlation between increased colloid osmotic pressure and the resolution of refractory ascites after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. South Med J 93:3(305-9)2000 Mar

10425421. Jackson FW, Adrain AL, Black M, Miller LS, Calculation of esophageal variceal wall tension by direct sonographic and manometric measurements. Gastrointest Endosc 50:2(247-51)1999 Aug

10102205. Mansilla AV, Ball D, Putman SG, Cohen GS, Krachman S, Black M, Massive hemoptysis secondary to bronchial collaterals: treatment with use of TIPS and embolization. J Vasc Interv Radiol 10:3(372-4)1999 Mar

8929007. Schiano TD, Bellary SV, Cassidy MJ, Thomas RM, Black M, Subfulminant liver failure and severe hepatotoxicity caused by loratadine use. Ann Intern Med 125:9(738-40)1996 Nov 1

8905362. Schiano TD, Adrain AL, Cassidy MJ, McCray W, Liu JB, Baranowski RJ, Bellary S, Black M, Miller LS, Use of high-resolution endoluminal sonography to measure the radius and wall thickness of esophageal varices. Gastrointest Endosc 44:4(425-8)1996 Oct

8781323. Miller LS, Schiano TD, Adrain A, Cassidy M, Liu JB, Ter H, Vellary SM, Dabezies MA, Black M, Comparison of high-resolution endoluminal sonography to video endoscopy in the detection and evaluation of esophageal varices. Hepatology 24:3(552-5)1996 Sep

7762911. Bellary S, Schiano T, Hartman G, Black M, Chronic hepatitis with combined features of autoimmune chronic hepatitis and chronic hepatitis C: favorable response to prednisone and azathioprine. Ann Intern Med 123:1(32-4)1995 Jul 1

7847297. Bellary S, Smith DG, Bankes P, Harris A, Shayiq R, Black M, High dose interferon alpha-2b therapy for chronic hepatitis C: an open label study of the response and predictors of response. Am J Gastroenterol 90:2(259-62)1995 Feb

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