Lorenzo Rossaro, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Lorenzo Rossaro is an internationally recognized authority on liver disease (hepatitis C, acute liver failure and cirrhosis). He received his medical training in his native Italy and the United States, where he was a Fulbright scholar. Dr. Rossaro has contributed to a management guide for fulminant hepatic failure, and his contributions to innovative treatments for hepatitis C that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology. Dr. Rossaro's research focuses on complications of liver disease. He also is studying telemedicine as a tool to close the gap of access to specialty care from rural areas.

Title:

Professor, Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Specialty:

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Internal Medicine

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-2737

Other Languages:

Italian

Education:

University of Padova School of Medicine
Padova, Italy
M.D. 1982

Residency:

University of Padova School of Medicine
Padova, Italy
1982-86

Fellowships:

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1986-88
Gastroenterology

Veterans Administration Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
1982
Gastroenterology

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007
American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, 1999

Professional Memberships:

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Association of Gastroenterology
American College of Gastroenterology
European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
European Society for Organ Transplantation
North Italian Transplant Program
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
The Society for Organ Sharing
The Transplantation Society

Select Recent Publications:

Kwo, P.Y., E. Lowitz, J. McCone, E.R. Schiff, J.M. Vierling, D. Pound, M. Davis, J.S. Galati, S.C. Gordon, N. Ravendhran, L. Rossaro, F.H. Anderson, I.M. Jacobson, R Rubin, K. Koury, N. Boparai, E.!. Chaudhri, C.A. Brass, and J.K. Albrecht. High Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) in Genotype 1 (G 1) Null Responders to Peg-Interferon Alfa-2B (P) Plus Ribavirin (R) when treated with Boceprevir (BOC) Combination Therapy. Hepatology, 50(4 Suppl):72A, 2009.

Medici V., M.C.D. Virata, J.M. Peerson, T. Tonjes, S. Stabler, A. Albanese, C.L. Bowlus, S. Devaraj, E.A. Panacek, N. Rahim, J.R Richards, L. Rossaro, S.W. French, C.H. Halsted. Methionine metabolites in alcoholic patients in relation to clinical disease and hepatic pathology. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(6 SuppI26A):26A, 2009.

Harrison, S.A., L. Rossaro, K.Q. Hu, K. Patel, H.L. Tillmann, S. Dhaliwal, D.M. Torres, K. Koury, V. Goteti, c.A. Brass, S. Noviello, J.K. Albrecht, J.G. McHutchison, and M.S. Sulkowski. Relationship of the Use of Stat ins and Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) or Total Cholesterol (TC) to Virologic Response in Patients Treated for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the Ideal Study. Hepatology, 50(4 Suppl):85A, 2009.

Giorgini, A., F. Capsoni, M. Podda, A. LIeo, P.M. Battezzati, A.M. Ongari, C. Selmi, A. Benetti, F. Malinverno, L. Rossaro, M.E. Gershwin, and M. Zuina. Treatment with PEG-interferon and Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Increases Neutrophil and Monocyte Chemotaxis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1173:847-857, 2009.

Rodriquez-Torres, M., L.J. Jeffers, M.Y. Sheikh, L. Rossaro, V. Ankoma-Sey, F.M. Hamzeh, P. Martin on behalf of the Latino Study Group. Virologic Responses to Peginterferon Alfa-2A1 Ribavirin in Treatment-Naive Latino vs Non-Latino Caucasians Infected with HCV Genotype 1: The Latino Study. Journal of Hepatology, 48(2):S311, 2008.

Rossaro L., C. Aoki, J. Yuk, C. Prosser, J. Goforth, and F. Martinez. The Evaluation of Patients with Hepatitis C Living in Rural California via Telemedicine. Telemed J E Health, 14(10):1127-1129, 2008.

Seremba E., C.M. Sanders, M.K. Jain, T.J. Davern, L. Rossaro, R.J. Fontana, S. Han and W.M. Lee. Use of Nucleoside Analogues in HBV Related Acute Liver Failure. Hepatology, 46(4):75A, 2007.

Lee W.M., L. Rossaro, RJ. Fontana, A.M. Larson, R.R Stravitz, T.J. Davern, L.S. Hynan, J.S. Reish and P.R. Robuck. Intravenous NAcetylcysteine Improves Spontaneous Survival in Early Stage Nonacetaminophen Acute Liver Failure. Hepatology, 46(4):71A, 2007.

Medici V., J. Nakai, K. Fisher, L. Rossaro, and F. J. Meyers. Simultaneous Provision of Pre-Operative Paliative Care for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation. Hepatology, 44(4):A376, 2006.

To see if Lorenzo Rossaro is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.