Clinical Faculty

Position Summary

The Transplant Hepatologist provides comprehensive care to patients with acute and chronic liver disease and to liver transplant recipients across the full continuum of care — candidate evaluation, waitlist management, perioperative care, and long-term post-transplant follow-up. The physician serves as an integral member of a multidisciplinary transplant team and contributes to clinical excellence, program growth, education, and research.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure for transplant candidacy and present cases to the multidisciplinary selection committee.

• Manage waitlisted patients, including MELD-based prioritization and optimization of medical status.

• Manage complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension, including ascites, variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, and hepatocellular carcinoma.

• Direct post-transplant medical management, including immunosuppression, prophylaxis, and treatment of infectious, biliary, and vascular complications.

• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic allograft rejection and recurrent liver disease.

• Perform and/or interpret relevant procedures and diagnostics (e.g., paracentesis, liver biopsy interpretation, endoscopicevaluationand management of varices as applicable).

• Participate in a shared inpatient and on-call rotation for the transplant service.

• Collaborate with transplant surgery, hepatobiliary and oncology specialists, coordinators, pharmacists, and allied health.

• Contribute to quality assurance, regulatory compliance, andoutcomesreporting (UNOS/OPTN, CMS).

• Support clinical research and teaching of residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.

• Board certification or board eligibility in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the ABIM.

• Board certification or eligibility in Transplant Hepatology (or completion of an accredited Transplant Hepatology fellowship or equivalent training).

• Active, unrestrictedFLmedical license (or eligibility) and DEA registration.

• Eligibility for medical staff privileges atUniversity of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital

Preferred Qualifications

• Dedicated transplant hepatology fellowship.

• Experience within an established liver transplant program, including living donor transplantation.

• Record of scholarly activity, clinical trials, or funded research.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Expertise inimmunosuppression management and transplant hepatology.

• Strong skills in managing decompensated cirrhosis and its complications.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills within a multidisciplinary team.

• Commitment to patient safety, quality outcomes, and regulatory standards.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Clinical hospital and outpatient environment; ability to perform/assist procedures and respond to urgent clinical needs.

• Ability to meet the physical demands of patient care.