Professor Michael A G Heneghan

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Consultant Hepatologist, London Liver Centre, London Bridge Hospital (present)
• Consultant Hepatologist, Guthrie Clinic, King's College London Hospital (2003 to present)
• Consultant Hepatologist, Bupa Cromwell Hospital (present)
• Director, Liver Unit at Bupa Cromwell Hospital (2006 to 2012)
• Medical Director of Liver Transplantation. Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina (previous)
• Clinical Director for Liver Services, King's College Hospital (2012 to 2018)

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 Sub-specialties

• Autoimmune diseases
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Autoimmune liver disease
• Cholestasis
• Cirrhosis
• Endoscopy
• Fatty liver disease
• FibroScan
• Gallstones
• Hepatitis
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Liver biopsy
• Liver cancer
• Liver transplantation
• Polycystic liver disease
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary biliary cholangitis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Wilson's disease

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 Positions in public associations

• Medical Advisor, The Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) Foundation (present)
• Interim Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Cromwell Hospital London (2010 to 2012)
• Interim Chairman, Practice Privileges Committee, Cromwell Hospital London (2010 to 2012)
• Member of Transplant Working Group of Human Tissue Authority, King's College Hospital London (2009)
• Hepatology Representative, Pan London Gastroenterology Specialist Training Committee (2011)
• Access Booking and Choice Committee, Liver/Renal, King's College Hospital London (2003)
• Organiser and Chair, Monthly Liver Care Group Morbidity and Mortality meeting, King's College Hospital London (2004 to 2008)

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Hepatology, King's College London (2016 to present)
• Consultant Hepatologist, King's College Hospital London. (2003 to present)
• Supervisor of Specialist Trainees in Hepatology (2004 to 2018)
• Attending Physician in General and Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina (2000 to 2003)

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 Education

• MB BCH, National University of Ireland (1992)
• MRCPI, Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (1995)
• MMedSc, Masters of Medical Science, University College Galway (1995)
• ACLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, Irish Heart Foundation (1995)
• UNOS Certified Primary Liver Transplant Physician (2000)
• MD, Doctorate in Medicine, University College Galway (2002)
• USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination
• FRCPI, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2005)

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 Publications and conferences

• Has published over 150 peer-reviewed publications, over 20 book chapters and numerous invited lectures
• Improving the diagnostic criteria for primary liver graft non-function in adults utilizing standard and transportable laboratory parameters. An outcome based analysis. Al-Freah MA, McPhail MJ, Dionigi E, Foxton MR, Auzinger G, Rela M, Wendon JA, O'Grady JG, Heneghan MA, Heaton ND, Bernal W. Am J Transplant. 2017 Feb 15. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14230. [Epub ahead of print]
• Immunosuppressive drugs affect interferon (IFN)-γ and programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) kinetics in patients with newly diagnosed autoimmune hepatitis. Grant CR, Holder BS, Liberal R, Heneghan MA, Ma Y, Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D, Longhi MS. Clin Exp Immunol. 2017 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/cei.12956. [Epub ahead of pri
• STAT4-associated natural killer cell tolerance following liver transplantation. Jamil KM, Hydes TJ, Cheent KS, Cassidy SA, Traherne JA, Jayaraman J, Trowsdale J, Alexander GJ, Little AM, McFarlane H, Heneghan MA, Purbhoo MA, Khakoo SI. Gut. 2017 Feb;66(2):352-361.
• Concurrent extrahepatic autoimmunity in autoimmune hepatitis: implications for diagnosis, clinical course and long-term outcomes. Wong GW, Yeong T, Lawrence D, Yeoman AD, Verma S, Heneghan MA. Liver Int. 2017 Mar;37(3):449-457.
• Liver Disease in Pregnancy: Beyond the Guidelines. Gabeta S, Wong GW, Heneghan MA. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Jul;111(7):1042-3.
• Evaluation of coronary artery disease in potential liver transplant recipients. Hogan BJ, Gonsalkorala E, Heneghan MA. Liver Transpl. 2017 Mar;23(3):386-395. Review.

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 Prizes and awards

• King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trainer of the Year Award for Foundation Trainees 2011-2012 Academic Year. Awarded (2012)
• King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trainer of the Year Award for Foundation Trainees 2008-2009 Academic Year. (2010)
• International Liver Transplantation Society, Rising Star Mentor Award, (Mentee Dr Rachel Westbroook) for Excellence in Reseach in Liver Transplantation, (Hong Kong) (2010)
• American Association for The Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), Travel award to attend the 104th annual Digestive Disease Week Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia) (2001)
• American Association for The Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), Travel award to attend the 51st annual meeting of AASLD (Dallas, Texas) (2000)
• United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW), Poster of distinction, 9th Annual UEGW meeting. (Prague) (2000)
• American Association for The Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), Presidents Choice Poster Award. 50th Annual meeting of AASLD, (Dallas Texas) (1999)
• American Association for The Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), Young Investigator Award to attend Single Topic Symposium on Autoimmune Hepatitis, Atlanta Ga (1999).
• British Association for The Study of the Liver (BASL), Travel Award to attend annual meeting of AASLD (Dallas, Texas) (1999)
• Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), Young Investigator Award for research on H. pylori LPS (1997)
• Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Prize in Clinical Medicine, Clinical Cases Competition, Galway, Ireland (1995)
• Senior House Physicians Prize, Medical Grand Rounds, University College Hospital, Galway Ireland (1994)

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 Professional membership

• Member, British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL)
• Member, Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland (RAMI)
• Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
• Member, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
• Member, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
• Member, European Association for the Study of the Liver
• Member, Duke University Search Committee, GI Division Chief (2002)
• Member, Transplant Steering Committee, Duke University Medical Center (2001)
• Chairman, Selection Committee for Liver Transplant Recipients, Duke University Medical Center (2000)

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