Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, Virginia
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, MS, FACG, is a Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, VA. He is a Fellow of ACG, AASLD, and AGA and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Bajaj earned his MBBS from Delhi University at Maulana Azad Medical College. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Delhi University and an internal medicine residency at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn. He furthered his medical training with a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, then went on to earn an MS in epidemiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Active in research, Dr. Bajaj has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator for numerous clinical trials in areas such as hepatic encephalopathy, chronic liver disease, and microbiome. Dr. Bajaj's research has been funded through the NIH, Veterans Affairs, AHRQ, and ACG. His work has been published in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Liver Transplantation, among others. Dr. Bajaj frequently presents his work on hepatic encephalopathy and chronic liver disease nationally and internationally at meetings, grand rounds, and symposia, and is a member of the Hepatic Encephalopathy Guidelines Writing Committee. He is also a member of several medical associations, including ACG, AGA, and AASLD. Dr. Bajaj is the Chair of the North American Consortium for Study of End-stage Liver Disease, and was the President of the International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy. Dr. Bajaj was the chair of the ACG ACLF Guidelines Committee.
Introduction of The American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture
Monday, October 23, 2023
3:05 PM – 3:10 PM PT
How to Get Published: ACG Journal Editors' Roundtable
Monday, October 23, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PT