Professor, Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
Pathology
Dr. Melissa J. Contos, MD
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Melissa J. Contos, MD is an expert in the field of Pathology. She went to Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Melissa Contos is also published. She has 52 publications published. The lastest publication: "Development of pseudointima and stenosis after transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunts: characterization of cell phenotype and function.' Melissa J. Contos accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Progression to Cirrhosis Associate With Atherogenic Lipoprotein Profile.
- Misuse of scoring systems.
- Mild alcohol consumption is not associated with increased fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
- The plasma lipidomic signature of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with altered hepatic MicroRNA expression.
- Steatohepatitis: Risk factors and impact on disease severity in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection.
- The impact of fat distribution on the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome.
- A lipidomic analysis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- A prospective evaluation of fibrosis progression in patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation.
- Similarities and differences in outcomes of cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatitis C.
- Methotrexate (MTX) plus ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis.
- The spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the Virginia Correctional System: development of a strategy for the evaluation and treatment of inmates with HCV.
- A pilot study of vitamin E versus vitamin E and pioglitazone for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
- Histologic recurrence of chronic hepatitis C virus in patients after living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation.
- The histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- A comparison of the spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus between Caucasians and African Americans.
- Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the spectrum of liver disease in HCV-HIV coinfection.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus in the virginia department of corrections: can compliance overcome racial differences to response?
- Widespread metastatic eccrine porocarcinoma.
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with hepatitis C is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome.
- Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with normal ALT values.
- The clinical spectrum of hepatitis C virus in HIV coinfection.
- Acute fatty liver of pregnancy and acetaminophen toxicity leading to liver failure and postpartum liver transplantation. A case report.
- The clinicopathologic spectrum and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Long term changes in liver histology following treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus.
- Non-resective ablation and liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): safety and efficacy.
- Porcine small bowel transplantation with rapamycin-based induction immunosuppression and short-course cyclosporine or FK 506 therapy.
- Merkel cell carcinoma: a report of gastrointestinal metastasis and review of the literature.
- Prediction of clinical outcomes in primary biliary cirrhosis by serum enhanced liver fibrosis assay.
- Effects of interferon treatment on liver histology and allograft rejection in patients with recurrent hepatitis C following liver transplantation.
- A randomized, controlled trial to determine whether continued ribavirin monotherapy in hepatitis C virus-infected patients who responded to interferon-ribavirin combin...
- Development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation for cryptogenic cirrhosis.
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: association of insulin resistance and mitochondrial abnormalities.
- Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus in patients with elevated or persistently normal serum alanine aminotransferase levels: comparison of hepatic histology and re...
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in patients who failed interferon monotherapy: effects of higher doses of interferon and ribavirin combination therapy. The Virginia C...
- Chronic hepatitis C infection in patients with end stage renal disease: characterization of liver histology and viral load in patients awaiting renal transplantation.
- A randomized, controlled trial of maintenance interferon therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus and persistent viremia.
- Development of pseudointima and stenosis after transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunts: characterization of cell phenotype and function.
- Relationship between biochemical, virological, and histological response during interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis C.
- Malignant lymphoma can present as hepatobiliary disease.
- Improved sustained response following treatment of chronic hepatitis C by gradual reduction in the interferon dose.
- Hepatic lidocaine metabolism and liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis.
- Biochemical and histologic evaluation of recurrent hepatitis C following orthotopic liver transplantation.
- The utility of CD20 and CD43 in subclassification of low-grade B-cell lymphoma on paraffin sections.
- Adenosine rinse in human orthotopic liver transplantation: results of a randomized, double-blind trial.
- Polymorphisms in cytokines and growth factor genes and their association with acute rejection and recurrence of hepatitis C virus disease in liver transplantation.
- Four-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial of mycophenolate mofetil with cyclosporine microemulsion or tacrolimus following liver transplantation.
- A prospective, randomized-controlled pilot study of ursodeoxycholic acid combined with mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Design and validation of a histological scoring system for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Percutaneous liver biopsy in adult haemophiliacs with hepatitis C virus: safety of outpatient procedure and impact of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the s...
- Comparison of noninvasive markers of fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Schools
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Med
Doctors Specialties
- Pathology
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1528083920 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | CONTOS |
| First Name Of The Provider | MELISSA |
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