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Dr. ⁨Arpan Patel⁩

Dr. ⁨Arpan Patel⁩Verified memberMD PhD

Section Chief of Hepatology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

UCLALos Angeles, CAORCID 0000-0002-6548-4531
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Dr. Arpan Patel is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Section Chief of Hepatology at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, where he is also Core Investigator at the Center for Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy (CSHIIP). Dr. Patel’s research aims to integrate principles of palliative care (including high-quality communication, shared decision making, symptom management, and caregiver support) in the management of patients with serious illnesses affecting the liver. He has specific interest in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and alcohol-associated liver disease.

Areas of focus

Hepatology

Publications

Increasing Goals of Care Discussions Among Veterans With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Health Administration Quality Improvement Initiative.

Patel, Arpan A, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Prause, Nicole, Hannum, Rachel, Noll, Alan, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2026PubMed

Development and Evaluation of a Survey to Assess Clinician and Organizational Factors Associated with Goals of Care Communication.

Patel, Arpan A, Paz, Sylvia, Katz, Marian, Bergman, Alicia A, Ryan, Vanessa, Spritzer, Karen L, et al. · Journal of general internal medicine · 2026PubMed

The impact of frailty on liver transplant candidacy: A survey study on current clinical practices in the United States.

Thuluvath, Avesh J, Buckholz, Adam, Patel, Arpan, Verna, Elizabeth C, Duarte-Rojo, Andres · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026PubMed

From embedded interprofessional clinics to expanded alcohol-associated liver disease programs.

Winder, Gerald Scott, Arab, Juan Pablo, Goswami Banerjee, Arpita, Bryce, Kelly, Fipps, David C, Hussain, Filza, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2025PubMed

One in 4 transplant hepatologists in the United States screens positive for unhealthy alcohol use.

Coe, Christopher, Prause, Nicole, Benhammou, Jihane N, Singh, Jasleen, Shetty, Akshay, Trivedi, Hirsh D, et al. · Hepatology communications · 2025PubMed

Letter to the Editor: Survey of attitudes and knowledge of early paracentesis guidelines and performance in providers in the Veterans Health Administration.

Barnard Giustini, Abbey, Patel, Arpan, Cheung, Ramsey, Nobbe, Anna, Perumalswami, Ponni V, Johnson, Rena, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2024PubMed

Quality measures in pre-liver transplant care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Brahmania, Mayur, Kuo, Alexander, Tapper, Elliot B, Volk, Michael L, Vittorio, Jennifer M, Ghabril, Marwan, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2024PubMed

A New Look at Goals-of-Care Discussions in Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute Kidney Injury.

Patel, Arpan A, Walling, Anne, Bansal, Amar · Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024PubMed

Pragmatic strategies to address health disparities along the continuum of care in chronic liver disease.

Brahmania, Mayur, Rogal, Shari, Serper, Marina, Patel, Arpan, Goldberg, David, Mathur, Amit, et al. · Hepatology communications · 2024PubMed

Health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minority individuals living with or at risk of chronic liver disease.

Chen, Phillip, Simonetto, Douglas A, Paul, Sonali, Patel, Arpan · Clinical liver disease · 2023PubMed

Targets and study design for symptom-focused trials aimed at patients with cirrhosis: An expert consensus.

Patel, Arpan A, Tapper, Elliot B, Kanwal, Fasiha, Woodrell, Christopher D, Hansen, Lissi, Lai, Jennifer C, et al. · Hepatology communications · 2023PubMed

Primary prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is linked to antibiotic resistance in the Veterans Health Administration.

Badal, Bryan D, Silvey, Scott, Dragilev, Lyuba, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Morgan, Timothy R, Cheung, Ramsey, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2023PubMed

Pharmacotherapy options for alcohol use disorder in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease: a brief guide for clinicians.

Coe, Christopher, Patel, Arpan, Lawrence, David · Clinical liver disease · 2023PubMed

Leveraging a community-based participatory approach to improve linkage to care for HBV.

Chen, Phillip H, Han, Steven-Huy, Bhattacharya, Debika, Patel, Arpan · Clinical liver disease · 2023PubMed

Cultural humility and end-of-life communication with people with advanced liver disease.

Woodrell, Christopher D, Patel, Arpan A, Wilder, Julius M, Sundaram, Vinay, Chung, Raymond T, Ufere, Nneka N · Clinical liver disease · 2022PubMed

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