Dr. Benedict MaliakkalMD
Gastroenterologist & Transplant Hepatologist, Nashville General Hospital
About
Dr. Benedict J. Maliakkal is a gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist with board certification in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. He has held academic appointments at Albany Medical College, the University of Rochester, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and has served in leadership roles including Director of Hepatology and Medical Director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation. His clinical and research interests span nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver transplantation, hepatitis C, and complications of cirrhosis, with an extensive peer-reviewed publication record including contributions to the NACSELD consortium.
Areas of focus
Experience & education
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Staff Physician · Metro Nashville General Hospital
Nashville, TN
2022 — Present
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine · University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
2021 — Present
Director of Hepatology · Ascension St Thomas West Hospital
Nashville, TN
2020 — 2022
Medical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplantation · Methodist University Hospital
Memphis, TN
2016 — 2020
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Methodist University Hospital
Memphis, TN
2016 — 2020
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery · University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
2016 — 2020
Director, Hepatology · Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
2008 — 2016
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology · University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
2008 — 2016
Attending Physician · Strong Memorial Hospital / Highland Hospital
Rochester, NY
2003 — 2016
Associate Professor of Medicine · University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
2003 — 2016
Attending Physician · Albany Medical Center / VA Medical Center
Albany, NY
1991 — 2003
Assistant Professor of Medicine (1991–2001); Associate Professor of Medicine (2001–2003) · Albany Medical College
Albany, NY
1991 — 2003
Fellowship in Gastroenterology · Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
1988 — 1991
Residency in Internal Medicine · Coney Island Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
1985 — 1988
Fellow, Inflammation Research Unit · Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX
1984 — 1985
Rotating Internship · St. John's Medical College
Bangalore, India
1983 — 1984
MBBS · St. John's Medical College
Bangalore, India
1978 — 1983
Publications
Elimihele, Thomas A, Mangrola, Anjali M, Oshomoji, Oluwatobi, Wilson, Nateshia B, Nnamani, Ikenna, Ashong, Bryan, et al. · Cureus · 2024PubMed
Tobi, Martin, Antaki, Fadi, Rambus, Mary Ann, Yang, Yu-Xiao, Kaplan, David, Rodriguez, Rebecca, et al. · International journal of molecular sciences · 2023PubMed
Dufera, Rabira R, Berake, Tamiru B, Maliakkal, Benedict · Cureus · 2023PubMed
Nnamani, Ikenna, Tolu-Akinnawo, Oluwaremilekun, Dufera, Rabira R, Akintunde, Akintomiwa, Maliakkal, Benedict · Cureus · 2023PubMed
Dufera, Rabira R, Tolu-Akinnawo, Oluwaremilekun, Maliakkal, Benedict J · Cureus · 2023PubMed
Kothadia, Jiten P, Patel, Vanisha, Heda, Rajiv, Angel, Wesley A, Vanar, Vishwas, Maliakkal, Benedict J, et al. · Gastroenterology research · 2022PubMed
Wong, Florence, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Reddy, K Rajender, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Kamath, Patrick S, Tandon, Puneeta, et al. · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2022PubMed
Kreitman, Kyle R, Kothadia, Jiten P, Nair, Satheesh P, Maliakkal, Benedict J · Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology · 2021PubMed
Maliakkal, Benedict, Satapathy, Sanjaya K · Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2021PubMed
O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Rajender Reddy, K, Tandon, Puneeta, Biggins, Scott W, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · Digestive diseases and sciences · 2021PubMed
Wong, Florence, Reddy, K Rajender, Tandon, Puneeta, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Vargas, Hugo E, et al. · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2021PubMed
Abutineh, Iman, Kreitman, Kyle, Kothadia, Jiten P, Ali, Bilal, Jain, Richa, Clark, Ian, et al. · Case reports in hepatology · 2021PubMed
Nair, Satheesh P, Marella, Hemnishil K, Maliakkal, Benedict, Snyder, Heather, Handley, Charlotte, Kothadia, Jiten P, et al. · Clinical transplantation · 2021PubMed
Molnar, Miklos Z, Azhar, Ambreen, Tsujita, Makoto, Talwar, Manish, Balaraman, Vasanthi, Bhalla, Anshul, et al. · American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2021PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, Biggins, Scott W, et al. · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2021PubMed
Satapathy, Sanjaya K, Marella, Hemnishil K, Heda, Rajiv P, Ganguli, Surosree, Kirthi Reddy, Yala, Podila, Pradeep S B, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2021PubMed
Hu, Chang, Anjur, Vikram, Saboo, Krishnakant, Reddy, K Rajender, O'Leary, Jacqueline, Tandon, Puneeta, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2021PubMed
Agbim, Uchenna, Cseprekal, Orsolya, Yazawa, Masahiko, Talwar, Manish, Balaraman, Vasanthi, Bhalla, Anshul, et al. · Renal failure · 2020PubMed
Lawitz, Eric, Landis, Charles S, Flamm, Steven L, Bonacini, Maurizio, Ortiz-Lasanta, Grisell, Huang, Jonathan, et al. · The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020PubMed
O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Reddy, K Rajender, Biggins, Scott W, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020PubMed
Maliakkal, Benedict J · Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2020PubMed
Yazawa, Masahiko, Maliakkal, Benedict, Nair, Satheesh, Podila, Pradeep S B, Agbim, Uchenna A, Karri, Saradasri, et al. · Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2020PubMed
Ali, Bilal, Jiang, Yu, Agbim, Uchenna, Kedia, Satish K, Satapathy, Sanjaya K, Barnes, Matthew, et al. · Clinical transplantation · 2020PubMed
Satapathy, Sanjaya K, Gonzalez, Humberto C, Vanatta, Jason, Dyer, Andrew, Angel, Wesley, Nouer, Simonne S, et al. · PloS one · 2020PubMed
Reddy, Yala K, Marella, Hemnishil K, Jiang, Yu, Ganguli, Surosree, Snell, Peter, Podila, Pradeep S B, et al. · Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2020PubMed
Marella, Hemnishil K, Reddy, Yala Kirthi, Jiang, Yu, Ganguli, Surosree, Podila, Pradeep S B, Snell, Peter D, et al. · Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2020PubMed
Marella, Hemnishil K, Peravali, Rahul, Jain, Amit L, Nair, Satheesh, Maliakkal, Benedict, Agbim, Uchenna, et al. · Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2020PubMed
Agbim, Uchenna, Sharma, Anuj, Maliakkal, Benedict, Karri, Saradasri, Yazawa, Masahiko, Goldkamp, William, et al. · Transplantation direct · 2020PubMed
Yazawa, Masahiko, Cseprekal, Orsolya, Helmick, Ryan A, Talwar, Manish, Balaraman, Vasanthi, Podila, Pradeep S B, et al. · Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2020PubMed
Yazawa, Masahiko, Cseprekal, Orsolya, Helmick, Ryan A, Talwar, Manish, Balaraman, Vasanthi, Podila, Pradeep S B, et al. · Nephron · 2020PubMed
Satapathy, Sanjaya K, Jiang, Yu, Agbim, Uchenna, Wu, Cen, Bernstein, David E, Teperman, Lewis W, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2020PubMed
Reddy, Yala Kirthi, Maliakkal, Benedict, Agbim, Uchenna · Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2019PubMed
Molnar, Miklos Z, Nair, Satheesh, Cseprekal, Orsolya, Yazawa, Masahiko, Talwar, Manish, Balaraman, Vasanthi, et al. · American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2019PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2019PubMed
Cholankeril, George, Li, Andrew A, Dennis, Brittany B, Gadiparthi, Chiranjeevi, Kim, Donghee, Toll, Alice E, et al. · Scientific reports · 2019PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, Biggins, Scott W, et al. · Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2019PubMed
Wong, Florence, Reddy, K Rajender, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Biggins, Scott W, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2019PubMed
O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Tandon, Puneeta, Biggins, Scott W, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2019PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Tandon, Puneeta, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Wong, Florence, Biggins, Scott W, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2019PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Tandon, Puneeta, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Biggins, Scott W, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2018PubMed
O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Reddy, K Rajender, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Biggins, Scott W, Wong, Florence, Fallon, Michael B, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2018PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Reddy, Rajender K, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, Biggins, Scott W, et al. · The American journal of gastroenterology · 2018PubMed
Wyles, David, Poordad, Fred, Wang, Stanley, Alric, Laurent, Felizarta, Franco, Kwo, Paul Y, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2018PubMed
Kwo, Paul Y, Poordad, Fred, Asatryan, Armen, Wang, Stanley, Wyles, David L, Hassanein, Tarek, et al. · Journal of hepatology · 2017PubMed
Vickers, Richard J, Tillotson, Glenn S, Nathan, Richard, Hazan, Sabine, Pullman, John, Lucasti, Christopher, et al. · The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Kamath, Patrick S, et al. · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2017PubMed
Tandon, Puneeta, Reddy, K Rajender, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Abraldes, Juan G, Wong, Florence, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2017PubMed
Gane, Edward, Poordad, Fred, Wang, Stanley, Asatryan, Armen, Kwo, Paul Y, Lalezari, Jacob, et al. · Gastroenterology · 2016PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, Reddy, K Rajender, Tandon, Puneeta, Wong, Florence, Kamath, Patrick S, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2016PubMed
Wong, Florence, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Reddy, K Rajender, Kamath, Patrick S, Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe, Maliakkal, Benedict, et al. · Journal of hepatology · 2015PubMed
Gordon, Stuart C, Muir, Andrew J, Lim, Joseph K, Pearlman, Brian, Argo, Curtis K, Ramani, Ananthakrishnan, et al. · Journal of hepatology · 2015PubMed
Soota, Kaartik, Maliakkal, Benedict · World journal of gastroenterology · 2014PubMed
Bajaj, Jasmohan S, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Reddy, K Rajender, Wong, Florence, Biggins, Scott W, Patton, Heather, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2014PubMed
Tsynman, Donald N, DeCross, Arthur J, Maliakkal, Benedict, Ciufo, Nicole, Ullah, Asad, Kaul, Vivek · Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2014PubMed
Wong, Florence, O'Leary, Jacqueline G, Reddy, K Rajender, Patton, Heather, Kamath, Patrick S, Fallon, Michael B, et al. · Gastroenterology · 2013PubMed
Tsynman, Donald N, Weaver, Curtis, Taboada, Sofia, Findeis-Hosey, Jennifer, Maliakkal, Benedict, Huang, Jonathan · Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver · 2013PubMed
Lawitz, Eric, Sulkowski, Mark, Jacobson, Ira, Kraft, Walter K, Maliakkal, Benedict, Al-Ibrahim, Mohamed, et al. · Antiviral research · 2013PubMed
Tsynman, Donald N, Rivera, Rene, Maliakkal, Benedict · Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD · 2013PubMed
Kakinami, Lisa, Adams, Michael J, Block, Robert C, Cohn, Susan E, Maliakkal, Benedict, Fisher, Susan G · AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2012PubMed
Sharma, Rajiv, Maliakkal, Benedict · Gastroenterology · 2011PubMed
Kashyap, Randeep, Safadjou, Saman, Chen, Rui, Mantry, Parvez, Sharma, Rajeev, Patil, Vrishali, et al. · Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2010PubMed
Jain, Ashok, Sharma, Rajeev, Ryan, Charlotte, Safadjou, Saman, Kashyap, Randeep, Mantry, Parvez, et al. · Clinical transplantation · 2010PubMed
Kashyap, Randeep, Mantry, Parvez, Sharma, Rajeev, Maloo, Manoj K, Safadjou, Saman, Qi, Yanjie, et al. · Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2009PubMed
Lodhia, Nilesh, Kader, Michael, Mayes, Thalia, Mantry, Parvez, Maliakkal, Benedict · World journal of gastroenterology · 2009PubMed
Bozorgzadeh, Adel, Orloff, Mark, Abt, Peter, Tsoulfas, Georgios, Younan, Durald, Kashyap, Randeep, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2007PubMed
Arifuddin, Razi, Baichi, Matthew, Ullah, Asad, Maliakkal, Benedict · Journal of clinical gastroenterology · 2006PubMed
Nawras, Ali, Alsolaiman, Mohammad M, Mehboob, Shahid, Bartholomew, Catherine, Maliakkal, Benedict · Digestive diseases and sciences · 2002PubMed
Alsolaiman, Mohammad M, Reitz, Christoph, Nawras, Ali T, Rodgers, John B, Maliakkal, Benedict J · BMC gastroenterology · 2002PubMed
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