Atif Zaman, MD, MPH

Atif Zaman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, OHSU
Section Chief of Gastroenterology, OHSU
Director of GI Fellowship Research, OHSU
Director of Clinical Hepatology, OHSU
OHSU/ VAMC
Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

• Degrees:
  B.S. – Boston University,1987
  M.D. – Tufts University School of Medicine, 1991
  M.P.H. – Oregon Health & Science University, 2000
  
  
• Residency:
  Internal Medicine – Baylor School of Medicine, 1991-1994
  
  
• Fellowship:
  Gastroenterology- Oregon Health & Science University, 1995-1998
  
  
• Research/Clinical Interests:
  Variceal hemorrhage, Hepatitis C infection, portal hypertension, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver disease, public health, and outcomes research in liver disease.
  
  
• Representative Publications:
  • Rosen HR, McHutchison JG, Conrad AJ, Lentz JJ, Marousek G, Rose SL, Zaman A, Taylor K, Chou S. Tumor necrosis factor genetic polymorphisms and response to antiviral therapy in patients with chronic Hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002;97:714-20.
  • Shumaker DA, Zaman A, Katon RM. Use of a variable stiffness colonoscope allows completion of colonoscopy after failure with the standard adult colonoscope. Endoscopy. 2002:34:711-4.
  • Jazrawi S, Zaman A, Muhammad Z, Rabkin J, Corless C, Olyaei A, Biggs A, Chou S, Rosen HR. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter polymorphisms and the risk of rejection following liver transplantation: A case control analysis of 210 donor-recipient pairs. Liver Transpl. 2003;9(4):377-82.
  • Rosen HR, Prieto M, Casanovas-Taltavull T, Cuervas-Mons V, Guckelberger O, Muiesan P, Strong RW, Bechstein WO, O’Grady J, Zaman A, Chan B, Berenguer J, Williams R, Heaton N, Neuhaus P. Validation and refinement of survival models for liver retransplantation. Hepatology. 2003;38:460-9.
  • Zaman A, Hapke R, Flora K, Rosen H, Benner K. Changing compliance to the American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for the management of variceal hemorrhage: Regional survey. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004;99(4):645-9.
  • Zaman A, Fennerty MB, Keeffe EB. A systematic review of peginterferon versus standard interferon in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2003;18:661-70.
  • Bjorkman D, Zaman A, Fennerty MB, et al. Urgent vs. elective endoscopy for acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: An effectiveness study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004;60(1):1-8.
  • Stolpman DR, Schwartz JM, Kugelmas M, Cedfeldt AS, Chan SE, Desai SS, Zaman A, Orloff SL, Hunter AJ. Fulminant hepatic failure due to court-sanctioned disulfiram. Submitted to Annals Int Med.
  • Schwartz J, Beymer C, Althaus S, Larson A, Zaman A, Glickerman D, Kowdley K. Clinical consequences of increased pulmonary artery pressure following tansjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2004; 38:590-4.
  • Austin GL, Sasaki AW, Zaman A, Rabkin JR, Olyaei A, Ruimy R, Orloff SL, Ham J, Rosen HR. Comparative analysis of outcome following liver transplantation in U.S. veterans. Am J Transplant. 2004;4:788-95.
  • Zaman A, Fennerty MB. Evidence based medicine (EBM): What on earth does it have to do with endoscopy and is it the new “three-letter word in endoscopic research? Gastrointest Endosc. 2004:58(6):895-901.
  • Fishman VM, Schwartz JS, Thomas RM, Gaughan JP, Zaman A, Wolfson M, Kowdley KV, Black M. Hepatic iron content in black and white Americans with chronic hepatitis C infection. Submitted to Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2005.
  • Eisen GM, Eliakim R, Zaman A, Schwartz J, Faigel D, Rondonotti E, Villa F, Weizman E, Yassin K, deFranchis R. The accuracy of PillCam ESO capsule endoscopy versus conventional upper endoscopy for the diagnosis of esophageal varices: A prospective three-center pilot study. Endoscopy. 2006;38:31-5.
  • Lake JM, Schwartz JM, Chan B, Eisen GM,  Rosen HR, Sasaki A, Zucker B, Zaman A, Ingram K and Black M. Quality of Life in Persistent and Resolved Hepatitis C Infection. Submitted to Journal of Hepatology 2006.
  • Giannini E, Zaman A,  Kreil A, Floreani A, Dulbecco P, Testa E, Sohaey R, Verhey P, Peck-Radosavljevic M, Mansi C, Savarino V, Testa R. Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the non invasive diagnosis of esophageal varices. Results of a multi-center, prospective, validation study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006; 101:2511-9.
  • Zaman A, Rosen HR, Ingram K, Corless CL, Oh E, Smith K. Assessment of FibroSpect II to detect hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. Am J Med. 2007;120(3):280.e9-14.
  • Giannini E, Zaman A, Ceppa P, Mastracci L, Risso D, Testa R. A simple approach to noninvasively identifying significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients in clinical practice. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2006;40:521-7.
  • Burton JR, Lapidus JL, Chalasani N, Giannini E, Zaman A. Validation of a multivariate model predicting presence and size of varices. Accepted to J Clin Gastroenterology 2006.
  • Thomas A, Zaman A, Bell B. Deaths from chronic liver disease and viral hepatitis, Multnomah County, Oregon, 2000. Accepted to J Clin Gastroterol 2006.
  • Kovalak M, Lake J, Mattek N, Eisen G, Lieberman D, Zaman A. Endoscopic screening for varices in cirrhotic patients: data from a national endoscopic database. Gastrointest Endosc. 2007;65(1):82-8.
    
    
• Biosketch:
  

  Dr. Zaman was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. His current research studies include Principal Investigator for each listed:

  • A physician based surveillance system for chronic liver disease in Multnomah, County, OR
  • A Multi-center Trial to Study Acute Liver Failure
  • Assessment of the clinical characteristics of patients with steatosis as compared to patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: A case-control study.
  • A survey of community practice patterns: Prevention of first variceal bleed, therapy of acute variceal hemorrhage, prophylaxis of rebleeding after initial variceal hemorrhage.
  • Endoscopic screening of varices to prevent first variceal bleed: A prospective evaluation of practice patterns using a national endoscopic database (clinical outcomes research initiative-CORI).
  • An evaluation of the utility of candidate serum markers for the In Vitro diagnosis of liver fibrosis.

  When Dr. Zaman is away from medicine he enjoys spending time with family, traveling and playing squash.