Residency Internal Medicine - Albany Medical College Albany, NY
PhD/Thesis: Drug Metabolism in Chronic Liver diseases. (Clinical Pharmacology)
Board Certification Internal Medicine (Germany)
Board Certification Gastroenterology (Germany)
Board Certification Internal Medicine (US)
Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate
Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate (pending)
Research Focus
Clinical Studies on Prevalence and Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Understudied Population with Chronic Hepatitis C.
Quality Improvement using Six Sigma tools to reduce pharmacy costs.
Selected Recent Publications
Public Health Grand 2005: Group education and self-assessment forms as tools to improve efficiency in clinic management in Hepatology clinic.
Pocha, Christine: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome. Accepted for Publication in Resident & Staff Physician (Aug, 2005).
Rodgers John, Pocha, Christine: Evaluation of Patients with Elevated Alaninaminotransferase (ALT) in the VA Population. Gastroenterology, 126:A759. 2004.
Contacts
Address
Department of Medicine (111GI)
Stratton VA Medical Center
113 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
