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Howard Worman is Associate Professor of Medicine and Anatomy and Cell Biology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases of the Medical Service at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia-Presbyterian Center. Dr. Worman received his B.A. from Cornell University and M.D. from the University of Chicago. He did clinical training in internal medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and postdoctoral research training in cell biology at Rockefeller University. His laboratory research is focused on the cell biology of cancer, the effects of the hepatitis C virus on liver cells and the characterization of antibodies in autoimmune liver diseases. Dr. Worman's clinical practice is devoted to consultation in liver diseases. He has also been principal investigator and FDA Sponsor of investigational new drug trials for patients with chronic hepatitis C. In 1998, Dr. Worman was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigator. Dr. Worman has published more than 70 medical and scientific papers and serves on the Editorial Board of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Society for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the World Journal of Gastroenterology. He also has numerous publications on liver diseases for the lay audience. He is author of The Liver Disorders Sourcebook (Lowell House, 1999) and creator of the popular Diseases of the Liver Web site. | 