Mark Pedersen, M.D.

Internal Medicine - Digestive and Liver Diseases
Liver Transplantation
Living-donor liver transplantation

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Biography

Mark Pedersen, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in liver disease and liver transplantation.

He is the Medical Director of the UT Southwestern Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Program, a unique program that offers patients a route to expedited transplantation and improved survival.

Dr. Pedersen earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He then received advanced training in both gastroenterology and transplant hepatology through separate fellowships at UT Southwestern.

Board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2019.

Dr. Pedersen is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Society of Transplantation. He has published several original and review articles and recently contributed to the new textbook The Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patient. His national awards include being named an Emerging Liver Scholar and a Fellow Ambassador by the AASLD.

Education & Training

Medical School - Baylor College of Medicine (2009-2013)
Residency - University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix (2013-2016), Internal Medicine
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2018), Gastroenterology
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018-2019), Transplant Hepatology

Books & Publications

Publications
- Ursodeoxycholic Acid Decreases Incidence of Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
  Pedersen MR, Greenan G, Arora S, Murali AR, Mayo MJ, Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 06 27 6 866-875
- Managing the Symptoms and Complications of Cholestasis.
  Pedersen MR, Mayo MJ, Clinical liver disease 2020 Mar 15 3 120-124
- Survey of Liver Transplantation Practices for Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.
  Bangaru S, Pedersen MR, MacConmara MP, Singal AG, Mufti AR, Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018 10 24 10 1357-1362
- Effectiveness and Tolerability of Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C in a Real World Elderly Cohort.
  Patel A, Backstedt DW, Abidali H, Choi M, Pedersen M, Seetharam A, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2017 04 15 4 603-604
- Genotype specific peripheral lipid profile changes with hepatitis C therapy.
  Pedersen MR, Patel A, Backstedt D, Choi M, Seetharam AB, World journal of gastroenterology 2016 Dec 22 46 10226-10231
- Pretransplant Factors and Associations with Postoperative Respiratory Failure, ICU Length of Stay, and Short-Term Survival after Liver Transplantation in a High MELD Population.
  Pedersen MR, Choi M, Brink JA, Seetharam AB, Journal of transplantation 2016 2016 6787854
- Infections after orthotopic liver transplantation.
  Pedersen M, Seetharam A, Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2014 Dec 4 4 347-60

Clinical Focus

Liver Transplantation
Living-donor liver transplantation