Positions

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Margaret M and Albert B Alkek Department of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Baylor College of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Division of Abdominal Transplantation
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Abdominal Transplant and Liver Disease (Clinic)

Baylor Clinic - 6620 Main Street
Suite 1450
Houston, TX 77030
United States
SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT - (832) 355-1400

Education

MD from American University of the Caribbean

Saint Martin

MSc from Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford

Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Residency at Boston University School of Medicine

Providence

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Memphis

Transplant Hepatology

Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Honors & Awards

Young Investigator Travel Award

2017 and 2018

European Association for the Study of Liver Disease

Young Investigator Travel Award

2017

American Association for the Study of Liver Disease

Fellow Travel Award at Digestive Disease Week

2019

American Gastroenterological Association

Professional Interests

• Transplant Hepatology
• Liver cancer
• Fatty Liver Disease
• Viral hepatitis
• Cirrhosis

Professional Statement

Dr. George Cholankeril is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Cholankeril is responsible for the care of liver transplant patients at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. In addition to overseeing pre- and post-transplant end-stage liver disease patients, he is responsible for managing their long-term care and providing education before and after their surgical procedure. His extensive training includes internal medicine residency at Boston University, transplant hepatology fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, and gastroenterology fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Cholankeril is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. Dr. Cholankeril’s clinical research interests include liver cancer, fatty liver disease and liver transplant outcomes.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Cholankeril G, Podboy A, Alshuwaykh OS, Kim D, Kanwal F, Esquivel CO, Ahmed A "Early Impact of COVID-19 on Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States." Transplantation.;
• Kim D, Vazquez-Montesino LM, Li AA, Cholankeril G, Ahmed A "Inadequate Physcial Activity and Sedentary Behavior Are Independent Predictors of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease." Hepatology.;
• Cholankeril G, Li AA, Dennis BB, Bonham CA, Ahmed A "Increasing Trends in Transplantation in HCV-positive Liver into Uninfected Recipients." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.;
• Cholankeril G, Ahmed A "Alcoholic Liver Disease replaces Hepatitis C Virus Infection as the Leading Indication for Liver Transplantation in the United States." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.;

Memberships

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

American Gastroenterological Association