Ruben Hernaez

Ruben Hernaez, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

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Ruben Hernaez, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Email

hernaez@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Medicine-Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Investigator: Clinical Epidemiology & Clinical Effectiveness Program
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt)
Houston, Texas United States
The IQuESt mission is to improve the quality, effectiveness, and safety of healthcare through patient-centered communication and coordination

Associate Editor: GUT
United Kingdom
http://gut.bmj.com/

Clinical Staff: Medicine
Gastroenterology
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States
Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology

Surgery Advisory Board- Liver Transplant: Department of Veterans Affairs- National Surgery Office

Member at large: Practice Guidelines Committee
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
United States

Editorial Board: Hepatology

Editorial Board: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Member at Large: ACLF SIG
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Board of Editors: Liver Transplantation

Steering Committee Member: Practice Guidelines
American Gastroenterological Association

Director of Resident Research and Core Faculty: Internal Medicine
IM Residency Program
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Veterans Affairs Medical Centr (Hospital)
: Room: VAMC-3A-354
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from University of Navarra: 07/1999 - Pamplona, Spain

Residency at Clinic Hospital: 06/2005 - Barcelona, Spain; Endocrinology and Nutrition

MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 05/2006 - Baltimore, Maryland United States; Epidemiology and Methodology

PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 05/2010 - Baltimore, Maryland United States; Cardiovascular Epidemiology

Residency at Medstar Washington Hospital Center: 06/2013 - Washington, District of Columbia United States

Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital: 06/2016 - Baltimore, Maryland United States; Gastroenterology

Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital: 06/2016 - Baltimore, Maryland United States; Transplant Hepatology

Certifications

Endocrinology and Nutrition: Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumers Affairs and Education

Internal Medicine: ABIM

Gastroenterology: ABIM

Transplant Hepatology: ABIM

Obesity Medicine: ABOM

Honors & Awards

Scholarship: Caixa Galicia- Claudio San Martin Foundation. Galicia. Spain (07/2005 - 06/2006)

Scholarship: Caja Madrid (07/2006 - 06/2007)

Scholarship: Mentor-Based Post-doctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Frederick L. Brancati and mentee (R. Hernaez); American Diabetes Association (07/2007 - 06/2010)

Honorary Society: National Honor Public Health Society http://www.jhsph.edu/alumni/alumni-associations/delta-omega/; Delta Omega Alpha (05/2006)

Honorary Society: https://www.pbk.org/web; Phi Beta Kappa (05/2010)

Honorary Society: Alpha Omega Alpha (02/2020)

Award: Saul Zukerman MD Humanitarism in Medicine Award. Best Resident chosen by the Department of Medicine Faculty.; Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. (06/2013)

Award: Fellow Teaching Award; Johns Hopkins Hospital. Department of Medicine (07/2013)

Award: Travel Grant for the 2016 Academic Skills Workshop; American Gastroenterological Association and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (03/2016)

Teaching Award: Teaching Award bestowed by the BCM Fellows; BCM Fellowship Program (07/2017)

Teaching Award: Consulting Teaching Award; Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine Program (06/2020)

Professional Interests

Epidemiology and biostatistics
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Acute-on-chronic liver failure
Outcomes research
Liver Transplantation in the Veteran Affairs population
Palliative Care in Transplant Hepatology and ACLF

Professional Statement

Ruben Hernaez is an American, Spanish-trained physician, board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, whose area of research is acute-on-chronic liver failure, complications and rehabilitation of cirrhosis and methodological assessment of papers in gastroenterology and hepatology. Clinically, Dr. Hernaez is one of the three liver transplant physicians at the VA Medical center. Since he joined the VA in August 2016, Dr. Hernaez published 30+ peer-reviewed papers; one of them, the review of “Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure” was one of the most read articles in Gut for the year 2017 with +16,000 reads. He has also won several educational and excellence in patient care awards, AOA nomination and inducted to the prestigious Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (iQUEST) as core faculty investigator under the mentorship of Dr. Kanwal. Starting in 2022, he serves as Core Faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency program and is his Director of Resident Research. He has mentored many residents, fellows and faculty in the US and abroad. In his free time, he loves spending time with his wife, three children and enjoys cross-fit.