The praise from other prominent experts for Dr. Palmer's book " Dr Melissa Palmer's Guide to Hepatitis and Liver Disease"has been tremendous:
"This comprehensive guide to liver disease is a must-read for general practitioners and patients" --- Lewis Teperman, M.D., FACS, Director of Transplantation and Liver Transplantation, New York School of Medicine
"An invaluable service to people with hepatitis or other liver diseases. The American Liver Foundation uses it as a resource." --- Alan Brownstein, President/CEO, American Liver Foundation
"This book provides an excellent and thorough review of liver disease. It is well written, up-to-date, and... will be a useful resource to all patients with liver disease and their family members." --- Kris V. Kowdley, M.D., FACP, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle
Praise from other healthcare professionals:
"This book is an informative, detailed, yet easy-to-understand guide. It is useful not only for people with liver disease but also their families, friends, nurses, and other allied health professionals" Jennifer Jones R.N. liver transplant coordinator, Mount Sinai Hospital.
" This much anticipated 2nd edition hits an out of the park home run. My prediction is that this book will be the bible to liver sufferers and enable them to live healthier and more vital lives" Robert Scolnick, MD
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Melissa Palmer, MD is the author of " Dr. Melissa Palmer's Guide of Hepatitis and Liver Disease". (Published 2004. Penguin Putnam).
Dr. Palmer is an internationally renowned hepatologist who has been practicing medicine since 1985. Prior to 2012, she maintained perhaps the largest medical practice devoted to liver disease in the United States. Dr. Palmer is Clinical Professor of Medicine at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Palmer graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. and was trained in hepatology (as well as medical school) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
Dr. Palmer is Board Certified in Gastroenterology and in Internal Medicine.
She has authored numerous scientific publications in the field of hepatology in such peer-reviewed journals as Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Seminars of Liver Disease, Transplantation and Archives of Internal Medicine.
She is frequently called upon by the media for her opinion on various topics related to liver disease. Dr. Palmer has appeared many times on television as a liver disease expert and has been quoted in such publications as TIME magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine, Prevention magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsday. She also has appeared in numerous videos and CD-Roms aimed at educating doctors and the public about hepatitis C and other liver diseases, such as primary biliary cirrhosis. Dr. Palmer lectures to the medical and general public on liver disease-related topics on a regular basis.
Dr. Palmer has performed numerous clinical trials on various experimental medications for the treatment of hepatitis.
Dr. Palmer is currently available for lecturing, investor and hedge-fund consultations, consultations to industry, and media interviews and appearances-- including television. For such matters, she can be contacted through hepatitismedia@gmail.com.