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Nir Hilzenrat

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, McGill University

Nir Hilzenrat
Contact Information
Address: 

Jewish General Hospital

3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec, H3T 1E2

Position: 
Staff member as Gastroenterologist and the Head of the Liver Diseases clinic, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
Degree(s): 

MD

Fellowship Training: 

Gastroenterology; McGill University

Areas of expertise: 

Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Biography: 

Dr. Nir Hilzenrat joined Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital in 2001 as a gastroenterologist and the head of the hospital’s liver diseases clinic. As an Associate Professor in Medicine, Dr. Hilzenrat has also focused on teaching medical students and residents at McGill University.

Dr. Hilzenrat graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel’s preeminent medical school. He attained his degree as a Specialist in Internal Medicine following a residency at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. He completed his Specialty in Gastroenterology following a 2-year fellowship at McGill University in Montreal. Prior to joining the Jewish General Hospital, Dr. Hilzenrat was the head of liver diseases services at Ben-Gurion University’s Soroka Medical Centre, where he also carried on a busy gastroenterology practice.

Dr. Hilzenrat has authored numerous publications in professional journals or chapters medical books. He has also been the Principal Investigator for over 20 national and international clinical trials, assisting in the development of innovative treatments for HCV and HBV. He is also a member of several professional associations, including the CASL (former Councillor on CASL’s Governing Board), CAG, AASLD, AGA and EASL.

Selected publications: 
  1. Hilzenrat N, Lamoureux E, Szilagyi A. Fatty Liver Disease. In: A.B.R. Thomson and E.A. Shaffer (eds.): First Principles of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CAPstone Academic Publishers Ltd. Pp 413-424, 2012.
  2. Al-Busafi S, McNabb-Baltar J, Farag A, Hilzenrat N. Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension. International Journal of Hepatology, vol. 2012.Article ID 203794, 10 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/203794.(http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijhep/contents/ or hindawi.com/journals/ijhep/2012/203794/)
  3. Cooper C, Shafran S, Greenbloom S, R Enns, Farley J, Hilzenrat N, Williams K, Elkashab M, Abadir N and Neuman M. Single-dose infliximab in hepatitis C genotype 1 treatment-naive patients with high serum tumour necrosis factor-alpha does not influence the efficacy of pegylated interferon alpha-2b/ribavirin therapy. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; 28: 35- 40. 2014
  4. Bhat M, Wyse J.M, Moodie E, Ghali P, Hilzenrat N, Wong P and Deschenes M.Prevalence and predictors of sleep disturbance among liver diseases in long-term transplant survivors. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 29: 440-444, 2015
  5. Galiatsatos P, Assouline S, Gologean A and Hilzenrat N. Rituximab-induced autoimmune hepatitis: A case study and literature review. Canadian Livver Journal 2020:3-4: 3(4), 381–386
Location: 
Jewish General Hospital
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