Living with an Alpha-1 Liver: Preventing and Treating Disease
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Dr. Sokol is the Director of the Pediatric General Clinical Research Center and Associate Medical Director of the Pediatric Liver Center. He is also a Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr. Sokol received his MD degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and subspecialty training at the Children's Hospital Research Foundation of Cincinnati.
Dr. Sokol has published extensively on childhood liver disease, nutrition, and oxidative stress. Dr. Sokol received the 2003 Nutrition Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for his research on vitamin E and antioxidants. Dr. Sokol is the Chair of the Steering Committee of the NIH-supported Biliary Atresia Clinical Research Consortium. He is also the principal investigator for the Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium (CLiC), which includes the research on Alpha-1. Dr. Sokol also participates in numerous other professional activities, including the Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Group Advisory Board, the Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation and the American Liver Foundation. Dr. Sokol is the recipient of numerous grant awards and is a reviewer for multiple medical journals. Dr. Sokol is on the Editorial Board of three medical journals and is an Associate Editor of two medical journals. Dr. Sokol was President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1996-98. His major interests are in patient care, teaching and research in children's liver disease, nutrition and liver transplantation.
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