Jeffrey M. Teckman, MD St. Louis University Traveling From: St. Louis, MO Topics: How the Liver Works and How it Might Not Work in Alpha-1 Basics of Liver Disease Liver Transplantation Liver Track Advanced Aspects of Alpha-1 Liver Disease

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Dr. Teckman is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.  He is also the Director of Gastroenterology/Hepatology at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. His research involves studying the mechanisms by which liver damage occurs Antitrypsin Deficiency and how this damage can be treated and prevented. He has numerous scientific papers on Alpha-1 and also authored a “Question and Answer Book” for families living with liver disease due to Alpha-1. Dr. Teckman is a leading authority on Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency and was selected for St. Louis Magazine's 2008 "Best Doctors."

 

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