Ahmet O. Gurakar, MD
Hepatology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Ahmet O. Gurakar
Professional Titles
- Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Gurakar joined Johns Hopkins from the Nazih Zuhdi Transplantation Institute at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was the chief of Hepatology Research and the program director of the Liver Transplantation Medicine/ Hepatology Fellowship. He served at various capacities in the Liver Medicine Section, since its first establishment in 1993.
Dr. Gurakar's clinical interests include pre and post-transplant, clinical and endoscopic management of liver diseases and viral hepatitis. His research interests include bioartificial liver dialysis systems and application of total plasma exchange in the treatment of liver disorders.
Centers and Institutes
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Live-Donor Liver Transplants: Back in Business, Inside Tract (Spring 2015)
Johns Hopkins Among First to Transplant HCV-Positive Livers Into HCV-Negative Patients, Inside Tract, (Winter, 2019)
Research Interests
Acute Liver Failure and Artificial Liver support systems
Lab Website
Ahmet Gurakar Lab - Lab Website
- The Ahmet Gurakar Lab is interested in bioartificial liver dialysis systems and the application of total plasma exchange in the treatment of liver disorders.
Selected Publications
- Wright H, Sharma S, Gurakar A, Sebastian A, Kohli V, Jabbour N. Management of biliary stricture guided by the Spyglass Direct Visualization System guided in a liver transplant recipient: An innovative approach.Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2008 Jun; 67(7):1201-3.
C. Camci, A.Gurakar, V. Kohli, S. Sharma, N. Jabbour. Unusual Presentation of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma as Obstructive Jaundice 15 Years after Liver Transplant. Experimental and Clinical Transplantation.(2007) 2:631-633.
Sharma S, Gurakar A, Jabbour N. Biliary strictures following liver transplantation: past, present and preventive strategies. Liver Transplantation. 2008 Jun;14(6):759-69.
S. Sharma, A. Gurakar, N. Jabbour. Avoiding pitfalls - What an Endoscopist should know in Liver Transplantation -Part 1. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jul;53(7):1757-73.
Honors
- Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine, 1/1/20
- Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine, 1/1/19
- Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine, 1/1/18
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 4, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-4006
- fax: 410-614-8741
Expertise
Education
University of Amsterdam - Academic Medical Center
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1997University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1994University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Fellowship, 1993NYC Health+Hospitals/Metropolitan
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991NYU Langone Hospital
Residency, Pediatrics, 1989Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1983Board Certifications
Transplant Hepatology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)