Geoffrey Block, MD, MSc, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Liver Transplant
Interim Director, Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute
Degrees
- MD: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1984
- MSc: Molecular Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1979
- BSc, Nutrition/Computer Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1979
Residency
Internal Medicine: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1988
Fellowship
Therapeutic and Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Clinical Fellowship, CHUM (Centre Hospitalier de lUniversite de Montreal, Hospital Saint-Luc) and University of Montreal, Canada, 2011, 2013
Aerospace Medicine Fellowship, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2012
Clinical and Research Fellowship in GI, Hepatology, Transplant Medicine and Advanced Endoscopy, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1989-91
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1988-89
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1984-86
Board Certifications
Transplant Hepatology, ABIM (2006-2024)
Gastroenterology & Hepatology, ABIM (1991-2023)
Aerospace Medical Examiner, FAA/NASA (2012-18)
American Board of Internal Medicine (1989)
Honors and Awards
ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) Masters Course, Olympus Corp./ASGE, 2016
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award, Pittsburgh, 1998
ADA/National Institutes of Health Research Award, 1986
Research Interests
NASH, HCV, HBV, TIPS, endoscopic guided therapies in advanced PDAC
Clinical Specialties
Liver Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
HPB Cancer