- Paul Pockros, MD
- Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines
- 10666 N Torrey Pines Rd MC 203N
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La Jolla,
CA
92037
US
- Phone: (858) 554-8879
- Office
- 11025 N Torrey Pines Rd Ste 200Internal Maildrop SCRC200
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La Jolla,
CA
92037-1030
US
- Phone: (858) 652-5491
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Started Practice: 1985
Joined Scripps Clinic: 1985
Scripps Clinic & Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:
- Head, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Scripps Clinic, 1996-present
- Director, Center for Liver Diseases, Scripps Clinic, 1990-present
- Director, SC Liver Research Consortium, 1998-present
- Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Program, Scripps Clinic, 1990-1998
- Chairman, Liver Transplant Selection Committee, Scripps Clinic, 1990-1996
- Member, Board of Governors, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, 1999-2001
- Secretary/Treasurer, Medical Executive Committee, Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic, 1990-1992, 1992-1994
- Co-chairman, Cooperative Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Liver Section, Sharp Hospital/Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1990-91
- Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Committee, Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic, 1988-present
- Member-at-Large, Medical Executive Committee, Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic, 1988-1990
- Outpatient Quality Assurance Committee, Scripps Clinic, 1989-present
Professional Societies:
- Governor, Southern California Region, American College of Gastroenterology; 1996-1998, 1998-2000, 2000-2002, 2006-2008.
- Member, National Affairs Committee, American College of Gastroenterology, 1996-1998, 1998-2000.
- Member, Research Committee, American College of Gastroenterology, 2000-2003
- Member, Practice Committee, American College of Gastroenterology, 2001-2004
- Member, Finance Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, 2001-2004.
- Member, Merit Review Subcommittee for the Clinical Research Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2003-2004
- Abstract Reviewer, HCV Therapy-Preclinical and Early Clinical Development, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), 2004.
- Abstract Reviewer, Anti-viral therapies for HCV, American Gastroenterology Association, 2004
- Member, Education Enduring Materials Committee, AASLD, 2004-2007
- Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF)
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
- American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Gastroenterological Association
- The Foundation for Digestive Health & Nutrition
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Society of Transplant Physicians
- American Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- San Diego Gastroenterology Society (President, 1992)
- San Diego County Medical Society
- American Liver Foundation
- American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians
Board Memberships:
- Campaign Chairman and Founding Member, San Diego Chapter of the American Liver Foundation
- Member, Board of Trustees, San Diego Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, 2000-present
Honors & Awards:
- B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of California, San Diego, 1974
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Internal Medicine House Staff, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1989
- Founding Member Award, San Diego Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, 1991
- Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (Marquis Who’s Who) 1997-1998
- Who’s Who in the West 1998-1999
- Skaggs Clinical Scholar, The Scripps Research Institute, 1999-2005
- Guide to Top Doctors, Center for the Study of Services, 2002
- Guide to America’s Top Physicians, published by Consumer’s Research Council of America, 2003
Research Focus:
- Active clinical investigator in liver disease
- Chronic hepatitis B and C
- Complications of end-stage liver disease
- Predictors of fibrosis in hepatitis C
- Management of treatment side effects
- Emerging therapies for hepatitis C
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- Board Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, 1985
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 1982
- Medical Education
- University of Southern California School of Medicine, MD, 1978
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- Internships
- University of Southern California School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 1979
- Residencies
- University of Southern California School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 1982
- Fellowships
- Rancho Los Amigos Med Center, Hepatology, 1985
Scripps Clinic, Gastroenterology, 1984
- Publications
- See a listing of Paul Pockros's publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
- PubMed is a third-party website with no affiliation with Scripps Health.
