Constantine J Karvellas, MD, SM, FRCPC, FCCM

Biography

Dr. Constantine (Dean) Karvellas is a Professor of Medicine (Critical Care Medicine and Hepatology) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He has been an attending intensivist in the E. Garner King General Systems Intensive Care Unit since 2009 and is involved with the Liver Transplant program as a Hepatologist. Dr. Karvellas is the only Canadian co-investigator in the NIH-funded United States Acute Liver Failure study group (US ALFSG). He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepatology and co-chair of the recent AASLD Practice Guidance on Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure. Dr. Karvellas' publications reflecting his interests in acute liver failure (ALF), acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF), liver transplantation and extracorporeal liver support.