Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS, FAASLD

Biography

Rohit Kohli MBBS, MS                                                           

MBBS-Armed Forces Medical College, University of Pune, India- 1993-1999

MS in Clinical Investigation, School of Public Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL- 2004-2006



Current Academic of Administrative Position:

Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar) University of Southern California,

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute, (Training and Education)

Associates' Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.



Are of Research Interest:

My basic science research has focused on liver disease and obesity-related fatty liver disease (NASH) in the context of bile acid signaling as a potential therapeutic treatment pathway of interest. Now with 15+ years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health for my laboratory research, I have >100 peer-reviewed publications and have an H-index of 42. Currently I hold an Endowed Chair for Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and now am an Associate Director for CHLA's research institute.

Publications/Presentations

Authored over 135 peer-reviewed articles including editorials, case reports, chapters and presented internationally and his current H-index is 42.

Comments:

My clinical training and over 20 years of experience have focused on caring for children with liver disease, including being responsible for the liver transplant program and in-patient transplant unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. At CHLA, I have been responsible for the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition as Chief of the Division since 2016. I successfully served as the Director of The George Donnell Society for Pediatric Scientists, a research pipeline development program for residents and fellows at CHLA. Here at CHLA I am responsible for the Teaching, Education, Career Planning and Development (TECPAD) team at The Saban Research Institute (TSRI), that supports research trainees across the continuum of their career.