Monika Sarkar, M.D., MAS
- Associate Professor
- Department of Medicine
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Contact Information
Division of Gastroenterology
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-357
San Francisco, CA 94143-0358
(415) 476-6422 - Phone
(415) 476-0659 - Fax
Education
Vassar College, BA, French & Biology, 1998-2002
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, MD, 2002-2006
Residencies
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Intern, Internal Medicine, 2006-2007
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Resident, Internal Medicine, 2007-2009
Fellowships
- University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, Gastroenterology, 2009-2012
- University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, Transplant Hepatology, 2012-2013
Postdoctoral Training
- University of California, San Francisco, Masters in Clinical Research, 2011-2012
Clinical Expertise
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Drug-Induced Hepatitis
- Fulminant Hepatic Failure
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
- Liver Transplantation
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Research Interests
- Gender differences in liver transplant outcomes
- Non invasive measures of liver fibrosis
- Women with chronic liver disease
Foreign Languages Spoken
- Spanish
Biography
Dr. Monika Sarkar is a transplant hepatologist and focuses on viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, as well as liver disease in pregnancy. She has a particular research interest in women's health, including the role of sex hormones in the progression of liver disease. Dr. Sarkar supervises the training of medicine residents and both gastroenterology and liver transplant fellows. She earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco and completed internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania. She then completed fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, as well as her Masters in Clinical Research at UCSF.
Awards & Honors
Research Overview
My research program is focused on the role of sex hormones on liver injury in women, including the effects of reproductive aging, pregnancy, and androgens. I have a specific interest in young women with the hyperandrogenic condition known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome as these women are at high risk for developing Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and early onset liver scarring. Within the transplant setting I also study sex differences in waitlist and post transplant outcomes.
Research & Funding
- Influence of Androgens on Tissue-Specific Lipid Metabolites and Liver Injury in Young Women with NAFLDSponsor: NIDDKSponsor ID: R03DK131238-01Funding Period:Mar 2022-Mar 2024Principle Investigator
- Androgens and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Role of Male Sex Hormones in Women with NASHSponsor: NIH/NIDDKSponsor ID: K23DK111944Funding Period:Jul 2017-Jun 2022Principal Investigator
Clinical Trials
- Study ID: NCT04950127Start Date: Aug 2021Estimated Completion Date: Nov 2023Condition(s): Pruritus, Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Study ID: NCT03576755Start Date: Jan 2019Estimated Completion Date: Jul 2022Condition(s): Steatohepatitis
- Study ID: NCT03617263Start Date: Dec 2018Estimated Completion Date: Mar 2023Condition(s): Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 78
- Qureshy Z, Lokken RP, Kakar S, Grab J, Mehta N, Sarkar M. Influence of progestin-only hormonal use on hepatocellular adenomas: A retrospective cohort study. Contraception. 2022 Dec 05; 109915. View in PubMed
- Wang M, Sarkar M, Mehta N. Now you see it, now you don't: Estrogen exposure and obesity effects on HCA development and regression. Hepatology. 2023 Feb 01; 77(2):341-343. View in PubMed
- Bernards S, Lee E, Leung N, Akan M, Gan K, Zhao H, Sarkar M, Tayur S, Mehta N. Awarding additional MELD points to the shortest waitlist candidates improves sex disparity in access to liver transplant in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2022 12; 22(12):2912-2920. View in PubMed
- Maldonado SS, Grab J, Wang CW, Huddleston H, Cedars M, Sarkar M. Polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in women of reproductive age. Hepatol Commun. 2022 10; 6(10):2634-2639. View in PubMed
- Shingina A, Sarkar M, Feld L. On the Importance of Safe Access to Reproductive Options for Adolescents and Women With Liver Disease. Gastroenterology. 2022 10; 163(4):792-794. View in PubMed
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