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Last published 2026
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Fares Mashal

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2024–2025)

Faculty Researcher

COM | Internal Med Hospital Medicine

2 h-index 8 pubs 8 cited

  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices
  • Hypertension, Portal
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Platelet Count
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Fares Mashal is an Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on the prediction and management of complications associated with chronic liver disease, particularly esophageal varices in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease. Mashal has investigated various noninvasive scoring systems, including the Baveno VI Criteria, CHESS-ALARM score, FIB-4 score, and FIB-5 score, to identify patients at risk for varices that require treatment.

His work also includes studying rare medical conditions and complications. Recent publications address idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease in a liver transplant recipient and a late complication of COVID-19 involving subclavian artery thrombus. Mashal collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Ragesh B. Thandassery and Nimy John, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 2 and 8 total publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 8

Selected Publications

  • Porto Sinusoidal Vascular Disorder Manifesting as Diffuse Arterio-Portal Fistulae and Portal Hypertension After Donation-After-Circulatory-Death Liver Transplantation (2026)
    ACG Case Reports Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Predicting Esophageal Varices and Varices Needing Treatment in Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease (2025)
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • S1169 Comparison of Baveno VI Criteria, Expanded Baveno VI Criteria, Chess Alarm Score and Other Noninvasive Scores for Predicting Esophageal Varices and Varices Needing Treatment (2022)
    The American Journal of Gastroenterology DOI OpenAlex
  • SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY THROMBUS: A LATE COMPLICATION OF COVID 19 (2021)
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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