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Ragesh B. Thandassery

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Medanta The Medicity (2012–2016); University of Alberta (2016); University College of Medical Sciences (2013); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025–2026); Alberta Hospital Edmonton (2016); King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (2015); Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals (2013–2014); Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (2013); University of Alberta Hospital (2016); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2019–2026); Hamad General Hospital (2014–2017); Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital (2012); Medanta The Medicity (2012–2015); South Central VA Health Care Network (2019); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (2019); Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (2011–2017); Hamad Medical Corporation (2014–2016); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2020)

Internal Med, College of Medicine

18 h-index 148 pubs 1,055 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Middle Aged
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Aged
  • Pancreatitis
  • Risk Factors
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Endosonography
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Retrospective Studies

Biography and Research Information

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Ragesh B. Thandassery, Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has a research focus that includes liver cancer, pancreatitis, and gastrointestinal bleeding. His work has involved meta-analyses and systematic reviews of complications and management strategies related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound-guided procedures. He has also investigated sarcopenia in hepatocellular carcinoma and the role of nutrition and muscle in cirrhosis.

Dr. Thandassery's research has been published in numerous journals, contributing to a total of 143 publications with over 1,000 citations, and he holds an h-index of 18. His collaborations within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include shared publications with Nimy John, Fares Mashal, Cody J. Timmermann, and Mauricio Garcia Saenz de Sicilia.

Metrics

  • h-index: 18
  • Publications: 148
  • Citations: 1,055

Positions

  • Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System 2018–present
    Medicine ORCID
  • Associate Professor publications 2019–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Internal Med, College of Medicine Institutional directory

Selected Publications

  • The association of MASLD, lipoprotein(a) and long-term outcomes: Results from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (2026)
    Metabolism 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and the consequence of extra-hepatic malignancy (2026)
    World Journal of Hepatology DOI OpenAlex
  • 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
  • 26-A-17971-ACC WHEN NORMAL ISN’T SAFE, PRESERVED PERFORMANCE, HIGHER RISK: ECHO-DERIVED FRANK-STARLING PROFILING IN POST-TIPS HEART FAILURE — PARADOXICAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF CHF READMISSION, DIURETIC ESCALATION, AND VOLUME OVERLOAD IN A PRELOAD-SENSITIVE STATE (2026)
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
  • 26-A-15959-ACC CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES OF GLP-1RA THERAPY IN OBESE NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION-ASSOCIATED STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE: A REAL-WORLD ANALYSIS (2026)
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Genetic predeterminants and recent advancements in steatotic liver disease: A roadmap toward precision hepatology (2025)
    World Journal of Hepatology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Noninvasive prediction of clinically significant portal hypertension in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease compared to other chronic liver diseases (2025)
    World Journal of Hepatology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Endoscopic ultrasound in the management of complications related to cirrhosis- recent evidence (2025)
    World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Opposition Research: Endoscopic Management of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis (2025)
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Predicting Esophageal Varices and Varices Needing Treatment in Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease (2025)
    Digestive Diseases and Sciences 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Inpatient management of thrombosis and hemostasis in patients with cirrhosis (2024)
    Clinical Liver Disease DOI OpenAlex
  • Acute Venous Thromboembolism Is Common Following Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes (2024)
    Pancreas 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
  • S1286 Impact of Cardiovascular Disease on Liver Transplant Candidacy During Transplant Evaluation in a North American Center With High Obesity Prevalence (2022)
    The American Journal of Gastroenterology DOI OpenAlex
  • S3266 A Comparison of Two Cases of Acute Graft versus Host Disease Following Liver Transplant (2022)
    The American Journal of Gastroenterology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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