Paul Pockros

Paul J. Pockros, MD is the President and Founder of SC Liver Research Consortium, LLC. Dr. Pockros joined the gastroenterology/hepatology at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, in 1985, where he is currently the Director of the Liver Disease Center and Director of Clinical Research of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. During his tenure at Scripps Clinic, Dr. Pockros has held numerous leadership roles and positions including chief of staff at Scripps Green Hospital (2009-11); Medical Director of the Liver Transplantation Program (1990-97); and Head of the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology (1996-2012). While Dr. Pockros is trained to treat the full spectrum of digestive diseases, his area of expertise and research efforts focus on hepatology, including the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C as well as end-stage liver disease. He has over 300 published manuscripts and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals coverings areas such as chronic viral hepatitis, liver transplantation, complications of cirrhosis, alcoholic, metabolic and fatty liver diseases, and diagnostic tests for liver disorders [H score=54]. He is invited to lecture regularly at universities, medical societies, and regional conferences and he routinely presents his research at national and international congresses where he is recognized for expertise in development of new therapies in chronic hepatitis C. Dr. Pockros has collaborative research studies with a number of investigators at The Scripps Research Institute and has NIH support for his position as Director of Clinical Research of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. He is the principle investigator for a number of investigator-initiated studies at Scripps. Dr. Pockros received his medical degree from the University of Southern California, where he also completed his internship and residency in internal medicine. He then completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, followed by a second fellowship in hepatology at the USC Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center Liver Unit.