Eric Lawitz, MD

Vice President, Scientific and Research Development

Texas Liver Institute

 

Clinical Professor of Medicine

The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

 

Faculty

University Transplant Center

 

Board Certifications:

Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomat, Gastroenterology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
CCTI/CCI, Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Clinical Investigator Certification

 

Education:

1989  BS in Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

1993  MD, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL

 

Postgraduate Training:

1993 –1996  Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
1996 –1999  Gastroenterology/Hepatology Fellowship, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

 

Professional Societies:

American College of Physicians
American Gastroenterology Association
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
American College of Gastroenterology
Association of Clinical Research Professionals
European Association for the Study of Liver Disease

 

Biosketch:

     Dr. Lawitz is a Medical Director of the Texas Liver Institute and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Lawitz received a B.S. from University of Illinois Chicago and M.D. from Rush Medical College. Dr. Lawitz received his postgraduate training in Gastroenterology/Hepatologyat Brooke Army Medical Center and is board certified in the area of Gastroenterology/Hepatology.
     Dr. Lawitz has over 300 publications to include publications in the New England Journal of Medicine,  Lancet, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Journal of Hepatology. In addition, Dr. Lawitz serves on the editorial board of Lancet, Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology & Clinical Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, and Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology.

Key Publications

Simeprevir with pegylated interferon alfa 2a or 2b plus ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection (QUEST-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

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Manns M, Marcellin P, Poordad F, Stanislau affonso de Araujo E, Buti M, Horsmans Y, Janczewska E, Villamil F, Scott J, Peeters M, Lenz O, Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan S, De La Rosa G, Kalmeijer R, Sinha R, Beumont-Mauviel M.

Lancet. 2014 Aug 2;384(9941):414-26.

Simeprevir plus sofosbuvir, with or without ribavirin, to treat chronic infection with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in non-responders to pegylated interferon and ribavirin and treatment-naive patients: the COSMOS randomised study.

Lawitz E, Sulkowski MS, Ghalib R, Rodriguez-Torres M, Younossi ZM, Corregidor A, DeJesus E, Pearlman B, Rabinovitz M, Gitlin N, Lim JK, Pockros PJ, Scott JD, Fevery B, Lambrecht T, Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan S, Callewaert K, Symonds WT, Picchio G, Lindsay KL, Beumont M, Jacobson IM.

Lancet. 2014 Jul 26. pii: S0140-6736(14)61036-9.

ABT-450/r-ombitasvir and dasabuvir with ribavirin for hepatitis C with cirrhosis.

Poordad F, Hezode C, Trinh R, Kowdley KV, Zeuzem S, Agarwal K, Shiffman ML, Wedemeyer H, Berg T, Yoshida EM, Forns X, Lovell SS, Da Silva-Tillmann B, Collins CA, Campbell AL, Podsadecki T, Bernstein B.

N Engl J Med. 2014 May 22;370(21):1973-82.

Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for untreated HCV genotype 1 infection.

Afdhal N, Zeuzem S, Kwo P, Chojkier M, Gitlin N, Puoti M, Romero-Gomez M, Zarski JP, Agarwal K, Buggisch P, Foster GR, Bräu N, Buti M, Jacobson IM, Subramanian GM, Ding X, Mo H, Yang JC, Pang PS, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Muir AJ, Mangia A, Marcellin P; ION-1 Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2014 May 15;370(20):1889-98.

Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for 8 or 12 weeks for chronic HCV without cirrhosis.

Kowdley KV, Gordon SC, Reddy KR, Rossaro L, Bernstein DE, Lawitz E, Shiffman ML, Schiff E, Ghalib R, Ryan M, Rustgi V, Chojkier M, Herring R, Di Bisceglie AM, Pockros PJ, Subramanian GM, An D, Svarovskaia E, Hyland RH, Pang PS, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Muir AJ, Pound D, Fried MW; ION-3 Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2014 May 15;370(20):1879-88.

Retreatment of HCV with ABT-450/r-ombitasvir and dasabuvir with ribavirin.

Zeuzem S, Jacobson IM, Baykal T, Marinho RT, Poordad F, Bourlière M, Sulkowski MS, Wedemeyer H, Tam E, Desmond P, Jensen DM, Di Bisceglie AM, Varunok P, Hassanein T, Xiong J, Pilot-Matias T, DaSilva-Tillmann B, Larsen L, Podsadecki T, Bernstein B.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 24;370(17):1604-14.

Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for previously treated HCV genotype 1 infection.

Afdhal N, Reddy KR, Nelson DR, Lawitz E, Gordon SC, Schiff E, Nahass R, Ghalib R, Gitlin N, Herring R, Lalezari J, Younes ZH, Pockros PJ, Di Bisceglie AM, Arora S, Subramanian GM, Zhu Y, Dvory-Sobol H, Yang JC, Pang PS, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Muir AJ, Sulkowski M, Kwo P; ION-2 Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 17;370(16):1483-93.

Sofosbuvir and ledipasvir fixed-dose combination with and without ribavirin in treatment-naive and previously treated patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection (LONESTAR): an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial.

Lawitz E, Poordad FF, Pang PS, Hyland RH, Ding X, Mo H, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Membreno FE.

Lancet. 2014 Feb 8;383(9916):515-23.

Phase 2b trial of interferon-free therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 1.

Kowdley KV, Lawitz E, Poordad F, Cohen DE, Nelson DR, Zeuzem S, Everson GT, Kwo P, Foster GR, Sulkowski MS, Xie W, Pilot-Matias T, Liossis G, Larsen L, Khatri A, Podsadecki T, Bernstein B.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Jan 16;370(3):222-32.

Daclatasvir plus sofosbuvir for previously treated or untreated chronic HCV infection.

Sulkowski MS, Gardiner DF, Rodriguez-Torres M, Reddy KR, Hassanein T, Jacobson I, Lawitz E, Lok AS, Hinestrosa F, Thuluvath PJ, Schwartz H, Nelson DR, Everson GT, Eley T, Wind-Rotolo M, Huang SP, Gao M, Hernandez D, McPhee F, Sherman D, Hindes R, Symonds W, Pasquinelli C, Grasela DM; AI444040 Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Jan 16;370(3):211-21.

Sofosbuvir with pegylated interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C genotype-1 infection (ATOMIC): an open-label, randomised, multicentre phase 2 trial.

Kowdley KV, Lawitz E, Crespo I, Hassanein T, Davis MN, DeMicco M, Bernstein DE, Afdhal N, Vierling JM, Gordon SC, Anderson JK, Hyland RH, Dvory-Sobol H, An D, Hindes RG, Albanis E, Symonds WT, Berrey MM, Nelson DR, Jacobson IM.

Lancet. 2013 Jun 15;381(9883):2100-7.

Sofosbuvir for Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3 in Patients without Treatment Options

Jacobson IM, Gordon SC, Kowdley KV, Yoshida EM, Rodriguez-Torres M, Sulkowski MS, Shiffman ML, Lawitz E, Everson G, Bennett M, Schiff E, Tarek Al-Assi M, Subramanian GM, An D, Lin M, McNally J, Brainard D, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Patel K, Feld J, Pianko S, Nelson DR.

N Engl J Med. 2013 May 16; 368 (20):1867-77.

Sofosbuvir in combination with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for non-cirrhotic, treatment-naive patients with genotypes 1, 2, and 3 hepatitis C infection: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2 trial.

Lawitz E, Lalezari JP, Hassanein T, Kowdley KV, Poordad FF, Sheikh AM, Afdhal NH, Bernstein DE, Dejesus E, Freilich B, Nelson DR, Dieterich DT, Jacobson IM, Jensen D, Abrams GA, Darling JM, Rodriguez-Torres M, Reddy KR, Sulkowski MS, Bzowej NH, Hyland RH, Mo H, Lin M, Mader M, Hindes R, Albanis E, Symonds WT, Berrey MM, Muir A.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 May;13(5):401-8.

Treatment of HCV Infection by Targeting MicroRNA

Janssen HLA, Reesink HW, Lawitz EJ, Zeuzem S, Rodriguez-Torres M, Patel K, Van der Meer AJ, Patick AK, Chen A, Zhou Y, Persson R, King BD, Kauppinen S, Levin AA, Hodges MR.

N Engl J Med. 2013 May 2; 368(18):1685-94.

Exploratory Study of Oral Combination Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C

Poordad F, Lawitz E, Kowdley KV, Cohen DE, Podsadecki T, Siggelkow S, Heckaman M, Larsen L, Menon R, Koev G, Tripathi R, Pilot-Matias T, Bernstein B.

N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 3;368 (1):45-53.

Eltrombopag before procedures in patients with cirrhosis and thrombocytopenia.

Afdhal NH, Giannini EG, Tayyab G, Mohsin A, Lee JW, Andriulli A, Jeffers L, McHutchison J, Chen PJ, Han KH, Campbell F, Hyde D, Brainsky A, Theodore D; ELEVATE Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 23;367(8):716-24.

Preliminary Study of Two Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Genotype 1

Lok AS, Gardiner DF, Lawitz E, Martorell C, Everson GT, Ghalib R, Reindollar R, Rustgi V, McPhee P, Wind-Rotolo M, Persson A, Zhu K, Dimitrova DI, Eley T, Guo T, Grasela DM, Pasquinelli C.

N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 19; 366(3):216-24.

Response-guided telaprevir combination treatment for hepatitis C virus infection.

Sherman KE, Flamm SL, Afdhal NH, Nelson DR, Sulkowski MS, Everson GT, Fried MW, Adler M, Reesink HW, Martin M, Sankoh AJ, Adda N, Kauffman RS, George S, Wright CI, Poordad F; ILLUMINATE Study Team.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Sep 15;365(11):1014-24.

Telaprevir for retreatment of HCV infection.

Zeuzem S, Andreone P, Pol S, Lawitz E, Diago M, Roberts S, Focaccia R, Younossi Z, Foster GR, Horban A, Ferenci P, Nevens F, Müllhaupt B, Pockros P, Terg R, Shouval D, van Hoek B, Weiland O, Van Heeswijk R, De Meyer S, Luo D, Boogaerts G, Polo R, Picchio G, Beumont M; REALIZE Study Team.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2417-28.

Telaprevir for previously untreated chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

Jacobson IM, McHutchison JG, Dusheiko G, Di Bisceglie AM, Reddy KR, Bzowej NH, Marcellin P, Muir AJ, Ferenci P, Flisiak R, George J, Rizzetto M, Shouval D, Sola R, Terg RA, Yoshida EM, Adda N, Bengtsson L, Sankoh AJ, Kieffer TL, George S, Kauffman RS, Zeuzem S; ADVANCE Study Team.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2405-16.

Boceprevir for previously treated chronic HCV genotype 1 infection.

Bacon BR, Gordon SC, Lawitz E, Marcellin P, Vierling JM, Zeuzem S, Poordad F, Goodman ZD, Sings HL, Boparai N, Burroughs M, Brass CA, Albrecht JK, Esteban R; HCV RESPOND-2 Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 31;364(13):1207-17.

Boceprevir for untreated chronic HCV genotype 1 infection.

Poordad F, McCone J Jr, Bacon BR, Bruno S, Manns MP, Sulkowski MS, Jacobson IM, Reddy KR, Goodman ZD, Boparai N, DiNubile MJ, Sniukiene V, Brass CA, Albrecht JK, Bronowicki JP; SPRINT-2 Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 31;364(13):1195-206.

Efficacy of boceprevir, an NS3 protease inhibitor, in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C infection (SPRINT-1): an open-label, randomised, multicentre phase 2 trial.

Kwo PY, Lawitz EJ, McCone J, Schiff ER, Vierling JM, Pound D, Davis MN, Galati JS, Gordon SC, Ravendhran N, Rossaro L, Anderson FH, Jacobson IM, Rubin R, Koury K, Pedicone LD, Brass CA, Chaudhri E, Albrecht JK; SPRINT-1 investigators.

Lancet. 2010 Aug 28;376(9742):705-16.

Rifaximin treatment in hepatic encephalopathy.

Bass NM, Mullen KD, Sanyal A, Poordad F, Neff G, Leevy CB, Sigal S, Sheikh MY, Beavers K, Frederick T, Teperman L, Hillebrand D, Huang S, Merchant K, Shaw A, Bortey E, Forbes WP.

N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar 25;362(12):1071-81.

Peginterferon alfa-2b or alfa-2a with ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C infection.

McHutchison JG, Lawitz EJ, Shiffman ML, Muir AJ, Galler GW, McCone J, Nyberg LM, Lee WM, Ghalib RH, Schiff ER, Galati JS, Bacon BR, Davis MN, Mukhopadhyay P, Koury K, Noviello S, Pedicone LD, Brass CA, Albrecht JK, Sulkowski MS; IDEAL Study Team.

N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 6;361(6):580-93.