USC.edu
Are You a Patient?

Saro Khemichian, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Image of Saro Khemichian, MD
Websites
Is this your profile? Click to edit
Phone +1 323 442 5576
Email [email protected]
CTSI Profile

Overview

Dr. Saro Khemichian is a board certified transplant hepatologist who received his medical degree from University of Southern California Keck School of medicine. He then went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine followed by Gastroenterology fellowship at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Khemichian then completed an extra year of training for Transplant Hepatology at Keck Medical Center of USC.

Dr. Khemichian’s clinical interests include gastroenterology, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, chronic liver disease and liver transplantation. His research interests include complications of chronic liver disease, liver transplant, and treatment of hepatitis C infection.

Awards

  • Georgetown University: Physiology Student of the Year, 1999
  • Department of Medicine, USC: Intern of the Year Award, 2004

Publications

  • Liver Transplantation at the Extreme: Analysis of Outcomes and Predictors of Futility in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Grade 3 Patients on Maximal Life Support. JHEP Rep. 2026 Aug 05; 101959.. View in PubMed
  • Reply: Liver transplantation in AH-ACLF-Which condition drives post-transplant outcomes? Liver Transpl. 2026 Oct 01; 32(10):E85-E86. Kusztos VE, Wu T, Kassmeyer B, Hernaez R, Karvellas C, Khemichian S . View in PubMed
  • Alkaline Phosphatase Normalization Occurs Less Frequently in Hispanic Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2026 Jan 29.. View in PubMed
  • Post-liver transplantation outcomes in acute-on-chronic liver failure: Impact of alcohol as a precipitant and etiology of chronic liver disease. Liver Transpl. 2026 Jan 01; 32(1):86-94.. View in PubMed
  • Update on Hepatorenal Syndrome: From Pathophysiology to Treatment. Annu Rev Med. 2025 01; 76(1):373-387.. View in PubMed
  • Incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury including hepatorenal syndrome in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis in the US. J Hepatol. 2023 12; 79(6):1408-1417.. View in PubMed
  • The novel SALT-M score predicts 1-year post-transplant mortality in patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure. J Hepatol. 2023 09; 79(3):717-727.. View in PubMed
  • Advances in management of hepatorenal syndrome. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2021 09 01; 30(5):501-506.. View in PubMed
  • Use of Hepatitis B Virus-Positive Organs in Organ Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2021 11; 25(4):841-857.. View in PubMed
  • Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by COVID-19. Intern Med J. 2021 Jul; 51(7):1182-1183.. View in PubMed

Similar People