DOSSIER PATROCINIO
Victor J. Navarro earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and completed medical residency followed by chief residency in Internal Medicine at Temple University. Thereafter, he obtained fellowship training in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Hepatobiliary Endoscopy at Yale University. In 1994, he joined the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine until he returned to Philadelphia in 2002, as Chief of Hepatology and Medical Director for Liver Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University. In 2012, Dr. Navarro joined the Einstein Healthcare Network as Chairman of the Division of Hepatology, and Medical Director for Liver Transplantation. In 2016, he became the founding Medical Chair of the Department of Digestive Disease and Transplantation. In 2019, Dr. Navarro was awarded his Masters in Healthcare Management degree from Harvard University. He was named the Paul J. Johnson Chair for the Department of Medicine at Einstein in 2020; he is Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia.
Dr. Navarro is funded by the National Institutes of Health for his work with the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network; he focuses on liver injury resulting from herbal and dietary supplements. He is also funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute as the Principal Investigator of an 18-site study designed to determine the optimal model for delivery of palliative care to patients with advanced stage liver disease.