Faculty Profiles
Manish Thapar, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of MedicineClinical interests:
Dr Thapar’s clinical interests include taking care of patients with various forms of liver diseases like hepatitis B, hepatitis C and fatty liver. He is also interested in various genetic and inherited diseases of the liver. He has a special interest in taking care of patients with porphyria.
Research interests:
Dr Thapar is interested in clinical and translational research. He is currently finishing a study of epigenetic mechanisms, specifically DNA methylation in chronic alcoholics.
Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Medical School
Government Medical CollegePatiala, India
Residency
Internal MedicineAbington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
Fellowship
Advanced Hepatology, Clinical Research and Liver TransplantationUniversity of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Selected Publications:
- Lambrecht RW, Thapar M and Bonkovsky HL; Genetic aspects of Porphyria Cutnea Tarda, Seminars in Liver Disease, 2007; 27(1):99-108.
- Thapar, M and Bonkovsky, HL; Commentary on Erythopoietic Porphyria, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2007 – in press.
- Thapar M and Bonkovsky HL; Variegate Porphyria, Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Springer-Verlag, 2007 – in press.
- Bonkovsky HL, Thapar M and Mathur, S; ALA Dehydratase Porphyria, Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Springer-Verlag, 2007 – in press.
- Bonkovsky HL and Thapar M; Porphyrias, Conn’s Current Therapy by Rakel, R.E. and Bope, E.T., Elsevier health, 60th Edition, 2008 – in press.
