Irun Bhan, MD

Dr. Irun Bhan is a transplant hepatologist and physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor’s degree in biophysics. He went on to earn his MD degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School, where he studied the molecular regulation of the tumor suppressor protein p53 as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellow. He subsequently completed his residency training in internal medicine at Columbia University, where he served as Chief Resident. He further trained as a clinical and research fellow in gastroenterology and subsequently transplant hepatology at Massachusetts General Hospital. His current research interests include the prevention, early detection, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease. His ongoing work includes the development of assays for blood-based biomarkers including circulating epithelial cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.