Bilal Hameed

MD

Hepatologist

Dr. Bilal Hameed is a specialist who cares for patients with liver disease. His expertise includes providing care before and after liver transplantation.

Hameed earned his medical degree at Dow University of Health Sciences in Pakistan and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota. He completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Minnesota and a fellowship in transplant hepatology at UCSF.

In addition to authoring numerous peer-reviewed articles, Hameed has received many awards and honors in his field. He is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society of Transplantation.

  • Education

    Dow School of Medicine, 2000

  • Residencies

    University of Minnesota, Internal Medicine, 2006

  • Fellowships

    University of Minnesota, Gastroenterology, 2009

    UCSF Medical Center, Transplant Hepatology, 2010

  • Board Certifications

    Transplant Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

    Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Academic Title

    Associate Professor

  • Languages

    Punjabi

    Urdu

Where I see patients (3)

    My reviews

    4.9

    Overall Experience
    203 Ratings
    About our process
    Feb 14, 2023
    I will be switching all of my doctor care for various specialties to UCSF from other provider networks!
    Jan 14, 2023
    He was amazing !!! Great communicator and listener.
    Jan 10, 2023
    Everything was Great!
    Dec 02, 2022
    I had a Fibroscan done the provider did an excellent job explaining the procedure.
    Nov 17, 2022
    One of my favorite doctors. He is helped me through this process and now he is going to release me after one more test in 2023.
    Nov 03, 2022
    Great Doctor
    Sep 05, 2022
    Everyone is wonderful here.!! I e been coming here for yrs and yrs and I still feel welcome thank you
    Jul 27, 2022
    Dr. Included items in summary that were questionable.
    Jul 25, 2022
    Dr. Hameed is one of the best doctors I have ever had.
    May 18, 2022
    Stable
    May 18, 2022
    After Dr. Hameed's answers to my questions I am no longer worried about the results of my last ultrasound. He was able to make me feel hopeful about my cirrhosis with his explanations.
    Mar 17, 2022
    Very Good
    Jan 27, 2022
    Excellent
    Jan 27, 2022
    Dr Hameed is a very good Doctor who cares for his patients
    Nov 04, 2021
    I was given good information about my medical care.
    Nov 03, 2021
    Dr. Hameed is one of the best doctors I have ever had and I have had dozens.
    Oct 20, 2021
    Dr. Bilal Hameed and his NP Sara Miller conducted the telehealth visit. My experiences with Dr. Hammed and NP Miller has always been exceptional. Both are terrific!
    Jul 28, 2021
    Its been frustrating. Indicators of NAFLD have been present on lab results for over a decade. I then request a referral to UCSF and get a stage 3 fibrosis diagnosis. I leave my appointments with no indication of what stage 3 means or concrete steps I need to take to respond to the diagnosis other than "there is no cure." Things just meander along from lab test to lab test scan to scan and never ending suggestions for an invasive biopsy. No explanation of what NAFLD is what the prognosis is or a treatment plan. I've now requested a call with Dr to ask all of these questions but a clear step-by-step action list of what I need to do for self-care would have been helpful. For example when Dr asks me if there have been changes in my weight Im so uninformed about self-care that I dont know if losing weight is a good thing or a bad sign of disease progression. Only after reading reported studies do I find out that weight loss has a significant impact on limiting progression and reversal of the disease. Cant figure out why this type of benign neglect has been continuing for more than a decade both at my prior health care provider and now at UCSF.I'm left with the impression that this is not a serious disease or that best approach is to leave it to end stages when they place you on a liver transplant list complications like cancer set in when cirrhosis develops and you are left to an early death. .

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    Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy and Lifestyle Modification for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steat...

    The scale used is NAS - this is the NAFLD (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) Activity Score. The NAS was developed to provide a numerical score for patients who most likely have NASH. Accordingly, NAS is the sum of the separate s...

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