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CURRICULUM VITAE

Achuthan Sourianarayanane MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Gastroenterology and Hepatology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2021 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, WI

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Early Diagnosis of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Source:
DDC
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Achuthan Sourianarayanane
Dates:
08/01/2020 - 07/30/2023
Direct Funds:
$20,000
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Regional
Sourianarayanane A., Live Tissue vs. Plasma Ceramide Analysis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Possible Biomarker and Target for Intervention, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 05/07/2023
 
Local
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Academic Half Day Lecture (Residents), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 11/18/2020
NAFLD-Emerging Therapies and Management, Gastroenterology Fellowship Board Review, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/21/2021
Basic Viral Hepatitis and LFT Interpretation, Academic Half Day Lecture (Interns), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 12/08/2021
Basic Viral Hepatitis and LFT Interpretation, Academic Half Day Lecture-(Interns), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 11/09/2022
NAFLD, Annual AASLD Meeting Review, Medical College of WI, Milwaukee WI, 02/18/2023
Achuthan Sourianarayanane, A Review of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Science Cafe, Milwaukee, 07/25/2023
Fatty Liver Disease, Annual AASLD Meeting Review, Milwaukee, WI, 02/10/2024
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
09/04/2017 - 12/10/2017 M2 Clinical Apprenticeship Course - John Korducki
01/04/2018 - 12/31/2018 M1 semester of Clinical Apprenticeship - Taccheri, Giulia V
01/14/2019 - 12/31/2019 M1 semester of Clinical Apprenticeship - Vimal Gunasekaran
01/13/2020 - Present M1 semester of Clinical Apprenticeship - Megan Yee
 
Resident and Fellow Education
03/16/2016 - Present Journal Club and weekly conference
03/16/2016 - Present Integral involvement in curriculum development and ongoing teaching of GI Fellows and resident
12/2016 - Present Academic Half day lectures
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Community/Lay Public
04/16/2016 Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, Education on Hepatitis B
03/18/2017 Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, Education on Hepatocellular carcinoma
12/11/2018 American Liver foundation, Recent advances in management of liver disease and AASLD review. Presentation through American liver foundation
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Sourianarayanane A, Challa SR (2020) Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver: Current Management and Future Trends. Gut Gastroenterol 3: 001-017
2. Sourianarayanane A, McCullough AJ. Accuracy of steatosis and fibrosis NAFLD scores in relation to vibration controlled transient elastography: An NHANES analysis. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2022;46(7):101997. PMID: 35842111
3. Sourianarayanane A, McCullough AJ. Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Decompensation and Portal Pressures. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jan 13:S1542-3565(23)00032-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.12.031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36642295
4. Sourianarayanane A, Brydges CR, McCullough AJ. Liver tissue lipids in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with diabetes and obesity. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2024 Aug;48(7):102402.
5. Sourianarayanane A, Salemi MR, Phinney BS, McCullough AJ. Liver Tissue Proteins Improve the Accuracy of Plasma Proteins as Biomarkers in Diagnosing Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2024 Nov;18(6):e202300236.
6. Sourianarayanane A, McCullough AJ. Accuracy of ultrasonographic fatty liver index using point-of-care ultrasound in stratifying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jun 1;35(6):654-661. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002544. Epub 2023 Apr 15. PMID: 37115988.
7. Sourianarayanane A. Treatment of MASLD Managing Complex Cases in Gastroenterology: a Curbside Guide. 1 January 2023:309-318.
8. Sourianarayanane A, Brydges CR, McCullough AJ. Liver Tissue and Plasma Ceramide Variations in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Based on the Number of Ceramide Carbon Atoms European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 2025.
9. Sourianarayanane A, Lee JS, Kim H, Phinney BS. Correlation of Plasma and Liver Tissue Proteomics for Plasma Biomarkers in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. J Proteome Res. 2026 Feb 06;25(2):1015-1026.
10. Patel H, Dave S, Sourianarayanane A. S5745 Gastroenteritis as a Trigger for Acute Flare-Ups of BRIC in the Setting of ABCB11 Mutation American Journal of Gastroenterology. October 2025;120(10S2):S4-S4.
 
Abstracts
1. Sourianarayanane A, McCullough AJ. Low to Moderate Alcohol Consumption has reduced or no beneficial effects in NAFLD among Hispanics. Hepatology 2020; 72: (S1) 980 A
2. Sourianarayanane A, Pereckas M, Kim J, Mccullough A. New insight into the pathophysiological pathway of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a liver tissue proteomics analysis. Hepatology 2022;76 (S1).
3. Sourianarayanane A., Pereckas M, Kim J, Phinney B, Saeian K. Mccullough. A Liver tissue protein associated with progression of Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis a possible target for intervention: a liver tissue proteomics analysis. Hepatology 2022. 76. (S1). (abstracts at AASLD 2022)
4. Sourianarayanane A., Mccullough AJ., Fiehn O., Tissue vs Plasma ceramide analysis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a possible biomarker and target for intervention. Presented as poster at Digestive Disease Week 2023. Gastroenterology, Vol. 164, Issue 6, Supplement, S-1314–S-1315, Published in issue: May, 2023