Michele Tana, MD

Education
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.H.S., 2016 - Clinical Research, Duke University
Hepatology, 2013 - NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Gastroenterology, 2011 - Department of Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center
Internal Medicine, 2008 - School of Medicine, Stanford University
M.D., 2005 - Medical Schoool, Harvard University
A.B., 2000 - Classics, Harvard College
Websites
Publications

  1. Tana MM, Hirschfield GM. Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Prognostic Models-Reply. JAMA 2026. PMID: 41848743


  2. Klepper A, Asaki J, Caspar CM, Kung AF, Vazquez SE, Bodansky A, Mitchell A, Mann SA, Zorn K, Avila-Vargas I, Kari S, Tekeste M, Castro J, Lee B, Duarte M, Khalili M, Yang M, Wolters P, Price J, Perito E, Feng S, Maher JJ, Wilson MR, Lai JC, Weiler-Normann C, Lohse AW, DeRisi J, Tana MM. Immune profiling links autoimmune hepatitis to human herpesvirus 6 and relaxin receptor antigens. The Journal of experimental medicine 2026. PMID: 41774077


  3. Tana MM, Hirschfield GM. Primary Biliary Cholangitis. JAMA 2026. PMID: 41212548


  4. Taylor SA, Bader GD, MacParland S, Mullen AC, Andrews T, Cuenca AG, DasGupta R, Gehring AJ, Grün D, Guilliams M, Gulamhusein A, Henderson NC, Hirschfield G, Huppert SS, Itzkovitz S, Jiang ZG, Lauer GM, McGilvray I, Mysore KR, Pirola CJ, Quon G, Rahbari M, Regev A, Ricciuto A, Scott CL, Sharma A, Sookoian S, Tana MM, Teichmann SA, Vallier L, Vlachos IS, Wang B, Zhen M. Author Correction: Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan. Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2026. PMID: 41131357


  5. Taylor SA, Bader GD, MacParland S, Mullen AC, Andrews T, Cuenca AG, DasGupta R, Gehring AJ, Grün D, Guilliams M, Gulamhusein A, Henderson NC, Hirschfield G, Huppert SS, Itzkovitz S, Jiang ZG, Lauer GM, McGilvray I, Mysore KR, Pirola CJ, Quon G, Rahbari M, Regev A, Ricciuto A, Scott CL, Sharma A, Sookoian S, Tana MM, Teichmann SA, Vallier L, Vlachos IS, Wang B, Zhen M. Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan. Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2025. PMID: 41083606


  6. Kim RG, Patel S, Shui AM, Magee C, Chen JY, Tana M, Khalili M. Clinical Outcomes Following a Patient-Centered Educational Intervention on Steatotic Liver Disease: A Comparison of Patients With and Without Diabetes. Gastro hep advances 2025. PMID: 40786970


  7. Bangaru S, Wang MC, Sumethasorn M, Wang S, Wong C, Omer S, Kim N, Shah S, Yilma M, Tana M, Mehta N, Benhammou JN, Zhou K. Social Determinants of Health are Associated with Liver Transplant Evaluation and Listing in a Safety-Net Referral Cohort. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2025. PMID: 40396873


  8. Arvaniti P, Rodríguez-Tajes S, Padilla M, Olivas I, Mauro E, El Maimouni C, Lytvyak E, Verhelst X, Engel B, Taubert R, Lorente-Pérez S, Conde I, Riveiro-Barciela M, Ruiz-Cobo JC, Álvarez-Navascués C, Salcedo M, Gómez J, Janik MK, Mateos B, Efe C, Granito A, Dajti E, Azzaroli F, Horta D, Vila C, Castello I, Pérez-Medrano I, Arencibia A, Gerussi A, Bruns T, Colaprieto F, Lleo A, Van den Ende N, Verbeek J, Díaz-González Á, Morillas RM, Torner-Simó M, Bernal V, Fernández EM, Gevers TJG, Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli B, Gómez E, Cuenca P, de Boer YS, Kerkar N, Assis DN, Liberal R, Drenth JPH, Tana MM, Sebode M, Schregel I, Schramm C, Lohse AW, Montano-Loza AJ, Zachou K, Villamil A, Dalekos GN, Londoño MC, International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (IAIHG), European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ENR RARE-LIVER), Spanish Registry for Autoimmune and Cholestatic Diseases (ColHai) Registry. Hepatic Encephalopathy and MELD-Na Predict Treatment Benefit in Autoimmune Hepatitis-related Decompensated Cirrhosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2025. PMID: 40210079


  9. Arroyave E, Saldarriaga OA, Bhatti S, Bergman I, Graham R, Tana M, Balitzer D, Khan KJ, Kueht M, Stevenson HL. Integrating Molecular Testing With Clinical Criteria and Histopathology Improves Diagnostic Precision in Immune-Mediated Liver Diseases. Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2025. PMID: 39914772


  10. Satre DD, Dasarathy D, Batki SL, Ostacher MJ, Snyder HR, Hua W, Parekh P, Shui AM, Cheung R, Monto A, Wong RJ, Chen JY, Liao M, Tana M, Chen PH, Haight CG, Fakadej T, Khalili M. Factors Associated With Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Patients With Chronic Liver Disease. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2024. PMID: 39523996


  11. Klepper A, Kung A, Vazquez SE, Mitchell A, Mann S, Zorn K, Avila-Vargas I, Kari S, Tekeste M, Castro J, Lee B, Duarte M, Khalili M, Yang M, Wolters P, Price J, Perito E, Feng S, Maher JJ, Lai J, Weiler-Normann C, Lohse AW, DeRisi J, Tana M. Novel autoantibody targets identified in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) by PhIP-Seq reveals pathogenic insights. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 37398174


  12. Hundt M, Chen A, Donovan J, Kim N, Yilma M, Tana M, Mehta N, Zhou K. Barriers to liver transplant referral in safety net settings: A national provider survey. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2024. PMID: 38687168


  13. Adao I, Klepper A, Tana M. AIH Therapy: Beyond First‑Line. Current hepatology reports 2024. PMID: 41585412


  14. Feuille C, Kari S, Patel R, Oberoi R, Liu J, Ohliger M, Khalili M, Tana M. Utility and impact of magnetic resonance elastography in the clinical course and management of chronic liver disease. Scientific Reports 2024. PMID: 38242967


  15. Patel S, Kim RG, Shui AM, Magee C, Lu M, Chen J, Tana M, Huang CY, Khalili M. Fatty Liver Education Promotes Physical Activity in Vulnerable Groups, Including Those With Unhealthy Alcohol Use. Gastro hep advances 2023. PMID: 39100862


  16. Bositis CM, Tana MM. Timely Treatment Translates: A Vision for Eradicating HCV. NAM Perspectives 2023. PMID: 37916069


  17. Yilma M, Kim NJ, Shui AM, Tana M, Landis C, Chen A, Bangaru S, Mehta N, Zhou K. Factors Associated With Liver Transplant Referral Among Patients With Cirrhosis at Multiple Safety-Net Hospitals. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37289453


  18. Hercun J, Noureddin M, Noureddin N, Eccleston J, Woolridge D, Liang TJ, Tana M, Kleiner DE, Rodriguez GV, Koh C, Hoofnagle JH, Heller T. Longitudinal Assessment of Bile Duct Loss in Primary Biliary Cholangitis. The American journal of gastroenterology 2022. PMID: 36066458


  19. Tana MM, Klepper A, Lyden A, Pisco AO, Phelps M, McGee B, Green K, Feng S, DeRisi J, Crawford ED, Lammert CS. Transcriptomic profiling of blood from autoimmune hepatitis patients reveals potential mechanisms with implications for management. "Anemia in Pregnancy," Chapter 74 in Iffy L. and Kaminetzky H. (editors): Textbook of Obstetrics and Perinatology. 1st edition 2022. PMID: 35312680


  20. Wang CW, Grab J, Tana MM, Irani RA, Sarkar M. Outcomes of Pregnancy in Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Population-Based Study. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021. PMID: 34455632


  21. Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, Guan A, DeRouen MC, Tana MM, Somsouk M, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Ho C, Chu JN, Cheng I, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update. "Anemia in Pregnancy," Chapter 74 in Iffy L. and Kaminetzky H. (editors): Textbook of Obstetrics and Perinatology. 1st edition 2021. PMID: 34853019


  22. Deng LX, Tana MM, Lai JC. Thinking Ahead: Advance Care Planning for Patients With Cirrhosis. "Anemia in Pregnancy," Chapter 74 in Iffy L. and Kaminetzky H. (editors): Textbook of Obstetrics and Perinatology. 1st edition 2021. PMID: 35106142


  23. Lee BT, Tana MM, Kahn JA, Dara L. We Are Not Immune: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Autoimmune Liver Diseases. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021. PMID: 34056734


  24. Gara N, Tana MM, Kattapuram M, Auh S, Sullivan L, Fryzek N, Walter M, Umarova R, Zhao X, Cloherty G, Doo E, Heller T, Liang TJ, Ghany MG. Prospective Study of Withdrawal of Antiviral therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B after Prolonged Virological Response. Hepatology communications 2021. PMID: 34558806


  25. Gallenga CE, Contini C, Tana M, D'Eliseo D, Giuliani AL, Di Virgilio F, Paglia S. How to classify the covid-19 phenotype: a response from "the first soldier in the first trench" in Lombardy, north-western Italy. Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents 2021. PMID: 33525862


  26. Tana MM, McCoy D, Lee B, Patel R, Lin J, Ohliger MA. Texture features from computed tomography correlate with markers of severity in acute alcohol-associated hepatitis. Scientific Reports 2020. PMID: 33087739


  27. . Obesity and metabolic outcomes in a safety-net health system. Biodemography and social biology 2020. PMID: 32727275


  28. Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, DeRouen MC, Ho C, Somsouk M, Tana MM, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2019. PMID: 31719066


  30. Kapuria D, Ben-Yakov G, Ortolano R, Cho MH, Kalchiem-Dekel O, Takyar V, Lingala S, Gara N, Tana M, Kim YJ, Kleiner DE, Young NS, Townsley DM, Koh C, Heller T. The Spectrum of Hepatic Involvement in Patients with Telomere Disease. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019. PMID: 30791107


  31. Lee B, Holt EW, Wong RJ, Sewell JL, Somsouk M, Khalili M, Maher JJ, Tana MM. Race/ethnicity is an independent risk factor for autoimmune hepatitis among the San Francisco underserved. Autoimmunity 2018. PMID: 29890851


  32. Wen JW, Kohn MA, Wong R, Somsouk M, Khalili M, Maher J, Tana MM. Hospitalizations for Autoimmune Hepatitis Disproportionately Affect Black and Latino Americans. The American journal of gastroenterology 2018. PMID: 29380822


  33. Baghdanian AH, Baghdanian AA, Puppala S, Tana M, Ohliger MA. Imaging Manifestations of Peptic Ulcer Disease on Computed Tomography. Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR 2017. PMID: 29571554


  34. Tana MM, Alao H, Morris N, Bernstein S, Hattenbach J, Brychta R, Sarkar S, Zhao X, Walter M, Buckley A, Chen K, Rotman Y. Fatigued Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Have Subtle Aberrations of Sleep, Melatonin and Cortisol Circadian Rhythms Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 2017. PMID:


  35. Tana MM, Alao H, Morris N, Bernstein S, Hattenbach J, Rehman RB, Brychta R, Sarkar S, Zhao X, Walter M, Buckley A, Chen K, Rotman Y. Fatigued Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Have Subtle Aberrations of Sleep, Melatonin and Cortisol Circadian Rhythms. Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior 2017. PMID: 30546968


  36. Tana MM, Muir AJ. Diagnosing Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis: Serum, Imaging, or Tissue? Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2017. PMID: 28694131


  37. van Wijk XMR, Magee CA, Wu AHB, Tana MM, Lynch KL. A comparison of methods for evaluation of a case of suspected macro-aspartate aminotransferase. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2016. PMID: 27732874


  39. Ha J, Yan M, Aguilar M, Tana M, Liu B, Frenette CT, Bhuket T, Wong RJ. Race/Ethnicity-specific Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Stage at Diagnosis and its Impact on Receipt of Curative Therapies. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2016. PMID: 26583267


  40. Tana MM, Shums Z, Milo J, Norman GL, Leung PS, Gershwin ME, Noureddin M, Kleiner DE, Zhao X, Heller T, Hoofnagle JH. The Significance of Autoantibody Changes Over Time in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. American journal of clinical pathology 2015. PMID: 26386081


  41. Tana MM, Zhao X, Bradshaw A, Moon MS, Page S, Turner T, Rivera E, Kleiner DE, Heller T. Factors associated with the platelet count in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Thrombosis research 2015. PMID: 25728497


  42. Tana MM, Heller T. Autoantibodies in hepatitis C: red flag or bystander effect? Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2013. PMID: 23443062


  43. Tana MM, Ghany MG. Hepatitis B virus treatment: Management of antiviral drug resistance. Clinical liver disease 2013. PMID: 30992816


  44. Tana MM, Hoofnagle JH. Scar undone: long-term therapy of hepatitis B. Lancet (London, England) 2012. PMID: 23234726