Dr. Fuster is an attending physician and clinical investigator at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, and an associate professor of medicine at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He was a postdoctoral fellow who completed his training in the CARE Unit in 2013. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol (Badalona) in Spain.\u00a0 His research interests are medical consequences of substance abuse, mainly HCV and HIV infection, as well as alcohol abuse. He has obtained a postdoctoral grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n
Medical<\/strong> School<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n MD. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n PhD (Cum Laude<\/em>). Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n PhD dissertation thesis: \u201cTreatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus infection in HIV co-infected patients\u201d.<\/p>\n Additional Pre-Fellowship Training and Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n Clinical Investigator\/Pre-doctoral Fellow.<\/em> HIV\/AIDS Unit. Department of Internal Medicine. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona. <\/strong><\/p>\n Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/em>. Addiction Unit\/ Department of Internal Medicine. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Attending Physician. <\/em>Department of <\/em>Internal Medicine. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona. Spain.<\/p>\n Member<\/em> of the Catalonian Royal Academy of Medicine. Barcelona.<\/p>\n Member<\/em> of the ASMI study group (Alcohol abuse in admitted patients in Internal Medicine Services in Spain). Spanish Society of Internal Medicine.<\/p>\n Pre-Fellowship Related Publications: <\/strong><\/p>\n Fuster D., Tor J., Rey-Joly C., Muga R. Pathogenic interactions between alcohol and hepatitis C. Med Clin (Barc)<\/em>. 2012;138(14):627-632.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Planas R., Gonzalez J., Force L., Cervantes M., Vilaro J., et al. Results of a study of prolonging treatment with pegylated interferon-alpha 2b plus ribavirin in HIV\/HCV coinfected patients with no early virological response. Antivir Ther<\/em>. 2006;11:473-482.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Huertas J.A. , Gomez G. ,Sola R., Gonzalez Garc\u00eda J., Vilaro J., Pedrol E., et al. Baseline factors associated with haematological toxicity that leads to a dosage reduction of pegylated interferon-alpha2a and ribavirin in HIV- and HCV-coinfected patients on HCV antiviral therapy. Antivir Ther<\/em>. 2005;10: 841-847.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Clotet B. Review of atazanavir: a novel HIV protease inhibitor. Expert Opin Pharmacother. <\/em> 2005;6(9):1565-1572.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Planas R., Muga R., Ballesteros A.L., Santos J., Tor J., et al. Advanced liver fibrosis in HIV\/HCV-coinfected patients on antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses<\/em>. 2004;20:1293-1297.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Clotet B. Chronic HCV infection in HIV-positive patients: A new challenge. JIAPAC<\/em>. 2003;2(2):56-58.<\/p>\n Fellowship Related Publications: <\/strong><\/p>\n Fuster D., Cheng D.M., Quinn E.K., Armah K.A., Saitz R., Freiberg M.S., Samet J.H., Tsui J.I.. Inflammatory cytokines and mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems. AIDS<\/em>. 2014;28(7):1059-1064.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Cheng D.M., Quinn E.K., Nunes D., Saitz R., Samet J.H., Tsui J.I. Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection is Associated with All-Cause and Liver-Related Mortality in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients with Alcohol Problems. Addiction<\/em>. 2014;109(1):62-70.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Tsui J.I., Cheng D.M., Quinn E.K., Armah K.A., Nunes D., Freiberg M., Samet J.H. IL-6 is associated with non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses<\/em>. 2013;29(8):1110-1116.<\/p>\n Fuster D., Tsui J.I., Cheng D.M., Quinn E.K., Bridden C., Nunes D., Libman H., Saitz R., Samet J.H. Impact of Lifetime Alcohol Use on Liver Fibrosis in a Population of HIV-Infected Patients With and Without Hepatitis C Coinfection. Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em>. 2013;37(9):1527-1535.<\/p>\n Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n Spanish Ministry of Health grant, 2016-2019, entitled Effect of Alcohol Intake on Intestinal Permeability, Systemic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: Longitudinal Study of Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder with or without Co-occurring Use of Cannabis and\/or Cocaine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Spanish Ministry of Education postdoctoral grant 2011.<\/p>\n PhD Thesis Dissertation Award. Catalonian Royal Academy of Medicine. Barcelona. 2007<\/p>\n Best Poster Communication at the XIV Catalan Meeting of Digestive Medicine 2005.<\/p>\n Fellowship Research Projects: <\/strong><\/p>\n Estimation of liver fibrosis in the HIV-LIVE cohort. Relation with alcohol abuse. Impact on mortality.<\/p>\n Low bone mineral density in patients receiving methadone. Association with laboratory abnormalities. Impact on bone fracture risk.<\/p>\n Mentor<\/strong>: <\/strong>Jeffrey H. Samet MD, MA, MPH<\/strong><\/p>\n Current Positions: <\/strong>Post-Doctoral<\/em> Research Scholar<\/em>. Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, General Internal Medicine Service. Boston University Medical School\/ Boston Medical Center. Boston, MA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Fuster is an attending physician and clinical investigator at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, and an associate professor of medicine at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He was a postdoctoral fellow who completed his training in the CARE Unit in 2013. 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