Authors: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine and VACT Healthcare System, New Haven, CT; Arun J. Sanyal, Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond , VA; Norman D. Grace, Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; William Carey, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Practice Guidelines Committee: Margaret C. Shuhart, MD, MS (Committee Chair); Gary L. Davis, MD (Board Liaison); Kiran Bambha, MD; Andres Cardenas, MD, MMSc; Stanley M. Cohen, MD; Timothy J. Davern, MD; Steven L. Flamm, MD; Steven-Huy B. Han, MD; Charles D. Howell, MD; David R. Nelson, MD; K. Rajender Reddy, MD; Bruce A. Runyon, MD; John B. Wong, MD; Colina Yim, RN; and Nizar N. Zein, MD
American College of Gastroenterology Practice Parameters Committee: John Inadomi, MD, FACG (Committee Chair); Darren Baroni, MD; David Bernstein, MD, FACG; William Brugge, MD, FACG; Lin Chang, MD; William Chey, MD, FACG; John Cunningham, MD, FACG; Kenneth DeVault, MD, FACG; Steven Edmundowicz, MD; Ronnie Fass, MD, FACG; Kelvin Hornbuckle, MD; Costas Kefalas, MD, FACG; Timothy Koch, MD, FACG; Jenifer Lehrer, MD; Anthony Lembo, MD; John O'Brien, MD; John Papp, Sr., MD, MACG; Henry Parkman, MD, FACG; Albert Roach, PharmD, FACG; Richard Sampliner, MD, MACG; Amnon Sonnenberg, MD, MSc, FACG; Subbaramiah Sridhar, MD, FACG; Miguel Valdovinos, MD; John Vargo, MD, MPH, FACG; Marcelo Vela, MD; and Nizar Zein, MD