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Marina Silveira, MD

Hepatology
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Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Board Certified in
Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine , and Transplant Hepatology

Biography

Marina Silveira, MD, is a physician who specializes in treating general and autoimmune liver diseases.

Autoimmune liver diseases, which are rare, occur when the body’s immune system damages the liver. Scientists are not sure why this occurs, though heredity and environmental factors may lead to the disease, which can be serious and even fatal.

Dr. Silveira also works with patients suffering from primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a liver disease in which bile ducts are damaged and sometimes destroyed. Bile ducts are crucial to digestion, both in the absorption of substances like vitamins and in the expulsion of toxins.

Like other liver diseases, PBC causes fatigue, which is not addressed by some of the medications successful in treating the disease. Dr. Silveira has been involved in research studying the effects of mindfulness training on fatigue and stress in patients with PBC and other autoimmune liver diseases.

Dr. Silveira’s current research includes studies of medications used to treat liver disease.

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Education & Training

  • Advanced Liver Fellow
    Mayo Clinic (2010)
  • Fellow
    Mayo Clinic (2009)
  • Resident
    Mayo Clinic (2006)
  • Intern
    Mayo Clinic (2004)
  • MD
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002)

Additional Information

Locations
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
  • Temple Medical Center
    40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
    New Haven, CT 06510

Biography

Marina Silveira, MD, is a physician who specializes in treating general and autoimmune liver diseases.

Autoimmune liver diseases, which are rare, occur when the body’s immune system damages the liver. Scientists are not sure why this occurs, though heredity and environmental factors may lead to the disease, which can be serious and even fatal.

Dr. Silveira also works with patients suffering from primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a liver disease in which bile ducts are damaged and sometimes destroyed. Bile ducts are crucial to digestion, both in the absorption of substances like vitamins and in the expulsion of toxins.

Like other liver diseases, PBC causes fatigue, which is not addressed by some of the medications successful in treating the disease. Dr. Silveira has been involved in research studying the effects of mindfulness training on fatigue and stress in patients with PBC and other autoimmune liver diseases.

Dr. Silveira’s current research includes studies of medications used to treat liver disease.

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Education & Training

  • Advanced Liver Fellow
    Mayo Clinic (2010)
  • Fellow
    Mayo Clinic (2009)
  • Resident
    Mayo Clinic (2006)
  • Intern
    Mayo Clinic (2004)
  • MD
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002)

Additional Information

Locations
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
  • Temple Medical Center
    40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
    New Haven, CT 06510
Temple Medical Center
40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
New Haven, CT 06510
  • Temple Medical Center
    40 Temple Street, Ste Suite 1A
    New Haven, CT 06510