Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Hoppmann is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He received his medical degree from the University of South Caroline in 2013. He then completed his internal medicine residency at UAB in 2016 and served as a Chief Medicine Resident at UAB through 2017. He completed both Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology fellowship training in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UAB in 2020. Dr. Hoppmann is an active member of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases as well as the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2020 Drug-Induced Liver Injury in the Setting of Chronic Liver Disease.  Clinics in Liver Disease.  24:89-106. 2020
    2020 Medical care of liver transplant patients.  Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.  2020
    2019 A Fluttering Blue Hue Is Tough to Subdue.  Gastroenterology.  156:1255-1256. 2019
    2018 Palliative Care and Hospice Interventions in Decompensated Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Rapid Review of Literature.  Journal of Palliative Medicine.  21:1177-1184. 2018
    2013 Hand-held ultrasonography to assess external chest compressions on a fresh cadaver.  Resuscitation.  84. 2013

    Research Overview

  • Expanding the Use of Palliative Care for Patients with End-stage Liver Disease
    Quality of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Advanced Liver Disease
    Ultrasonography use by Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists in Teaching and Clinical Practice

    • Principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

  • Private Grant  awarded by DURECT CORPORATION 2021 - 2026
  • Private Grant  awarded by OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 2021 - 2026
  • Private Grant  awarded by GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS 2021 - 2026
  • Private Grant  awarded by ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2020

    • Teaching Overview

  • Dr. Hoppmann attends on the inpatient Liver Ward and Liver Consult services at UAB Hospital with medical students, residents, and fellows. He sees inpatient consults with GI fellows at the Birmingham VA Medical Center where he also instructs and supervises GI fellows in the endoscopy unit.

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, University of South Carolina System : Columbia 2013
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Internship 2015
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Residency 2016

    • Full Name

  • Nicholas Hoppmann