Dean Karvellas

Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Gastroenterology/Hepatology at the University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Constantine (Dean) Karvellas is a Professor of Medicine (Critical Care Medicine and Gastroenterology/Hepatology) at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences. He has been an attending intensivist in the E. Garner King General Systems Intensive Care Unit since 2009 and is involved with the Liver Transplant Program as a Hepatologist.

Prof. Karvellas is a co-investigator in the NIH-funded United States Acute Liver Failure Study Group (US ALFSG). He is a member of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Liver Management Task Force. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Hepatology and the American Journal of Transplantation.

Prof. Karvellas’ publications reflect his interests in acute liver failure (ALF), acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF), liver transplantation and extracorporeal liver support.

Lectures by Dean Karvellas

Acute (Fulminant) Hepatic Failure

A review of the literature

Critical Care Medicine / Kidney & Liver

Cirrhosis in the ICU (acute on chronic liver failure) and the role of liver transplantation

A review of the literature

Critical Care Medicine / Kidney & Liver