Mattias Mandorfer honoured with the United European Gastroenterology Rising Star Award

Mattias Mandorfer, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Department of Internal Medicine III and Head of the Vienna Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab at MedUni Vienna, was honoured with the Rising Star Award at the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week in Copenhagen. This award is presented annually by the professional association to leading young European scientists in order to promote their career development. The title of the lecture accompanying the award gives insight into Mattias Mandorfer's research focus: "Cirrhosis after removal of the primary aetiological factor". Cirrhosis is also referred to as the end-stage of chronic liver disease. The resulting portal hypertension increases the risk of complications such as ascites and variceal bleeding. Observations in patients with cirrhosis in whom the underlying cause of the liver damage could be eliminated suggest, however, that this is by no means a one-way street. Mattias Mandorfer and colleagues were able to gain this insight from patients who underwent modern hepatitis C therapy while already suffering from cirrhosis.