HEALTH 02 September 2025
"Loss of liver function or liver damage can lead to serious health problems and can be life-threatening!"
Scott L. Friedman, MD, is the Dean for Therapeutic Discovery and Chief of the Division of Liver Diseases, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has performed pioneering research into the underlying causes of scarring, or fibrosis associated with chronic liver disease, affecting millions worldwide.
Liver cancer, hepatitis B and C, fatty liver, complications of cirrhosis are the diagnoses that cause serious diseases leading to high mortality in the Thailand. And the main causes leading to the development of these life-threatening conditions are alcohol, tobacco, diabetes, obesity, drug abuse,...
Do you think age is to blame? Is there nothing you can do? Wrong!
Dr. Friedman was among the first to isolate and characterize the hepatic stellate cell, the key cell type responsible for scar production in liver. His work has spawned an entire field that is now realizing its translational and therapeutic potential, with new anti-fibrotic therapies for liver disease reaching clinical trials. Dr. Friedmanโs work has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1985
Dr. Scott L. Friedman