Expertise of Torfay Roman, MD
- Biography
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Torfay Sharifnia Roman, MD, joined the AdventHealth Transplant Institute, formerly Florida Hospital Transplant Institute, in October 2014 as a Transplant Hepatologist. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training at Boston University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She subsequently completed her Gastroenterology fellowship, as well as a advanced fellowship in Transplant Hepatology, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. She is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology.
Dr. Roman cares for patients requiring treatment for liver related diseases, including those with end stage liver failure/cirrhosis needing liver transplantation. Her clinical specialties include management of patients with viral hepatitis, NASH/fatty liver, autoimmune liver disease, genetic liver diseases, alcohol mediated disease, liver cancer and cirrhosis. She also specializes in treating patients who require liver transplantation and manages their long-term post-transplant care. She provides endoscopic evaluation for those needing EGDs and colonoscopies.
She is a member of the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and American Society of Transplantation (AST). - Education
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Tulane University School of Medicine
- Residency
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Boston University Medical Center
- Fellowship
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center