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Michael Fried, MDEnriched profile

Professor of Medicine and Director, UNC Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNC School of Medicine · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

ORCIDNone on fileNPI↗
Region🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC · Southeast · United StatesSpecialtyGastroenterologyFocusViral Hepatitis (B/C)+1
Last active 2023Latest publicationNone indexedOnline presenceverified 2026Payments2023–2023NIH funding1999–2019Why? →

Overview

Updated 14 Jul 2026

Michael W. Fried, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Director, UNC Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNC School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology). The public record shows 818 publications with 42,728 citations (h-index 97), centered on Viral Hepatitis (B/C), NASH / NAFLD / MASH. It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (1999–2019).

  • Top research focus: Viral Hepatitis (B/C)
  • 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 1 companies

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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics

Viral Hepatitis (B/C)6 trialsNASH / NAFLD / MASH1 trialObesity1 trial

Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint

Viral Hepatitis (B/C)NASH / NAFLD / MASH

Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications

OCALIVAClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments

University of North Carolina, Chapel HillClinical trials4Industry payments—University of ZurichClinical trials3Industry payments—National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)Clinical trials2Industry payments—
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Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)

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—publications

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—citations

Total citations across indexed works.

97h-index

Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).

Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding

11clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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1companies · 2023–2023

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7NIH grants · 1999–2019

Federally funded research awards.

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Clinical trials

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Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

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1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 14 Jul 2026

7 NIH research awards on record, funded 1999–2019 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

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Contact

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Office address

130 Mason Farm Road, Bioinformatics Building, CB# 7080, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080

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Background & recognition

Updated 14 Jul 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Educationdegrees and training on record

  • Fellowship

    Gastroenterology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse; Medical Staff Fellow (viral hepatitis), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    1993
    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
  • B.A.

    Cornell University (undergraduate)

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  • M.D.

    Tel Aviv University

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  • Residency

    Internal Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse

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  • FAASLD - Fellow

    American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments

  • President

    American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), 2019 term

    2019
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  • Director

    UNC Liver Center

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  • Co-Chair

    NIH/NIDDK Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN)

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Awards & honorshonors on the public record

  • FDA Excellence in Regulatory Science Award

    awarded to the HCV-TARGET team (co-PI) for contributions to optimizing hepatitis C patient management

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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution

Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances

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Online presence

Updated 14 Jul 2026

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  • Doximity

    doximity.com/pub/michael-fried-md-16546625

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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them

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