Dr. Joseph S. Galati is a native of Long Island, New York. He received his undergraduate degree at Syracuse University and attended St. George's University School of Medicine.
Following medical school, Dr. Galati was an Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine at State University of New York Health Science Center-Brooklyn (formerly Downstate Medical Center)/Kings County Hospital Center, one of the premier teaching hospitals in the country. He remained an additional year in the department to assume responsibilities as the Chief Medical Resident in the Department of Medicine under the direction of Dr. Donald E. Wilson, currently the Dean at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Wanting to pursue further training and expertise in Liver Disease/Transplant Medicine, Dr. Galati left New York City for Omaha, Nebraska. He performed his fellowship training in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Transplant Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center.
After completion of his fellowship training, Dr. Galati relocated to Houston, Texas in 1994, joining the faculty at University of Texas Medical School-Houston. In 1996, he became Medical Director of Transplant Hepatology at University of Texas Medical School. In the spring of 1999, Dr. Galati left his full-time position at University of Texas Medical School to form a private practice with many of his University colleagues. In addition, he was named Medical Director of the newly formed St. Luke's Texas Liver Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas. In the spring of 2001, he formed Liver Specialists of Texas.
In 2007, Dr. Galati accepted the position of Medical Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at The Methodist Hospital. The Methodist Hospital, earning worldwide recodnition since 1919, is nationally ranked in 12 specialities by U.S. News and World Reports.
Dr. Galati's current practice is devoted to the care of patients with both acute and chronic liver disease, as well as individuals with disorders of the digestive tract. The majority of his referrals are for patients with chronic type C hepatitis -- most of which have previously failed some form of therapy or have now developed complications. He has conducted research in several areas of liver disease, including the effect of liver disease on the function of the stomach and intestines as well as viral hepatitis in collaboration with other colleagues nationally as well as in the Texas Medical Center.
Dr. Galati has been an invited speaker both nationally and internationally, having lectured in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He is also a founding board member of the Texas Liver Coalition, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to provide education and support to those with all types of liver disease. When not practicing medicine, Dr. Galati is an avid photographer, currently completing his latest project, “ Great Hands of Texas”, a collection of hand photographs of some of Texas' greatest living legends. Many of these photographs are proudly displayed in the office.
Dr. Galati is a Diplomat with the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Since 2003, Dr. Galati has been working with the Clear Channel Radio cluster in Houston. In addition to hosting Your Health First, his is also Medical Expert for KTRH.
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I would like to have an appointment with Dr. Galati if he will see me. My cousin Peggy Huffman Barr sees Dr. Galati for her autoimmune hepatitis. I have been diagnosed with this also. I am not following wiht a specialist in this area and would like to do this. I am a patient at MD Anderson with Dr. Peter Pisters. He removed a GIST in 2005. THank youo for any consideration in this. Vonda J Curtis <br>