Marina Silveira

Marina Silveira, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) at Yale University School of Medicine. She specializes in autoimmune liver diseases, focusing on conditions like autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Her research emphasizes improving treatments and multidisciplinary management for chronic liver diseases through clinical trials and translational studies. Dr. Silveira completed her medical degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro before training at the Mayo Clinic, including advanced liver fellowship.

• Education:
• MD: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002)
• Internship, Residency, and Fellowships: Mayo Clinic (2004–2010)
• Research: Investigates therapies for autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases, including mindfulness interventions for fatigue management in PBC patients.
• Clinical Trials: Leads trials like ELATIVE (elafibranor for PBC) and Phase 2a studies of PLN-74809 for PSC.
• Awards: Recognized with AASLD Fellowship Award, I CARE Project Award, and J. Arnold Bargen Award.
• Labs/Teams: Active in the Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Disease Program at Yale.