Juan Vaz

About me
Publications
CV
Public outreach and news

About me

I graduated with a medical degree from Lund University in 2015. I am a specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology. In April 2023, I defended my dissertation "Some Epidemiological Aspects of Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sweden" at Lund University.

Research

My research focuses on the impact of socioeconomic status and inequalities in the Swedish healthcare system on the incidence and clinical course of liver cirrhosis and primary liver cancer.

Articles

Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2025;52:101273
Socioeconomic inequalities in diagnostics, care and survival outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma in Sweden: a nationwide cohort study
Vaz J; Hagstrom H; Eilard MS; Rizell M; Stromberg U
Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2025;:1-9
Non-liver comorbidity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and curative treatments - a Swedish national registry study.
Sternby Eilard M; Helmersson M; Rizell M; Vaz J; Åberg F; Taflin H
Article: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2025;:S0168-8278(25)00246-6
Phosphatidylethanol levels distinguish steatotic liver disease subgroups and are associated with risk of major liver outcomes.
Vaz J; Nasr P; Helander A; Shang Y; Wester A; Strandberg R; Grip ET; Hagström H
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025;156(1):40-51
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease has become the most common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma in Sweden: A nationwide cohort study
Vaz J; Jepsen P; Stromberg U; Midlov P; Eriksson B; Buchebner D; Hagstrom H
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2023;293(2):184-199
Unrecognized liver cirrhosis is common and associated with worse survival in hepatocellular carcinoma: A nationwide cohort study of 3473 patients
Vaz J; Stromberg U; Midlov P; Eriksson B; Buchebner D; Hagstrom H
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;151(2):229-239
Targeting population groups with heavier burden of hepatocellular carcinoma incidence: A nationwide descriptive epidemiological study in Sweden
Vaz J; Midlov P; Eilard MS; Eriksson B; Buchebner D; Stromberg U
Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2021;56(8):940-941
NAFLD cirrhosis in Sweden
Vaz J
Journal article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):1820
Socioeconomic and marital status among liver cirrhosis patients and associations with mortality: a population-based cohort study in Sweden
Vaz J; Stromberg U; Eriksson B; Buchebner D; Midlov P
Journal article: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2020;20(1):84
Incidence, aetiology and related comorbidities of cirrhosis: a Swedish population-based cohort study
Vaz J; Eriksson B; Stromberg U; Buchebner D; Midlov P
Journal article: CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY. 2019;2019:6706935-9
Frequently Recurrent Takotsubo Syndrome in COPD
Vaz J; Berggren R; Eriksson B
Journal article: PANCREAS. 2015;44(7):1024-1035
SPARC: A Potential Prognostic and Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer
Vaz J; Ansari D; Sasor A; Andersson R
Journal article: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2014;20(19):5808-5817
Intervention on toll-like receptors in pancreatic cancer
Vaz J; Andersson R
Journal article: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2013;19(5):616-630
Controversial role of toll-like receptors in acute pancreatitis
Vaz J; Akbarshahi H; Andersson R

All other publications

Letter: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2024;81(5):e221-e222
Addressing the impact of stigma in liver diseases: A call for proper language and responsibility allocation
Vaz J; Willemse J; Jepsen P

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025

Degrees and Education

Epidemiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 2024

About me

Research

Articles

All other publications

Employments

Degrees and Education

News from KI

Events from KI