Carmen Bernal Bellido

Carmen Bernal Bellido, affiliated with Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío in Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain, earned a Ph.D. in 1996 and is a specialist in general surgery and digestive system with particular expertise in liver transplantation. Her research focuses on outcomes and complications in liver transplant recipients, including studies on immunosuppression management, viral coinfections (particularly HCV and HIV), and the use of organs from older donors. Her most influential work, "Cumulative exposure to tacrolimus and incidence of cancer after liver transplantation" (2022), has been cited 106 times and addresses critical long-term oncological risks associated with immunosuppressive therapy. Her publications span diverse aspects of transplant hepatology, from rare metabolic diseases and retransplantation outcomes to gastrointestinal complications and donor selection criteria.