Brendan Mcguire MD, MS

Brendan M. McGuire, MD, MS, is the Liver Center Director and Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, master's degree in biomedical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology and nutrition at the University of Minnesota. In 1996, Dr. McGuire joined the faculty at UAB where he worked alongside the late Joseph R. Bloomer, MD, a pioneer in the research and treatment of porphyria.

As medical director of liver transplantation at UAB, Dr. McGuire has participated in the management of over 2,500 transplant recipients and has devoted his career to the care of patients with liver disease, liver transplant recipients, and patients with porphyria. Dr. McGuire is an active member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Transplant Hepatology Committee, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Society of Transplantation, the American Porphyrias Expert Collaborative, United Porphyria Association, and the Porphyria Consortium Network. The Porphyria Consortium Network has been active in advancing the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with porphyria. These treatments have improved patient lives and decreased the need for liver transplantation.