Publications:170
About Me
Language
English
Position
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Liver Diseases
Research Topics
Cancer, Liver
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Cancer Biology [CAB]
Clinical Focus
- Abnormal Liver Enzymes
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Autoimmune Liver Disease
- Bile Duct Diseases
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Gallbladder Polyp
- Gallstones
- Gilbert's Syndrome
- HIV-related liver disease
- Hemangioma
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatic Adenoma
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Jaundice
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Mass
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)
- Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- Steatotic Liver Disease
- Toxic Hepatitis
- Wilson's Disease
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Education
MD, University of Santiago de Compostela
Residence, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
PhD, Biomedical Research, University of Santiago de Compostela
MS, Research in Liver Diseases, University of Barcelona
Awards
2018
Junior Faculty Award
GE Liver Gene Expression
2015
Alan Hofmann Clinical and Translational Award in Liver Diseases
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation
2013
Rising Star Gastroenterologist, United European Gastroenterology
2008
Sheila Sherlock Fellowship, European Association for the Study of the Liver
2007
Juan Rodes Award, Asociacion Española para el Estudio del Higado
2005
Pedro Barrie de la Maza Fellow, Foundation Banco Pastor
2000
National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance, Ministry of Edication (Goverment of Spain)
Publications
Selected Publications
- Real-world Comparison of Steatosis-Associated Fibrosis Estimator and Fibrosis-4 Scores for Assessing Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease-related Fibrosis in a Highly Diverse Urban Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease Population. Xiaotao Zhang, Vikram Sivakumar, Alejandra Paredes-Marin, Asher Leviton, Augusto Villanueva, Meena B. Bansal, Julia Napoli, Christian Near, Dakota Trick, Hulya Kocyigit, Scott L. Friedman, Alyson Harty, Douglas Dieterich, Tatyana Kushner, Helen Adams, Ritu Agarwal, John Bucuvalas, Jaime Chu. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Hepatocellular carcinoma: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. Ezequiel Mauro, Tiago de Castro, Marcus Zeitlhoefler, Max W. Sung, Augusto Villanueva, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Josep M. Llovet. JHEP Reports
- Identifying Environmental Factors Associated with Significant Fibrosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease/Steatohepatitis. Alejandra Paredes-Marin, Julia Napoli, Vikram Sivakumar, Christian Near, Helen Adams, Alyson Harty, Ritu Agarwal, Douglas Dieterich, John Bucuvalas, Tatyana Kushner, Jaime Chu, Swati Antala, Asher Leviton, Scott L. Friedman, Augusto Villanueva, Rachel W. Smith, Xiaotao Zhang, Meena B. Bansal. Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Villanueva Rodriguez during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Society of Interventional Oncology
- Genentech, Inc.
- Caris
- Astrazeneca
- Outcomes insights
- Espervita
- Pioneering Medicine
- Medpace, Inc.
- First Word
- Elevar Therapeutics
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Espervita
- Atzeyo Biosensors
Outside Employment
- New York University School of Medicine
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.