Michael Fried, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine and Director, UNC Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNC School of Medicine · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Fried is Professor of Medicine and Director, UNC Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNC School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ClinicalTrials.gov lists 11 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 31 Aug 2026
Michael W. Fried, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Director, UNC Liver Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UNC School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology). The public record shows 818 publications with 42,728 citations (h-index 97), centered on Viral Hepatitis (B/C), NASH / NAFLD / MASH. It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (1999–2019).
- Top research focus: Viral Hepatitis (B/C)
- 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Updated 31 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Evaluation of Serum Chemokines for Patients Undergoing Treatment With Boceprevir.
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- HCV-TARGET- Hepatitis C Therapeutic Registry and Research Network
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Industry payments
Updated 31 Aug 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Program year20231 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Anti-infectives
84.9%Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors53.4%Vemlidy100%Part D<11 patientsHepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor31.5%Entecavir100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
15.1%Bile Acid15.1%Ursodiol100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 31 Aug 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 1999–2019 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- North Carolina Hepatitis B Research Network
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2019$283,861U01DK082867 - North Carolina Hepatitis B Research Network
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2018$262,153U01DK082867 - North Carolina Hepatitis B Research Network
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2017$308,115U01DK082867
Publications
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Online presence
Updated 31 Aug 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 31 Aug 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- Fellowship
Gastroenterology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse; Medical Staff Fellow (viral hepatitis), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1993verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗ - B.A.
Cornell University (undergraduate)
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Tel Aviv University
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Internal Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
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American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Director
UNC Liver Center
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NIH/NIDDK Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN)
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- FDA Excellence in Regulatory Science Award
awarded to the HCV-TARGET team (co-PI) for contributions to optimizing hepatitis C patient management
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD)
UNC Chapel Hill - faculty member
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UNC Chapel Hill - faculty/research member
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Media & interviews
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