Carlos Moctezuma Velazquez, MSc

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
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moctezum@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma Screening Sarcopenia Frailty Radioembolization


About

Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez, MD, MSc completed medical school at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. He trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. He then pursued advanced training in Hepatology at the University of Alberta under the mentorship of Dr. Aldo Montano-Loza, followed by a Hepatocellular Carcinoma Research Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, working under the supervision of Dr. Josep Llovet, Dr. Myron Schwartz, and Dr. Charissa Chang.

He also holds a Master’s in Medical Sciences from UNAM.

In November 2022, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Alberta. His clinical practice focuses on advanced liver disease, liver transplantation, and liver cancer.

Research interests include health services and clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma, with a focus on screening, early detection, frailty assessment, and patient related outcomes. He is committed to medical education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and improving equitable access to liver-related care.

Featured Publications

Sophia Eugenia Martinez- Vazquez, Ashuin Kammar-García, Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez, Javier Mancilla-Galindo, Ignacio García-Juárez, Luis Federico Uscanga-Domínguez

Nutrients. 2025 April; 10.3390/nu17081328


Torre A, Garza LEC, Barradas MC, Navarro-Alvarez N, Sandoval Salas R, Huezo MSG, Hernández JLP, Méndez-Guerrero O, Manríquez JAR, Estrada RT, Galindo FAS

Annals of hepatology. 2023 July; 10.1016/j.aohep.2023.101140


Abraldes JG, Moctezuma-Velazquez C

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2023 July; 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.07.005


Rubio-Acosta F, Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Castro-Romero E, Uscanga-Domínguez L, Yamamoto-Furusho K, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas. 2023 April; 10.17235/reed.2022.9006/2022


Romano-Munive AF, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Sauma-Rodríguez J, Ramos-Martínez P, Torre-Delgadillo A

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2023 March; 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2022.08.002


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Abraldes JG

Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas. 2023 March; 10.17235/reed.2022.9281/2022


Aguilar-Frasco JL, Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Rodríguez-Quintero JH, Castro E, Armillas-Canseco F, Hernández-Gaytán CA, Pastor-Sifuentes FU, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Langenbeck's archives of surgery. 2023 January; 10.1007/s00423-023-02754-2


Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2022.08.004


Muñoz-Martínez S, Sapena V, Forner A, Bruix J, Sanduzzi-Zamparelli M, Ríos J, Bouattour M, El-Kassas M, Leal CRG, Mocan T, Nault JC, Alves RCP, Reig M

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver. 2022 June; 10.1111/liv.15320


Moctezuma-Velázquez P, González-Martínez CA, Buerba GA, Serment M, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

The British journal of surgery. 2022 June; 10.1093/bjs/znac113


Cisneros-Garza LE, González-Huezo MS, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Ladrón de Guevara-Cetina L, Vilatobá M, García-Juárez I, Alvarado-Reyes R, Torrecillas-Torres L

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2022 June; 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2022.01.004


Castro-Narro G, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Male-Velázquez R, Trejo-Estrada R, Bosques FJ, Moreno-Alcántar R, Rodríguez-Hernández H, Bautista-Santos A, Torre A

Annals of hepatology. 2022 May; 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100708


Cisneros-Garza LE, González-Huezo MS, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Ladrón de Guevara-Cetina L, Vilatobá M, García-Juárez I, Alvarado-Reyes R, Torrecillas-Torres L

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2022 April; 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2021.10.009


Méndez-Sánchez N, Bugianesi E, Gish RG, Lammert F, Tilg H, Nguyen MH, Sarin SK, Fabrellas N, Zelber-Sagi S, Fan JG, Shiha G, Targher G, Zheng MH, Global multi-stakeholder consensus on the redefinition of fatty liver disease

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 2022 March; 10.1016/s2468-1253(22)00062-0


Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Miranda-Zazueta G, Ortiz-Brizuela E, Garay-Mora JA, González-Lara MF, Tamez-Torres KM, Román-Montes CM, Díaz-Mejía BA, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Internal and emergency medicine. 2022 February; 10.1007/s11739-022-02933-x


Jiménez-Mendoza JC, Rivera-López FE, González-Lara MF, Valdez-Echeverría RD, Castro-Narro GE, Tore A, Uscanga-Domínguez LF, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Annals of hepatology. 2022 February; 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100684


Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2022.01.006


Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2021.10.002


Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2021.04.006


Aguilar-Frasco JL, Armillas-Canseco F, Rivera-Sánchez F, Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Castro E, Pastor-Sifuentes FU, Medina-Franco H

Indian journal of surgical oncology. 2022 January; 10.1007/s13193-022-01499-6


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Castro-Narro G, Simó P, Viayna E, Aceituno S, Soler M, Torre A

Annals of hepatology. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100673


Contreras-Omaña R, Velarde-Ruiz Velasco JA, Castro-Narro GE, Trujillo-Benavides O, Zamarripa-Dorsey F, Reyes-Dorantes AA, Muñoz-Espinosa L, Rodríguez-Hernández H

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2021 December; 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2021.04.003


Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Vergara-Fernández O, Salgado-Nesme N, Aguilar-Frasco JL, Sainz-Hernández JC, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2021 November; 10.24875/ric.21000108


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Abraldes JG

The American journal of gastroenterology. 2021 November; 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001385


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Lewis S, Lee K, Amodeo S, Llovet JM, Schwartz M, Abraldes JG, Villanueva A

JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology. 2021 September; 10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100364


Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Santes O, Sainz-Hernández JC, Álvarez-Bautista FE, Bravo HE, Salgado-Nesme N, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Surgical innovation. 2021 July; 10.1177/15533506211034657


Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Miranda-Zazueta G, Ortiz-Brizuela E, González-Lara MF, Tamez-Torres KM, Román-Montes CM, Díaz-Mejía BA, Pérez-García E, Moctezuma-Velázquez C

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2021 May; 10.1097/phm.0000000000001716


Aguilar-Frasco JL, Rodríguez-Quintero JH, Moctezuma-Velázquez P, Morales-Maza J, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Pastor-Sifuentes F, Medina-Franco H

Langenbeck's archives of surgery. 2021 March; 10.1007/s00423-021-02128-6


Romano-Munive AF, García-Correa JJ, García-Contreras LF, Ramírez-García J, Uscanga L, Barbero-Becerra VJ, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Ochoa-Rubí JA, Tellez-Avila F

BMJ open gastroenterology. 2021 February; 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000562


Higuera-de-la-Tijera F, Córdova-Gallardo J, Buganza-Torio E, Barranco-Fragoso B, Torre A, Parraguirre-Martínez S, Rojano-Rodríguez ME, Moctezuma-Velazquez C

Digestive diseases and sciences. 2021 January; 10.1007/s10620-020-06821-2


Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana. 2021 January; 10.52787/mmne5431


Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2020 November; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2020.05.003


Pérez-Escobar J, Ramirez-Quesada W, Calle-Rodas DA, Chi-Cervera LA, Navarro-Alvarez N, Aquino-Matus J, Ramírez-Hinojosa JP, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Torre A

World journal of hepatology. 2020 October; 10.4254/wjh.v12.i10.816


Miranda-Zazueta G, González-Regueiro JA, García-Juárez I, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, López-Díaz FJ, Pérez-González B, Uscanga-Domínguez LF, Peláez-Luna M

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2020 June; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2020.06.001


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Montano-Loza AJ, Meza-Junco J, Burak K, Ma M, Bain VG, Kneteman N, Sarlieve P, Owen RJ

Digestive diseases and sciences. 2020 April; 10.1007/s10620-020-06245-y


Maryam Ebadi, Carlos Moctezuma-Velazquez, Rahima A. Bhanji, Aldo J. Montano-Loza

Nutrients. 2020 March; 10.3390/nu12030875


Ebadi M, Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Meza-Junco J, Baracos VE, DunichandHoedl AR, Ghosh S, Sarlieve P, Owen RJ, Kneteman N, Montano-Loza AJ

Cancers. 2020 February; 10.3390/cancers12020356


Miranda-Zazueta G, González-Regueiro J, García-Juárez I, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, López-Díaz F, Pérez-González B, Uscanga-Domínguez L, Peláez-Luna M

Revista de Gastroenterología de México (English Edition). 2020 January;


World Journal of Hepatology. 2020 January; 10.4254/wjh.vl2.il0.816


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Márquez-Guillén E, Torre A

Nutrients. 2019 October; 10.3390/nu11112552


Puigvehí M, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Villanueva A, Llovet JM

JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology. 2019 May; 10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.05.001


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Saffioti F, Tasayco-Huaman S, Casu S, Mason A, Roccarina D, Vargas V, Nilsson JE, Tsochatzis E, Augustin S, Montano-Loza AJ, Abraldes JG

The American journal of gastroenterology. 2019 March; 10.1038/s41395-018-0265-7


Hepatoma Research. 2019 January; 10.20517/2394-5079.2019.15


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Ebadi M, Bhanji RA, Stirnimann G, Tandon P, Montano-Loza AJ

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2018 November; 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.11.024


Jovel J, Lin Z, O'keefe S, Willows S, Wang W, Zhang G, Patterson J, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Kelvin DJ, Ka-Shu Wong G, Mason AL

Hepatology communications. 2018 July; 10.1002/hep4.1197


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Low G, Mourtzakis M, Ma M, Burak KW, Tandon P, Montano-Loza AJ

Annals of hepatology. 2018 July; 10.5604/01.3001.0012.0930


Bhanji RA, Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Duarte-Rojo A, Ebadi M, Ghosh S, Rose C, Montano-Loza AJ

Hepatology international. 2018 June; 10.1007/s12072-018-9875-9


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Abraldes JG, Montano-Loza AJ

Current treatment options in gastroenterology. 2018 June; 10.1007/s11938-018-0180-4


Moctezuma-Velázquez C

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2018 April; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2017.10.003


Ebadi M, Tandon P, Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Ghosh S, Baracos VE, Mazurak VC, Montano-Loza AJ

Journal of hepatology. 2018 April; 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.04.015


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Kalainy S, Abraldes JG

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2017 October; 10.1002/lt.24834


Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Kalainy S, Abraldes JG

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2017 July; 10.1002/lt.24794


Moctezuma Velázquez C, Abraldes JG

The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology. 2017 May; 10.5152/tjg.2017.16744


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Gómez-Sámano MÁ, Cajas-Sánchez MB, Reyes-Molina DL, Galindo-Guzmán M, Meza-Arana CE, Cuevas-Ramos D, Gómez-Pérez FJ, Gulias-Herrero A

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2017 January; 10.24875/ric.17002086


Revista de Investigacion Clinica. 2017 January;


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Sánchez-Ávila JF, García-Juárez I, Uscanga-Domínguez LF, Kershenobich-Stalnikowitz D

Salud publica de Mexico. 2016 November; 10.21149/spm.v58i6.7865


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Aguirre-Valadez J

Gaceta medica de Mexico. 2016 September;


Chirino-Sprung RA, Dehesa M, Wolpert E, Corona-Lau C, García-Juarez I, Sánchez-Ávila JF, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Kershenobich D

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2016 July;


Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2016 January;


Gaceta Medica de Mexico. 2016 January;


Pelaez-Luna MC, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Hernández-Calleros J, Uscanga-Domínguez LF

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2015 November;


Tanimoto MA, Guerrero ML, Morita Y, Aguirre-Valadez J, Gomez E, Moctezuma-Velazquez C, Estradas-Trujillo JA, Valdovinos MA, Uscanga LF, Fujita R

World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy. 2015 April; 10.4253/wjge.v7.i4.417


Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion. 2015 January;


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, López-Arce G, Martínez-Rodríguez LA, Escalona-Huerta C, Chapa-Ibargüengoitia M, Torre A

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2014 October; 10.1016/j.rgmx.2014.08.007


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, García-Juárez I, Soto-Solís R, Hernández-Cortés J, Torre A

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.). 2013 July; 10.1016/j.nut.2013.03.017


Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Saúl-Pérez A, López-Méndez E

Gaceta medica de Mexico. 2012 September;


Gaceta Medica de Mexico. 2012 January;


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