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SUMMARY:Liver Health for Veterans: Understanding the Risks and Complications of Liver Disease
DESCRIPTION:Event Date: Tuesday\, Oct. 21st \n\n\n\nEvent Time: 12:30 PM EST \n\n\n\nZoom link: Please register for zoom link \n\n\n\nThis one-hour webinar\, presented in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA)\, will focus on the most common liver conditions affecting Veterans\, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)\, cirrhosis\, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).  \n\n\n\nExperts from the VA will discuss:  \n\n\n\n\nRisk factors\n\n\n\nThe importance of early diagnosis and screening\n\n\n\nHow each condition is diagnosed\n\n\n\nComplications and available treatments\n\n\n\nStrategies for daily management\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will also have the opportunity to ask our experts questions during the live Q&A session. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGyorgy Baffy\, MD\, PhD \n\n\n\nChief of Gastroenterology\, VA Boston Healthcare System             Associate Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Dranoff\, MD Director\, Steatotic Liver Disease Program\, VA Connecticut Healthcare SystemProfessor of Medicine\, Yale University  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Fuchs\, MD\, PhD \n\n\n\nChief of Gastroenterology\, Central Virginia VA Health Care System\, RichmondDirector of GI Research\, Richmond Institute for Veterans ResearchProfessor of Medicine\, Virginia Commonwealth University\, Richmond  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSofia Jakab\, MD \n\n\n\nAssociate Chief\, Digestive Diseases\, VA CT Healthcare SystemChief\, Klatskin Liver Inpatient Service\, Yale New Haven HealthAssociate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtoosa Rabiee\, MD   \n\n\n\nChief\, Transplant Services Medical Director\, Hepatology Washington DC VA Medical Center Associate Professor of Medicine Georgetown University  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarine Rozenberg\, PharmD \n\n\n\nVISN 12 Hepatitis C and Advanced Liver Disease Programs Manager Chair of the Liver Disease Dashboard Workgroup \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTamar Taddei\, MDVice Chief\, Faculty Development\, Digestive DiseasesChief\, Digestive Diseases\, VA Connecticut Healthcare SystemProfessor of Internal Medicine (Digestive Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThuy-Van (Tina) Hang\, MD  \n\n\n\nDirector of Hepatology\, Atlanta VA Medical Center Assistant Professor\, Emory University School of Medicine 
URL:https://liverfoundation.org/events/variskscomplications/
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