Liver Health for Veterans: Understanding the Risks and Complications of Liver Disease

Event Date: Tuesday, Oct. 21st

Event Time: 12:30 PM EST

Zoom link: Please register for zoom link

This 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). 

Experts from the VA will discuss: 

• Risk factors
• The importance of early diagnosis and screening
• How each condition is diagnosed
• Complications and available treatments
• Strategies for daily management

Participants will also have the opportunity to ask our experts questions during the live Q&A session.

Gyorgy Baffy, MD, PhD

Chief of Gastroenterology, VA Boston Healthcare System             
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jonathan Dranoff, MD 
Director, Steatotic Liver Disease Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Professor of Medicine, Yale University 

Michael Fuchs, MD, PhD

Chief of Gastroenterology, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, Richmond
Director of GI Research, Richmond Institute for Veterans Research
Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 

Sofia Jakab, MD

Associate Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA CT Healthcare System
Chief, Klatskin Liver Inpatient Service, Yale New Haven Health
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Atoosa Rabiee, MD  

Chief, Transplant Services 
Medical Director, Hepatology 
Washington DC VA Medical Center 
Associate Professor of Medicine 
Georgetown University 

Karine Rozenberg, PharmD

VISN 12 Hepatitis C and Advanced Liver Disease Programs Manager 
Chair of the Liver Disease Dashboard Workgroup

Tamar Taddei, MD

Vice Chief, Faculty Development, Digestive Diseases
Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Professor of Internal Medicine (Digestive Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine

Thuy-Van (Tina) Hang, MD 

Director of Hepatology, Atlanta VA Medical Center 
Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine