Public Health SIG: Population Health Management of Cirrhosis
Recorded On: 11/11/2016
This program is intended to explore current and novel health care delivery approaches and strategies for managing populations affected by cirrhosis and portal hypertension. In contrast to disease-based symposium focused on novel diagnostic and treatment approaches, this program intends to focus on current and evolving approaches inspired by delivery system reform to ensure that high quality, patient-centered, and resource efficien medical care is delivered to large segments of patients with advanced liver disease. The emphasis of this program is on clinical knowledge.
Michael Volk
Brett E. Fortune
Brett E. Fortune, MD, MSc, is a transplant hepatologist who works at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell for the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation. Dr. Fortune has a clinical focus to provide excellent care for patients with advanced liver disease and those who need or have received liver transplantation.
Dr. Fortune’s research interests include clinical outcomes related to complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension as well as quality improvement in the care of patients with cirrhosis or those who have received a liver transplant.
Paolo Angeli
Fasiha Kanwal
Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FAASLD is a professor of medicine and chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine. She also serves as the editor-in-chief for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the American Gastroenterological Association clinical practice journal. She is a nationally recognized authority in health services research and epidemiology of cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer (HCC).
Dr. Kanwal is currently leading a translational research center for the National Cancer Institute Consortium on Translational Research in Early Detection of Liver Cancer (TLC, U01). She also serves as co-PI for the Texas HCC Consortium (THCCC) and as one of the co-Directors for the Texas Collaborative Center for HCC (TeCH). She is also the Director for NIH T32 funded GI fellowship program at Baylor College of Medicine.
