Hepatitis B
Mission
- To promote national and international collaboration to promote clinical care and research in the field of the hepatitis B virus (HBV)
- To improve awareness among health care professionals and the public regarding the prevention of HBV, screening high risk populations for HBV and management of chronic HBV based on AASLD Guidelines
Goals
- Continue to develop and update educational programs for specialists at AASLD and other venues
- To continue to develop new update previous teaching materials on HBV on the AASLD website
- To promote activities to educate the general public about HBV through collaborative activities with other liver societies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and events, such as World Hepatitis Day
- To develop educational programs for providers and health care workers from other societies and specialties on HBV engaged in fields other than hepatology
SIG Leadership
- Chair
- Robert G. Gish, MD, FAASLD
- Vice Chair
- Marc G. Ghany, MD, MHSc, FAASLD
- Associate Lead
- Kristine M. Drozd, NP
- Communication Lead
- Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, PhD
- Education Lead
- Scott K. Fung, MD, FRCPC, FAASLD
- Trainee Lead
- Peter Block, MD, MSc
- SIG Steering Committee Members
- Jordan J. Feld, MD, MPH, FAASLD
- Joseph K. Lim, MD, FAASLD
- Mindie H. Nguyen, MD, MAS, AGAF, FAASLD
- Staff Liaisons
- Akuender Dot, MPH
- Julie Hoffman, MBA