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Case Presentations UMI – 12th Annual Advanced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation Update 2017

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Case Presentations:

Oral Antiviral Agents for HCV – Anna Lok, M.D.

Identifying when to treat a patient with HCV.

HCV in Dialysis, Decompensated and Other Special Patient Populations – Robert J. Fontana, M.D.

An overview of the efficacy and safety of novel antiviral agents in special patient populations.

Minimalizing Hospitalizations in Cirrhosis – Elliot Tapper, M.D.

A look into the reasons for readmission of cirrhotic patients and effective strategies to minimize readmissions.

Living Donor Liver Transplantation -  Benjamin Samstein, M.D.

Indications and outcomes with living donor liver transplantation. 

Updates on Thyroid Disease Management – Christopher J. Sonnenday, M.D.

The latest information on the management of thyroid disease.

These presentation are part of the UMI – 12th Annual Advanced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation Update 2017.  Learn more about the additional presentations in this audio series.

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Anna Lok, MD.

Anna Lok, MD

Professor & Director, Clinical Hepatology

Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D. is the Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor in Hepatology in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Lok is also Director of Clinical Hepatology ...

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Robert Fontana, MD.

Robert Fontana, MD

Professor & Medical Director, Liver Transplantation

Dr. Fontana is a Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation. He also directs the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program. He is recognized as a national expert in translational studies involving the treatment ...

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Benjamin Samstein, MD.

Benjamin Samstein, MD

Adjunct Clinical Lecturer of Surgery, University of Michigan & Associate Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

Medical School or Training  SUNY Stony Brook University, 1997 Residency  Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Surgery General, NY, 2000 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Surgery General, NY, 2004 Fellowship  Transplant ...

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Christopher Sonnenday, MD.

Christopher Sonnenday, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery & Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation

Christopher Sonnenday, M.D., M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, and Surgical Director of the Adult Liver Transplant Program at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He is also an ...

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Elliot Tapper, MD.

Elliot Tapper, MD

Assistant Professor

Elliot B. Tapper M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology. Dr. Tapper joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2016. His clinical activity and research efforts focus on the outcomes of patients with ...

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