Hepatitis: Resources & Activities

Dr. Joseph Ahn is a transplant hepatologist with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. He is a Professor of Medicine and serves as the Section Chief of Gastroenterology and Director of Clinical Hepatology. As a transplant hepatologist, Dr. Ahn treats patients with chronic liver diseases as well as liver transplant candidates and recipients. His research interest is focused on hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and liver cancer.

Dr. Amy Shen Tang is a primary care internist and the new Director of Immigrant Health at North East Medical Services (NEMS) in the San Francisco Bay Area where she oversees clinical programs and community outreach for hepatitis B, latent tuberculosis, and other immigrant health disparities. As Co-Chair for the National Hepatitis B Primary Care Workgroup and Advisor to the National Taskforce on Hepatitis B, she leads a workgroup of hepatitis B experts from the American Association of Study of Liver Diseases, the Center for Disease Control, Project ECHO, and the University of Washington to develop web-based hepatitis B guidance for primary care providers managing chronic hepatitis B.