Knowing what to expect around your diagnosis can help in many ways, from simply understanding the treatment options and understanding coinfection risks, to being a knowledgable advocate for yourself with your healthcare provider. Knowing really is half the battle.
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.
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.
Listen to international experts answer some common questions, address hepatitis-related issues around social stigmas, treatment disparities, and being a strong self-advocate.
Diabetes involves more than simply managing your blood sugar. Learn how to prevent and manage some of the additional heart health issues that can accompany diabetes.
Everyone should be tested for HIV at least once. Others with certain risk factors may need to be tested more often. Dr. David Wohl talks about the rationale for getting tested for HIV, where to get tested, the importance of preventing infection and transmission of HIV with pre-exposure prophylaxis if your HIV test is negative, and your treatment options if your test is positive.
People with HIV are living longer because more individuals have been tested and treated with effective and safe antiretroviral (ART) medications. Understand the impact of HIV on the aging process, and how people living with HIV can live their best lives while maintaining their HIV therapies and treatment plans!
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