On March 29, I boarded a train from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to Washington D.C.’ s Union Station to attend AASLD’s Ninth Annual Liver Capitol Hill Day (LCHD). Read more
As Michael R. Lucey, MD, FAASLD, nears the end of his tenure as editor in chief of the multimedia journal Clinical Liver Disease, he can proudly reflect on its growth, its usefulness as a resource for hepatologists and its latest milestone, its acceptance for listing in PubMed. “We saw at the very beginning that PubMed is b... Read more
Congratulations to Neeral Shah, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, was awarded the 2017 Young Physician Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Physicians {ACP). Shah received this award for his work with medical students, internal medicine residents, and GI fellows.... Read more
By Lyle Dennis, Cavarocchi – Ruscio – Dennis Associates, Consultants to AASLD A lot of people in Washington were stunned when the President, speaking to a room full of Governors in the White House, declared that health care is complicated and concluded with the rhetorical question, “Who knew?” Shortly thereafter, he and any... Read more
A team of internationally recognized experts in liver disease will present a variety of educational programming at this year’s Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Chicago, May 6-9. Registration is open for what is billed as the “First and Foremost GI Event in the World.” According to AASLD Secretary Kimberly A. Brown, MD, FAASL... Read more
By Anna S. Lok, MD, FAASLD, AASLD President On March 28, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine/IOM) released phase 2 of a report on eliminating hepatitis B and C as a public health concern in the United States. AASLD was one of the sponsors of this effort, which [... Read more
Spring is here! It’s time for flowers to bloom, leaves to unfold, and AASLD members to renew for the new 2017/2018 membership year. AASLD has transitioned its membership cycle from the calendar year to a timeline that more closely aligns with the academic calendar. Under the new schedule, membership terms begin July 1 and c... Read more