Online Liver Education Series

The American Liver Foundation Greater New York Division is proud to present its new Online Liver Education Series! A total of thirteen individual programs will be available to view online covering a variety of topics on liver disease and liver health.

We are excited to announce the following upcoming programs:

• Dr. Henry Bodenheimer, Jr. PBC

• Dr. Robert Brown, Jr. Liver Transplantation

• Dr. David Wolf Liver Cancer

• Dr. Ira Jacobson Hepatitis B

• Dr. Maurice Cerulli Prophylaxis

• Dr. David Shafritz Liver Cell Transplantation

• Dr. Hillel Tobias Hemochromatosis

• Dr. Paul Gaglio Autoimmune Hepatitis

• Dr. John Reinus Cirrhosis

• Dr. Fred Suchy Pediatric Liver Disease

7th update - "Hepatitis B"

By Ira M. Jacobson, MD

Dr. Jacobson is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, and Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is also Medical Director of the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C at Weill Cornell and Rockefeller University, and Co-Director of the Cornell-Columbia Liver Clinical Trials Network.

View Dr. Jacobson's Webcast

6th update - "Liver Cancer"

By David C. Wolf, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Dr. Wolf is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Westchester Medical Center. The program performs more than 60 liver transplants each year. Dr. Wolf has special interests in the management of cirrhosis, variceal bleeding, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver failure. He has published extensively in these fields. He is an active endoscopist and sees patients with a broad array of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases in his practice. In addition, Dr. Wolf is currently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York Medical College.

View Dr. Wolf's Webcast

5th update - "PBC"

By Henry Bodenheimer, Jr., MD

Dr. Bodenheimer is the Chairman of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research pertaining to PBC, PSC, and viral hepatitis. He is an active clinician who continues to see patients in his consultative practice of liver diseases at Beth Israel Medical Center.

View Dr. Bodenheimer's Webcast

4th Update - "NASH/Fatty Liver"

By Patrick Basu, MD

Dr. Basu is the Director of Hepatobiliary Services and Clinical Research, New York Hospital Queens and New York Presbyterian Health Systems.

View Dr. Basu's Webcast

3rd Update - "Diet, Nutrition and Exercise"

By Melissa Palmer, MD

Dr. Palmer is an internationally-renowned hepatologist who has been practicing medicine since 1985. She is a board member of the New York chapter of the American Liver Foundation, and she sits on the nutrition subcommittee of the national chapter of the American Liver Foundation, the advisory board of the Latino Organization for Liver Awareness (LOLA) and the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Organization (PBCers). Her practice is on Long Island, New York.

View Dr. Palmer's Webcast

2nd Update - "Autoimmune Hepatitis"

By Paul J. Gaglio, MD

Dr. Gaglio is the Medical Director for Liver Transplantation at Montefiore-Einstein Liver Center in New York City.

View Dr. Gaglio's Webcast

1st Update - "Hepatitis C Treatment: Should I Wait, or Do It Now?"

By Douglas T. Dieterich, MD

Dr. Dieterich is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hepatology and also Director of Continuing Medical Education in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. He has a triple appointment in the divisions of Liver Disease, Gastroenterology, and Infectious Diseases.

View Dr. Dieterich's Webcast

Page updated: September 23rd, 2009