
S6.12.3 - After the Semaglutide Approval: What Next For MASH Therapy?
Send us a text Key Opinion Leaders Manal Abdelmalek, Naim Alkhouri, Scott Isaacs and Zobair Younossi join Roger Green to discuss the FDA's approval of semaglutide for patients with non-cirrhotic MASH. This conversation centers on the roles that new technologies and an expanded APP population will play in MASLD and MASH management in the US, and concludes by exploring how care might look different 12 months from now, and then in subsequent years. As panelists identify some of the changes...
2 Sep 21min

S6.12.2 - After the Semaglutide Approval: Expanding MASH Awareness Will Change Medical Practices
Send us a text Key Opinion Leaders Manal Abdelmalek, Naim Alkhouri, Scott Isaacs and Zobair Younossi join Roger Green to discuss the FDA's approval of semaglutide for patients with non-cirrhotic MASH. This conversation focuses on how the US healthcare system must adapt to handle the growing number of MASH and MASLD patients who might seek treatment, given likely increases in publicity and education. The conversation starts with a focus on the implications of semaglutide approval for hepatolog...
31 Aug 22min

S6.12.1 - After the Semaglutide Approval: Impact on Patients and Pharmacotherapy
Send us a text Key Opinion Leaders Manal Abdelmalek, Naim Alkhouri, Scott Isaacs and Zobair Younossi join Roger Green to discuss FDA's approval of semaglutide for patients with non-cirrhotic MASH. This conversation focuses on benefits for patients and ways that having two drugs with different modes of action will change pharmacotherapy choices. This conversation starts with the group describing the sense of "enthusiasm" and "fulfillment" hepatology drug developers feel to see two drugs ...
31 Aug 24min

S6.12 - A Second US Drug Approval! What Semaglutide's Success Portends For MASLD Care in the US
Send us a text 00:00:00 - Surf's Up, Season 6, Episode 12 This week's episode is a special three-part roundtable on the implications of the FDA's recent approval of semaglutide. Naim Alkhouri, Manal Abdelmalek, Scott Isaacs and Zobair Younossi join Roger Green in a discussion that focuses less on specifics of pharmacotherapy and more on how having two drugs available will change MASH management in the US. 00:08:45 - Part I: How Will The Semaglutide Approval Affect Patient Treatment and Pharma...
29 Aug 1h 4min

6.11.3 - Expert: Emily Andaya Asks Why There Is No "L" In the (Multi-Meatbolic) CKM Initiative
Send us a text This week's expert interview is with Dr. Emily Andaya, Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Program at Major Health Partners of Shelbyville, IN. She joins Louise Campbell and Roger Green to discuss the American Heart Assocation's CKM initiative, why she believe it should be titled "CKLM" for liver, and how including liver in the CKM scoring system would make it stronger and provide a more robust tool to help improve patients' health. Emily begins by discussing her atten...
17 Aug 41min

6.11.2 - Multi-Metabolic Week Part II: Benefits of the Multi-Metabolic Approach
Send us a text Multi-Metabolic Week focuses on the idea that MASLD and MASH are elements in a systemic set of Multi-Metabolic issues. This conversation is the second of two looking at the concept of the "Multi-Metabolic Clinic," a clinic that treats the entire spectrum of multi-metabolic diseases. This conversation starts by focusing on how the two clinics train other physicians and practices on multi-metabolic issues. The EDOM clinic in Spain is certified to provide nutritional training to o...
17 Aug 43min

6.11.1 - Multi-Metabolic Week Part I: Role of MASLD In Multi-Metabolic Clinics
Send us a text Multi-Metabolic Week focuses on the idea that MASLD and MASH are elements in a systemic set of Multi-Metabolic issues. This conversation is the first of two looking at the concept of the "Multi-Metabolic Clinic," a clinic that treats the entire spectrum of multi-metabolic diseases. The core of this episode starts during the weekly groundbreaker exercise, during which our guests began to describe the path that brought them from single-disease specialization to the broader ...
16 Aug 37min

S6.11 - Multi-Metabolic Practices Integrate MASLD with Other Non-Communicable Diseases
Send us a text 00:00:00 - Surf's Up: Season 6, Episode 11 This week, we modify our usual episode structure to focus on multi-metabolic practices and constructs. The multi-metabolic practices covered this week are run by non-hepatologists who have chosen to focus on the liver in a broader cardiometabolic context. They include two practices discussed during a two-part roundtable, one run by US gastroenterologist Dr. Karen Jerome-Zapadka and the EDOM practice in Spain, run by endocrinologi...
15 Aug 1h 49min