
S2-E41.2 - Specialties and Organizations Unite to Fight the NASH Epidemic
Send us a text Co-authors Ken Cusi and Stephen Harrison discuss how the multidisciplinary call to action regarding the coming NASH Epidemic came to be, while NASH kNOWledge President Anthony Villiotti, Global Liver Institute Director of Global Policy Andrew Scott and Roger Green share their unique personal perspectives and Louise Campbell comments separately. This conversation starts with Ken Cusi providing background on the effort to bring gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, hepatologists...
14 Aug 202112min

S2-E41.1 - SPECIAL FEATURE: Interview with Louise Campbell
Send us a text Roger Green and Louise Campbell discuss some of the key elements of the "Preparing for the NASH Epidemic - a Call to Action" paper itself along with the discussion during Surfing NASH Episode 41. Louise focuses on several of her professional passions and key beliefs: the importance of affiliated health professionals (Nurses, Dieticians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants) in providing care for non-communicable diseases; the vital need to empower patients, the value of f...
13 Aug 202123min

S2-E41 - Preparing for the NASH Epidemic: Behind a Multidisciplinary Call to Action
Send us a text Co-authors Ken Cusi and Stephen Harrison discuss the multidisciplinary call to action regarding the coming NASH Epidemic, how the first paper came to be and what lies behind it, while NASH kNOWledge President Anthony Villiotti, Global Liver Institute Director of Global Policy Andrew Scott and Roger Green share their unique personal perspectives on the need for diverse health professionals to align against Fatty Liver disease. The first part of this episode addresses the histor...
12 Aug 202151min

S2-E40.3 - Discussing Comprehensive Care Models For NAFLD - Metrics, Key Performance Indicators and Improving Management
Send us a text Jeff Lazarus and Roger Green discuss the ease of creating valuable metrics in a comprehensive care model, while our three practitioners -- Stephen Harrison, Jörn Schattenberg and Louise Campbell -- dive further into how they believe this model will improve care. KEY POINT: Broadening the number and diversity of health care providers assigned to each individual patient will improve care by improving focus on the areas that count. It is important that system designers ask t...
8 Aug 202114min

S2-E40.2 - Discussing Comprehensive Care Models For NAFLD - Providers Respond
Send us a text Stephen Harrison and Louise Campbell discuss their reactions to the recent paper, "Defining Comprehensive Models of Care for NAFLD." Stephen takes the perspective of a practicing hepatologist, Louise takes the perspective of a hepatology nurse, and both come to this discussion as NASH leaders and advocates. The combination of practical patient treatment experience and passionate advocacy for NASH treatment through pharmacological and behavioral means shines through as Stephen a...
7 Aug 202116min

S2-E40.1 - Discussing Comprehensive Care Models for NAFLD - Jeff Lazarus Presents Research
Send us a text Lead author Jeffrey Lazarus and co-author Jörn Schattenberg join the Surfers to discuss how they developed the care models for their recent paper, "Defining Comprehensive Models of Care for NAFLD." The authors researched care models around the world to find the ones that work best, and then developed eight foundational recommendations for co-ordinated NAFLD care centers. In this conversation, lead author Jeff Lazarus discusses the influences on his career that converged in his ...
7 Aug 202113min

S2-E40 - Discussing Comprehensive Care Models for NAFLD
Send us a text Lead author Jeffrey Lazarus and co-author Jörn Schattenberg join the Surfers to discuss their recent paper, "Defining Comprehensive Models of Care for NAFLD." In this vitally important paper, the authors researched care models around the world to find the ones that work best, and then developed eight foundational recommendations for co-ordinated NAFLD care centers. Jeff Lazarus brings a career of experience in analyzing and building health systems and, separately, in viral hepa...
5 Aug 20211h 2min

S2-E39.3 - 20K Celebration Interview With Jörn Schattenberg and Ian Rowe
Send us a text This week's celebration podcast featured interviews including seven of our favorite Surfers. In this week's conversations, we are publishing the interviews in full. Third up, Jörn Schattenberg and Ian Rowe Louise Campbell and Roger Green interview two frequent podcast guests, Jörn Schattenberg and Ian Rowe. In addition to reminiscing about the podcast, Jörn discusses the energy he gets from discussions with colleagues (and from learning interesting things about their lives, lik...
1 Aug 202142min