Podcast

Expert Conversations: Managing NAFLD During the Obesity Epidemic

08/16/2019

In this podcast, Nicole Loo, MD, from Texas Liver Institute, and Christopher Chen, PhD, from Texas Biomedical Research Institute, discuss the current management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, obesity as a risk factor for NAFLD, the importance of screening and prevention, and more.

Nicole Loo

Nicole Loo, MD, is director of hepatobiliary cancer at the Texas Liver Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

 

Christopher Chen

Christopher Chen, PhD, is a staff scientist and assistant director for research support at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. 

 

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