Liver Disease in the Face of COVID-19
Elizabeth C. Verna, MD, MSc
Frank Cardile Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
Director of Clinical Research, Columbia University Transplant Initiative
and the Transplant Clinical Research Center, New York, NY
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Dr. Elizabeth Verna is the Frank Cardile Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she practices as a transplant hepatologist. Dr. Verna has an active clinical research program in end-stage liver disease and liver transplantation and is the Director of Clinical Research for the Columbia University Transplant Clinical Research Center as well as the Director of Hepatology Research for the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases.
At the completion of this educational session, participants will:
1. Understand the impact of COVID-19-related liver injury upon patient outcomes.
2. Understand whether chronic liver disease increases the risk of severe COVID-19-related illness.
3. Understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the care of patients with chronic liver disease including the initiatives regarding viral hepatitis elimination.
Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.
- Dr. James F. Braun, DO (Course Director) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. William M. Valenti (Moderator) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Elizabeth C. Verna (Presenter) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Verna will support her presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature and will submit her slides in advance for adequate peer review.
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