There is no cost to attend, and all interested healthcare professionals are invited to participate. Continuing education credit will be available.
 

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER.
 

Learning Objectives

- Describe the rationale for screening adults for hepatitis B infection.

- Promote vaccination as the cornerstone of prevention.

- Recognize key issues related to HBV management for those living with HIV or at risk for HIV.
 

Speaker

Arthur Kim, MD is the Director of the Viral Hepatitis Clinic in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and trained in internal medicine at MGH and infectious diseases at MGH/Brigham and Women's Hospital. He expresses a longstanding interest in those living with HCV, especially in special populations such as acute infection, prisoners, post-transplantation, and HIV co-infection. He currently is co-PI or co-investigator of NIH-funded studies examining the immunology and immunogenetics of HCV infection. Dr. Kim serves on the AASLD/IDSA committee that provides online guidance at http://hcvguidelines.org. He focuses on HBV, HCV, and HIV/HCV co-infected patients and especially welcomes referrals of those suspected to have early or acute infection and/or with a history of drug use. Dr. Kim also has many years of experience with inpatient transplant infectious disease and outpatient travel advice.