CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

People of Childbearing Potential and Their Infants: Overcoming HBV Barriers

Episode Summary

Listen to expert faculty and a patient discuss strategies to overcome barriers to HBV care in people of childbearing potential and their infants, including HBV screening and vaccination during pregnancy, managing pregnant people who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive, and postpartum considerations, including infant care and breastfeeding.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA; Christina Delacruz Leyson, MD; and Alice Chan, a person who experienced pregnancy as a person living with chronic hepatitis B, discuss solutions for overcoming barriers to HBV care in people of childbearing potential and their infants, including:

Presenters: 

Joseph Ahn, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Section Chief
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Christina Delacruz Leyson, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Program Director, Hepatology Fellowship
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Alice Chan, person living with chronic hepatitis B

Link to downloadable slides:
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Link to program: 
https://bit.ly/3L3Kz6l