CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Simplified HCV Care in Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics

Episode Summary

In this episode, Drs Lee and Kusher, along with a patient advocate, Andrew Reynolds, share strategies on how to overcome barriers to HCV testing and treatment in priority populations including men who have sex with men and pregnant persons.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee, MD; Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE; and patient advocate Andrew Reynolds discuss hepatitis C virus (HCV) care in men who have sex with men and pregnant people, including:

• HCV disease burden in the United States
• Screening recommendations 
• Strategies to overcome barriers to HCV screening
• Treatment recommendations, including simplified treatment guidance and considerations for pregnant people
• Strategies to improve treatment uptake

Presenters:

Tzu-Hao (Howard) Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine
Division of Abdominal Transplant, Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Andrew Reynolds
Director, Health of People Who Use Drugs
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco, California

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