Patients with advanced cirrhosis are a geriatric population regardless of age.

I love this figure on dialysis decision-making for patients with cirrhosis for 2 reasons: 1. The authors write "palliative care consultation should not be limited to individuals who are ineligible for liver transplantation" 2. TIME-LIMITED TRIAL OF RRT #palliativehepatology

Delighted to share Mary Boulanger's beautifully written "Patient & Caregiver Experience With the Hope and Prognostic Uncertainty of #Immunotherapy," out now in JCO Oncology Practice! So much (warranted) hope- yet also further to fall when things don't go as hoped. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…

Glad to see this in print! Just in time for my bday!! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… UWGASTRO UW Department of Medicine Manal Abdelmalek #abigailschubach

Words cannot describe how profoundly sad I am to share the news of Dr. Shekinah Elmore's death this week. Shekinah was a SPECTACULAR human with profound wisdom, an incredible generosity of spirit, & a heart of kindness that lifted us all up. gofundme.com/f/honoring-dr-…

“LT offers net survival benefit even in the presence of advanced frailty among those selected for LT” (Among those selected for LT) being key phrase here. Interesting study given discussions on appropriate use of LFI in transplant selection #livertwitter journals.lww.com/hep/abstract/9…

Alcohol's impact: Liver disease deaths surging in SD sdnewswatch.org/chronic-liver-…

Congratulations Lachelle Dawn & Kelly Bolton MD PhD on your Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards! Wonderful to see #CHIP recognized as an important area of cancer research. damonrunyon.org/news/entries/7…

It is a total honor to have been selected as the Timmerman Traverse Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator. Super excited about this project which is sure to be a fun collaboration with Eli Van Allen and Sanam Loghavi, MD صنم لغوی 🔬🧬 ! Always grateful for Ben Ebert’s mentorship & support!

RAI BENJAMIN IS FINALLY AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION. #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC & Peacock

We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming online course: Best Case Worst Case, in partnership with Dr. Gretchen Schwarze! This course will improve your ability to guide patients through choosing between surgery and other treatment options. Learn more... chooseyourpath.vitaltalk.org/BEST-CASE-WORS…

📣Interrupting your Twitterfeed for this interesting DEI Section paper on media portrayals of pts w IBD by the fabulous Bharati Kochar Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD MPH Olivia Kahn-Boesel, MD & Elizabeth Araka 🌟 🔖Read here: gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… Gastroenterology CGH Fola May, MD PhD

1) Our article « Patient and physician expectation’s regarding disease and treatment of advanced HCC: the prospective PERCEPTION1 study” was recently published in JHEP Reports Eric Trépo Allaire Manon jhep-reports.eu/article/S2589-…

Unseen foe: The financial toxicity of liver transplantation : Liver Transplantation George Cholankeril Fasiha Kanwal Liver Transplantation Journal (LTxJournal) Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE journals.lww.com/lt/fulltext/20…

Christy Cauley, MD, MPH, was recently awarded the very prestigious K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging from the NIH. Dr. Cauley's research focuses on improving the surgical care of older adults undergoing major surgery

One of the most challenging aspects of txp hep for me is the difficult conversations with pts and their families, particularly after the decision to decline for listing. Please join the panel & me below in navigating this important aspect of liver care! aasld.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

New season. Time for my annual read of one of my favorite articles on a career in academic medicine that allows me to recenter. Ryan Nipp, MD, MPH Stephanie Lee, MD

I’ve largely kept the “ugly side” of removing #race from #kidney #algorithms to myself and a few others. Major kudos to Usha Lee McFarling for telling the most accurate account of the process that I’ve seen to date. Read more of the fantastic series here >> trib.al/4KkS0nx

Really enjoyed this JHEP Reports paper on psychological distress and prognostic discordance between patients and physicians in advanced HCC #palliativehepatology

End of the antibiotic prophylaxis era for #cirrhosis