S3-E44.5 - Roger Green and Jeff Lazarus Discuss on NAFLD Summit

Send us Fan MailRoger starts by asking Jeff to describe his role in the NAFLD Summit and to discuss any other presentations of interest outside of his own. Jeff shares that he will be talking about evolving models of care and future implications. His interest in the session stems not just from his presenting, but from the session title, "Epidemiology, Disease Modifiers and Models of Care," and the opportunity it presents to, as Jeff puts it, "hammer home" the importance of integrated care and pathways. He also mentions the importance of the sessions covering NITs, which are pivotal to the way forward, new approaches to lifestyle modification and drug clinical trials and development. The conversation shifts Jeff's other activity in Dublin: meeting with industry and other colleagues to build momentum for an upcoming meeting at Wilton Park to build on the momentum of the 2021 global consensus statement on NAFLD. (This was the topic of Season 2, Episode 59.)  The conversation veers into two other topics of relevance. First, Jeff draws a link between the importance of viewing liver disease in a truly multi-disciplinary context with the broadening of presentation topics at major meetings. He points out that if we want colleagues from other medical specialties to join in efforts to contain the coming NAFLD pandemic, medical meeting agendas must include enough topics of interest to them to broaden the prospective set of attendees. The second issue involves engaging the WHO to incorporate liver disease into its global health priorities.