Decera Clinical Education Medical Specialties Podcast

Defining Our Treatment Goals: Raising the Bar in PBC Management Podcast

Episode Summary

Advancements in our understanding of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and new therapeutic agents have reshaped the care landscape of PBC. Listen now to learn from Dr Aliya F. Gulamhusein, Dr Christopher L. Bowlus, and Dr Aparna Goel, how these developments are helping to redefine and elevate PBC treatment goals. This episode is the first of 3 recap podcasts, featuring audio from our live satellite symposium, Raising the Bar: Innovations in PBC Care.

Episode Notes

Advancements in our understanding of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and new therapeutic agents have reshaped the care landscape of PBC. Listen now to learn how these developments are helping to redefine and elevate treatment goals. Topics covered include:

• How and when to assess treatment response
• Risk factors in PBC
• Biochemical treatment response and fibrosis stage as predictors of transplant-free survival
• Dynamics of liver stiffness measurements and clinical outcomes in PBC 
• The importance of bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase normalization

This episode is the first of 3 recap podcasts, featuring audio from our live satellite symposium, Raising the Bar: Innovations in PBC Care. For the full on-demand webcast of this satellite symposium, and to download the accompanying slides, visit the program page for this episode: https://bit.ly/44ZJ5os

Presenters:

Christopher L. Bowlus, MD
Lena Valente Professor and Chief
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
School of Medicine
University of California Davis
Sacramento, California

Aparna Goel, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Aliya F. Gulamhusein, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professorship in PSC Research
Clinician Investigator, Toronto General Hospital
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University Health Network
Toronto, Canada

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