The Hepatitis C and Liver Care Project ECHO clinic is designed to train front-line clinicians to treat Hepatitis C with the new Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA's) and help keep patients in their medical homes and local communities. 

This ECHO program will meet twice a month for one hour for high-yield didactic learning sessions, open discussions, and case presentations/discussions. we will come together as a community to share learning in cases, share resources and provide tools to build treatment programs at the community level.  

For more information about Hepatitis C and Liver Care ECHO clinic, please e-mail HCVECHO@ohsu.edu

 

The topics that will be covered during the coming year include:

• Epidemiology/Screening for Hepatitis C 
  
• Addressing the Patient with new diagnosis of Hepatitis C  
• Assessing Severity of liver disease in HCV 
  
• Management of the Patient with chronic HCV
  
• Antiviral treatment  Drug-Drug interactions and Common Side Effects of DAAs
  
• Building a Treatment Program for Hepatitis C
  
• Antiviral treatment in Unique Populations 
  
• Management of Patients who have achieved virological response 
  
• HCV Resistance Associated Variants  
  
• Extra-hepatic Manifestations of HCV 
  
• Hepatitis B diagnosis 
  
• HIV diagnosis in the context of HCV treatment 
  
• Management of HCV in People who Inject Drugs (PWID's) 
  
• Use of Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Liver Disease 
  
• Marijuana use in patients with HCV/Liver disease 
  
• Natural History of Cirrhosis 
  
• Liver Imaging 
  
• HCC Surveillance 
  
• Ascites 
  
• Varices 
  
• Hepatic Encephalopathy
  
• Basics of Liver Physiology/Abnormal LFT's 
  
• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease