Saul Karpen - Updates in Biliary Atresia

About this episode

The episode discusses new genetic discoveries in biliary atresia with Dr. Saul Karpen.

In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Amber Hildreth and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Saul Karpen, the inaugural chief scientific officer for the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., where he is a professor of internal medicine and adjunct professor in pediatric medicine at the VCU School of Medicine. We talk about new genetic discoveries in biliary atresia and the future goals of research on this important p...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Amber Hildreth, Dr. Jason Silverman

Guest: Dr. Saul Karpen

Topics covered

• biliary atresia
• genetic discoveries
• liver disease
• pediatric medicine
• research goals

Keywords

• biliary atresia
• genetic discoveries
• liver disease
• pediatric GI
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU School of Medicine

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