Today, July 28, is World Hepatitis Day. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, and its various types account for a significant disease burden worldwide.
To delve into the current disease state of hepatitis, and the steps that need taken to end hepatitis transmission by 2030, Contagion interviewed internal medicine specialist Thomas Robertson, MD, FACP.
Robertson is the associate program director and director of ultrasound education of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Internal Medicine Residency Program, as well as an assistant professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, and co-director of the Rethinking Incarceration and Empowering Recovery (RIvER) Clinic Center for Inclusion Health.