The Empire Liver Foundation and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene invites you to attend:

Perinatal Hepatitis C
Thursday, April 15 (4pm-5pm EST)
1 CME/CNE/CEU

Register at: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6234317/ELF-Perinatal-HCV-HBV?eventID=a1QV00002W4PH7UAN

Description:
This training is designed to educate clinical providers on current hepatitis C screening and treatment guidelines for women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children

Speaker:
Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Learning Objectives:

• Explain changes in hepatitis C epidemiology nationally, including in pregnant women

• Recall current hepatitis C screening and treatment guidelines for women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children

• Describe the risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C

• Identify opportunities to strengthen hepatitis C screening and treatment in women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children

Questions? Contact Meg Chappell at the Empire Liver Foundation at megchappell@empireliverfoundation.org