Season 4 of Surfing The NASH Tsunami

S4-14.1 - Discussing the 3rd Annual Liver Connect Conference

S4-14.1 – Discussing the 3rd Annual Liver Connect Conference

Co-hosts Jörn Schattenberg, Louise Campbell and Roger Green convene to discuss what’s happening for fatty liver so far in 2023 and moving into the second quarter. In this conversation, Jörn describes his attendance at the 3rd Annual Liver Connect Conference in California.

S4-14 - Co-Host Roundtable on the Liver Connect Conference, FibroScan and Pathways, Therapeutic News and More

S4-14 – Co-Host Roundtable on the Liver Connect Conference, FibroScan and Pathways, Therapeutic News and More

This week, co-hosts Jörn Schattenberg, Louise Campbell and Roger Green discuss the 3rd Annual Liver Connect Conference, NICE approval process for FibroScan in primary care, updates in the therapeutic pipeline, pathways and the Surfing NASH 4th anniversary special. The session is fun and full of surprises – like a new metaphor from Roger to describe fatty liver disease.

S4-13.5 - INCBCN 2023: What Will Be Its Impact?

S4-13.5 – INCBCN 2023: What Will Be Its Impact?

Surfing NASH previews the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop with conference founders and directors, Jeff Lazarus and Jörn Schattenberg. This final conversation investigates what sort of impact the Workshop will have in the imminent future and the factors that will determine its success.

S4-13.4 - INCBCN 2023: Not Your Average Conference

S4-13.4 – INCBCN 2023: Not Your Average Conference

Surfing NASH previews the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop with conference founders and directors, Jeff Lazarus and Jörn Schattenberg. This conversation explores qualities which set the event apart from others and expands on its interactive emphasis.

S4-13.3 - Discussing the Day 2 Program of INCBCN in Barcelona

S4-13.3 – Discussing the Day 2 Program of INCBCN in Barcelona

Surfing NASH previews the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop with conference founders and directors, Jeff Lazarus and Jörn Schattenberg. This conversation introduces themes and sessions from Day 2 in Barcelona, including a debate on diet: can vegetarianism cure NAFLD?

S4-13.2 - Linking NAFLD and NASH to Cancer and Educating on Fatty Liver Screening

S4-13.2 – Linking NAFLD and NASH to Cancer and Educating on Fatty Liver Screening

Surfing NASH previews the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop with conference founders and directors, Jeff Lazarus and Jörn Schattenberg. This conversation continues to introduce themes and sessions from Day 1 in Barcelona on May 26. The group dives in-dept to the linkage between Fatty Liver and cancers, and the importance of early liver health screening for cancer prevention.

S4-14 - Previewing the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop

S4-14 – Previewing the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop

Surfing NASH previews the 2023 Innovations in NAFLD Care Workshop with conference founders and directors, Jeff Lazarus and Jörn Schattenberg. The group discusses a uniquely focused event with powerful perspectives spanning across all stakeholders.

S4-12.5 – ICER Draft Report: Different Stakeholder Impacts

In this final conversation the Surfers explore the impact they believe ICER’s draft report on resmetirom and obeticholic acid for NASH will have for different stakeholders. The panelists each touch on different perspectives to offer a well-rounded wrap-up.

S4-12.4 - Biopsy, Biomarkers and Assessing the Value and Pricing of New Medications

S4-12.4 – Biopsy, Biomarkers and Assessing the Value and Pricing of New Medications

The Surfers provide an analysis of a recent draft report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) on resmetirom and obeticholic acid for NASH. In this conversation, the group explores the pros and cons of biopsy while critiquing the report’s position on the practice. Discussion goes on to consider challenges for payers trying to determine the economic impacts of these drugs.

S4-12.3 - Keeping Regulatory Pace with Field Advancements

S4-12.3 – Keeping Regulatory Pace with Field Advancements

The Surfers provide an analysis of a recent draft report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) on resmetirom and obeticholic acid for NASH. In this conversation, the panelists discuss how to effectively collect and implement changes reflected by the explosion of data emerging from the NAFLD and NASH space.

S4-11.5 - Excitement and Trepidations: Exploring the Year Ahead in Fatty Liver

S4-11.5 – Excitement and Trepidations: Exploring the Year Ahead in Fatty Liver

This final segment with Jeff McIntyre of the Global Liver Institute (GLI) wraps up discussion around what’s happening in NAFLD and NASH for the first quarter of an exciting year. Roger Green invites the panelists to provide the most significant and optimistic thing they will be touching over the next three months followed by the greatest fear each has in the same space.

S4-11.4 - Increasing Incidence of Type-2 Diabetes Among Adolescents

S4-11.4 – Increasing Incidence of Type-2 Diabetes Among Adolescents

The Surfers are joined by Jeff McIntyre of the Global Liver Institute for a thought-provoking discussion on increasing incidence of Type-2 diabetes among adolescents. The group shares ideas around what’s contributing to this swelling burden and how to dampen its devastating impact.

S4-11.3 - Fighting for Fair Regulation Around What’s Deemed “Healthy”

S4-11.3 – Fighting for Fair Regulation Around What’s Deemed “Healthy”

The Surfers are joined by Jeff McIntyre of the Global Liver Institute for a thought-provoking session around bringing hepatology to the public health dinner table. This conversation explores what’s going on in the assessment of package nutrition labeling and fighting for fair regulation around what’s deemed “healthy.”

S4-11 - The Yin and Yang of Technology and Regulation

S4-11 – The Yin and Yang of Technology and Regulation

The Surfers are joined by Jeff McIntyre of the Global Liver Institute for a thought-provoking impromptu session on what’s happening thus far for the Fatty Liver field in 2023. They discuss emerging stories in science and policy which elicit responses ranging from positive excitement to head-scratching concern.

S4-10 - Focus on Pediatric and Adolescent Fatty Liver Disease

S4-10 – Focus on Pediatric and Adolescent Fatty Liver Disease

The Surfers investigate pediatric and adolescent Fatty Liver disease, its alarming prevalence and developing the field’s understanding around how to treat a vulnerable subpopulation. This is a special session which illuminates a critical issue intimate to two extremely knowledgeable guests, Naim Alkhouri and Rohit Kohli.

S4-9 - From the Getting Ahead of the Rising Tide Series: Challenges as a Leading Patient Advocate is Screened

S4-9 – From the Getting Ahead of the Rising Tide Series: Challenges as a Leading Patient Advocate is Screened

This week, SurfingNASH.com is offering a 17-minute section of our new series, “The NASH Tsunami in Diabetes; Getting Ahead of the Rising Tide.” Rising Tide, as we call it, is a subscription-only series targeted at the primary care physicians, endocrinologists and allied health professionals who provide front-line treatments for patients living with Type 2 Diabetes and/or obesity.

S4-8.6 - Previewing Innovations in NAFLD Care 2022: Day Two Sessions

S4-8.6 – Previewing Innovations in NAFLD Care 2022: Day Two Sessions

Learn about the amazingly diverse and exciting program for Day Two of the inaugural Innovations in NAFLD Care 2022 Workshop, with sessions on Comprehensive Care pathways, current and future pharmacotherapies, and what a future integrated treatment roadmap might look like.

S4-8.5 - The Future of Digital Therapeutics

S4-8.5 – The Future of Digital Therapeutics

The podcast ventures into the emergence of digital therapeutics with Joe Rubinsztain, CEO and Co-Founder of ChronWell, and Mark Berman, CMO of Better Therapeutics. In this final conversation, the panelists provide closing thoughts on the future of this space and how it may play out across different economic systems.

S4-8.4 - Digital Apps: Patient Participation and Regulatory Challenges

S4-8.4 – Digital Apps: Patient Participation and Regulatory Challenges

The podcast ventures into the emerging space of digital therapeutics with Joe Rubinsztain, CEO and Co-Founder of ChronWell, and Mark Berman, CMO of Better Therapeutics. The panelists consider regulatory challenges for prescribing digital therapeutics as an evidence-based treatment. Additionally, Louise Campbell introduces a free lifestyle app that she is working on that aims to improve liver health.

S4-8.3 - Joe Rubinsztain on ChronWell and Scalable Technology

S4-8.3 – Joe Rubinsztain on ChronWell and Scalable Technology

Joe Rubinsztain, CEO and Co-Founder of ChronWell, discusses scalable technology and the future of digital health. Within this context, the panelists consider the dynamics of insurers, providers and building an understanding around the full spectrum of disease treatment.

S4-8.1 - Utilizing Prescription Digital Therapeutics to Combat Fatty Liver

S4-8.1 – Utilizing Prescription Digital Therapeutics to Combat Fatty Liver

The podcast ventures into the emerging digital therapeutics space with Joe Rubinsztain, CEO and Co-Founder of ChronWell, and Mark Berman, CMO of Better Therapeutics. In this conversation, both guests share their unique backgrounds and paths to combating Fatty Liver through technological innovation.

S4-7.6 - What’s next in Driving the Global Public Health Agenda for NAFLD?

S4-7.6 – What’s next in Driving the Global Public Health Agenda for NAFLD?

Lead author Jeffrey Lazarus and co-author Jörn Schattenberg join Stephen Harrison, Louise Campbell and Roger Green to discuss the groundbreaking paper “Advancing the Global Health Agenda for NAFLD.” This conversation focuses on the question “What’s Next,” which makes the scale of the challenge clear and compelling.

S4-7 - New AASLD 2023 Practice Guidance

S4-7 – New AASLD 2023 Practice Guidance

AASLD has published new practice guidance on the clinical assessment and management of NAFLD. Surfers Jörn Schattenberg, Louise Campbell and Roger Green are joined by Ken Cusi to explore its key features and implications which place emphasis on advances in noninvasive risk stratification and therapeutics.

S4-6.5 – From the Vault: How NAFLD Patient Advocacy Works: Two Key Pieces

In this episode From the Vault, Patient advocates Achim Kautz and Andrew Scott join the Surfers to discuss the role of NAFLD patient advocacy in the Fatty Liver community. This conversation centers around the importance of taking action locally and enhancing communication across stakeholder groups if we are to keep increasing momentum over time.

S4-6.4 - Accessing New Drugs and the Future of Fatty Liver for Australians

S4-6.4 – Accessing New Drugs and the Future of Fatty Liver for Australians

The podcast heads Down Under as Louise Campbell hosts this week’s surf with Brisbane-based guest, Tony Rahman. This final conversation examines Australia’s positioning to distribute limited resources in response to accessing expensive new drugs. As the session winds down, Tony offers his vision for what the next 2-3 years holds for Fatty Liver in Australia.

S4-6.1 - Tony Rahman on Fatty Liver Prevalence in Australia

S4-6.1 – Tony Rahman on Fatty Liver Prevalence in Australia

The podcast heads Down Under as Louise Campbell hosts this week’s surf with Brisbane-based guest, Tony Rahman. After Tony outlines a career trajectory and how he arrived at the frontlines of NAFLD and NASH in Australia, the duo discuss themes focused around public health and prevalence.

S4-6 - Introduction to NAFLD and NASH in Australia

S4-6 – Introduction to NAFLD and NASH in Australia

The podcast heads Down Under as Louise Campbell hosts this week’s surf from Australia. Joining her is Brisbane-based Director of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at The Prince Charles Hospital, Tony Rahman. The two discuss NAFLD and NASH prevalence, providing for rural populations, FibroScan, FIB-4 and the future of combating Fatty Liver in Australia.

S4-5.6 - From the VAULT: Patient Follow-Up Challenges in Modeling NASH Diagnostics

S4-5.6 – From the VAULT: Patient Follow-Up Challenges in Modeling NASH Diagnostics

This episode From the Vault comes from Season 3, Episode 39.4. Ian Rowe’s decision curve model does an excellent job of modeling the success rate and cost effectiveness of modeling early NASH diagnosis. However, as Louise Campbell points out, simply getting the patient diagnosed does not mean therapeutic success, which has implications for the early diagnosis model and broader patient management issues.

S4-5.5 - Wrap-Up on Data Aggregation and Transparency, Patient Feedback and More

S4-5.5 – Wrap-Up on Data Aggregation and Transparency, Patient Feedback and More

Tim Jobson of Predictive Health Intelligence joins the podcast to introduce analyzing historic blood test results to identify those at risk of Fatty Liver disease. In this final conversation, panelists revisit themes of data aggregation, data transparency, patient feedback and more. Surf on to listen to their concluding remarks and learn about the future of the project.

S4-5.4 - Patient Data: Security Issues and Proactivity for Empowerment

S4-5.4 – Patient Data: Security Issues and Proactivity for Empowerment

Tim Jobson of Predictive Health Intelligence joins the podcast to introduce analyzing historic blood test results to identify those at risk of Fatty Liver disease. In this conversation, panelists focus on the dual issues of patient data security and proactivity for better health outcomes.

S4-5.3 - Predictive Health Intelligence: Exploring Areas of Application

S4-5.3 – Predictive Health Intelligence: Exploring Areas of Application

Tim Jobson of Predictive Health Intelligence joins the podcast to introduce analyzing historic blood test results to identify those at risk of Fatty Liver disease. In this conversation, panelists explore various areas of application where the Predictive Health tool may be of significant value.

S4-5.1 - Creating a "Combined Informatics and Clinical Program"

S4-5.1 – Creating a “Combined Informatics and Clinical Program”

Tim Jobson of Predictive Health Intelligence joins the podcast to introduce analyzing historic blood test results to identify those at risk of Fatty Liver disease. In this conversation, he shares insights from creating a “combined informatics and clinical program simultaneously.”

S4-5 - Predictive Health Intelligence: Using Historic Blood Test Results to Identify Risk of Fatty Liver

S4-5 – Predictive Health Intelligence: Using Historic Blood Test Results to Identify Risk of Fatty Liver

In this episode, Tim Jobson, founder of Predictive Health Intelligence, joins the co-hosts to discuss analyzing historic blood test results to identify those at risk of Fatty Liver disease. He shares insights from building a project which is a “combined informatics and clinical program simultaneously,” all while fielding questions from Jörn Schattenberg, Louise Campbell and Roger Green on a subject particularly pertinent to the podcast.

S4-4.4 - NASH-TAG 2023: Emerging Optimism from a Watershed Moment

S4-4.4 – NASH-TAG 2023: Emerging Optimism from a Watershed Moment

This week’s conversation series continues on the theme of reviewing NASH-TAG 2023, a watershed moment for Fatty Liver disease. For this wrap-up feature, Amy Articolo and Naim Alkhouri join Jörn Schattenberg and Roger Green to illustrate their enthusiasm coming out of the conference.

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