Liver Disease in Asian Americans – What to Look for?

Chronic liver disease and liver cancer are surging in the United States, but no group is more affected than Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Though only 6% of the U.S. population, people of Asian descent account for 60% of liver cancer cases in the nation. 

Mindie Nguyen, MD, will discuss the latest research and clinical trials that highlight the unique risk factors and disease patterns observed in Asian Americans. She will talk about the early signs of liver disease, importance of regular screenings, and latest advancements in treatment options.

Dr. Mindie H. Nguyen is Professor of Medicine, and by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, Director for the Hepatology Clerkship, a Member of the Appointment and Promotion Committee for the Professoriate Line, and a Diversity Advisor for Professoriate Faculty Search for the Department of Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center (https://profiles.stanford.edu/mindie-nguyen). She is an active clinician and researcher performing clinical trials, clinical epidemiology and real-world studies in viral hepatitis, NAFLD, cirrhosis and liver cancer with over 600 publications, more than 300 original research publications including first or senior authorship in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Network, Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Journal of Hepatology, and Hepatology.  She has served as editorial/advisory board member for major journals such as Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and PLOS Medicine. She has also served as Chair of the Hepatitis B SIG and Steering Committee member for the HCC SIG for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), President for the International Association for the Study of Liver Disease (IASL), and is active in global health as a Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. She sees general liver and liver transplant patients three full days a week.  She is an active educator and has mentored over 150 trainees from high-school students to undergraduate, medical, Masters/PhD students in Public Health/Epidemiology, clinical residents/fellows, postdoctoral research fellows, overseas visiting scholars, and faculty at Assistant/Associate Professor rank (https://med.stanford.edu/nguyenlab). The Professor Mindie H. Nguyen Award for Outstanding Clinical Research by Early Career Investigators by the AASLD honors Dr. Mindie H. Nguyen in recognition of her mentorship of several generations of students and trainees, and for her research on liver cancer in understudied populations (www.aasldfoundation.org/awards-programs).