On Feb. 12, we welcome #VCU colleague Michael Miles, MD, PhD, to the institute's research webinar. Join us at bit.ly/4hgEd1U #livertwitter #alcohol #alcoholism

🤩 AASLD President-elect, Saul Karpen highlighting the growth of VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease - a metabolic institute with multidisciplinary management VCU Health ⭐️ Liver-centric, not liver-exclusive approach 🔥 Catalysing a liver revolution with pre-clinical imaging 🩻, data science 💾,

With our Saul Karpen, whose efforts in this area led in 2019 to the identification of the first genetic defect linked to BA #livertwitter Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD  Jasmohan Bajaj

🔗: bit.ly/3XMKCe1 Pediatricians are getting a simple three-step approach for identifying biliary atresia, based on research by Saul Karpen of VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease.

Our director of alcohol sciences, Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD 

The unmet medical need for patients with MASH is significant. We need options for our patients.

Many thanks, @KnowledgeSci!

⏰ MASH Academy: 30 Lunch & Learn Join expert Prof. Arun Sanyal for a bite-sized webinar on how to identify MASH patients at elevated risk of mortality. 🇺🇸 For U.S. HCPs | IME funded by NovoNordisk Register for free 👉 app.medalleducation.com/event-listings… #MASH #NAFLD #LiverHealth #MedEd

Come join our team.

See what my colleague Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD  has to say on his review: vcuhealth.org/news/what-you-…

Join me in person or online at #DDW2025 to get the latest advancements in the digestive disease field. Register today to hear my presentation at app.ingo.me/q/zyo5m .

Our colleague Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD 

Inspiring day at the 29th Annual Virginia GI Symposium and Liver Update by VCU Health! 🎤📚 Truly honored to celebrate Dr. Alvin Zfass — a pioneer in #Endoscopy and #GI, mentor to 200+ fellows, and a lifelong champion for trainees. 🏆🙏 A legacy that continues to inspire us all!

Want to know where our faculty's research will be featured at #DDW2025? Check out our dedicated Digestive Disease Week page for a day-by-day schedule of presentations, talks and posters affiliated with the institute and #VCU. #livertwitter bit.ly/42S9xPj

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Saul Karpen on receiving the Research Mentor Award, presented by Drs. Don Rockey and Ashwani Singal on behalf of the Liver and Biliary Section of the #AGA at #DDW2025! 🏆 #AASLD #LiverResearch #Hepatology #ResearchExcellence #MentorAward

Looking forward to the conference...

Appreciate my colleague Jasmohan Bajaj's expertise on this topic as we seek to improve treatment for liver patients with HR.

In Hepatology Communications journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte…

Thrilled to announce the release of the new American Diabetes Association - DiabetesPro Consensus Statement: #MASLD is now recognized as a major metabolic complication in type 2 diabetes and obesity, underscoring the central role of insulin resistance and cardiometabolic risk factors in its pathogenesis.

A great day for liver researchers at VCU. We want to make lives better, not just here, but around the world. Thanks to those who made this day happen -- Saul Karpen and others -- and to the participants for really being keyed into the presentations and activities.