Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Redwood City, CA
Paul Y. Kwo, MD, FACG, is currently the Director of Hepatology and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Kwo was Professor of Medicine at Indiana University and the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation where he distinguished himself in the field of viral hepatitis and served as the principal investigator for multiple seminal trials that established the efficacy of direct acting antiviral agents for the treatment of both non-transplant and post-transplant hepatitis C hepatitis C infection. His clinical and research interests are in novel therapeutic approaches to treat viral hepatitis including hepatitis B and C elimination and other chronic liver diseases. Dr. Kwo has published over 200 original articles in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, and others. He is currently an Associate Editor for Clinical and Molecular Hepatology and has served on the editorial boards of multiple journals including Hepatology, Hepatology Communications, and the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. He has served on numerous ACG committees including the Education Committee, International Relations Committee, and was the Chair of the ACG Credentials Committee. He is a director of the ACG Hepatology Circle, as well as the ACG Hepatology School and served on the ACG Board of Trustees from 2016 to 2022. Along with other ACG members, he authored the ACG Practice Guideline Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries in 2017. Dr. Kwo is the recipient of multiple awards for his clinical care and teaching at Indiana University and Stanford including the Outstanding Young Clinician Award, the Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Trustee Teaching Award at Indiana University and most recently received the Stanford University Department of Medicine Master Teacher Award.
Learning Luncheon 01: Hepatitis C: Far From Over
Saturday, October 26, 2024
12:20 PM – 1:35 PM ET
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM ET