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Presentation: What You Can Do to Eliminate the Greatest Health Disparity in the U.S.
Time: Sunday Morning
Purpose: To learn about the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and liver cancer in the API population, and new federal recommendations on routine screening for chronic hepatitis B
Objectives:
Recognize the importance and rationale for routine screening of all Asians and Pacific Islanders for chronic hepatitis B infection   
Utilize the tests recommended for routine screening    
Prepare long-term medical management for hepatitis B carriers (chronic hepatitis B) including regular liver cancer screening, and the indications for antiviral drug treatment.

Current Positions:
Professor of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Founder & Director of the Asian Liver Center, Stanford University
Founder & Director of the Multidisciplinary Liver Cancer Program

Bio:
Dr. Samuel So is the Lui Hac Minh Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Surgery at Stanford University.  He is the founder and director of the Stanford Liver Cancer Program and the non-profit Asian Liver Center.  Dr. So is spearheading a multidisciplinary effort that aims to identify new strategies for eliminating hepatitis B worldwide and reducing the threat of liver cancer. In 2008, he founded APAVH (Asia and Pacific Alliance to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis), a new global initiative. His current bench research efforts focus on the discovery and evaluation of novel diagnostic markers and new therapies for liver cancer.

Dr. So is a member on the Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice of the Institute of Medicine, and a co-author of the IOM report on a national strategy for the prevention and control of hepatitis B and C published in 2010. He chairs the National Hepatitis B Task Force. In 2009, the California API Joint Legislative Caucus presented Dr. So with the API Heritage Award for Excellence in Science. In 2010, he was presented with the World Outstanding Chinese Award in Hong Kong, and also became the fifth Chinese American to receive the Outstanding American by Choice Award, a national recognition from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for his contributions to the U.S. and global community.

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