P4151: Pediatrics, Hepatitis C, and the 2020 Nobel Prize: Coming of Age Story for the Ages

Monday, October 11, 2021

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CDT

CME: 0.25

Session Type: Plenary

Topic(s): Gastroenterology; Infectious Diseases

Approximately 50,000 children in the US have hepatitis C virus (HCV), mostly related to vertical transmission in infants and sequelae of the opioid epidemic in adolescents. Researchers who contributed to the discovery of HCV received the 2020 Nobel Prize, and their efforts have implications for landmark advances in care.

Plenary Faculty(s)

Karen F. Murray, MD

Chair, Pediatric Institute; Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Physician-in-Chief
Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve Univ; Cleveland Clinic Children's
Cleveland, Ohio, United States