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The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#329 Curing Hepatitis C: A Primary Care Primer

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

DeLiver on the promise of elimination with Dr. Christian Ramers

Let’s deLiver on the promise of hepatitis C elimination! Dr. Christian Ramers @cramersmd brings hepatitis C diagnosis, care, and cure into the primary care clinic with a simplified algorithm for workup and treatment.

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  • Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  • Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*
  • Case from Kashlak; Definitions
  • Who should we screen?
  • Patient Workup
  • Preparing for treatment
  • Treating hepatitis C
  • Opportunities for integration of care
  • Outro
Credits

  • Producer, writer, co-host: Emi Okamoto MD, FACP
  • Show Notes, infographic, cover art: Lyan Chang
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Reviewer: Leah Witt, MD
  • Executive Producer: Beth Garbitelli
  • Showrunner: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
  • Editor: Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  • Guest: Christian Ramers MD, MPH, FIDSA
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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only, and

0:07.1

the topics discussed should not be used solely at a diet of street cure or prevent any diseases

0:09.8

or conditions.

0:10.8

For the more the views and statements expressed on this podcast are solely those of those,

0:12.4

and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity

0:14.4

that's either on possibly cash like more hospital and affiliate outreach programs.

0:16.8

If indeed there are any, in fact there are none.

0:18.6

Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up, you should always be your own homeer

0:20.5

and let's know the world.

0:32.0

Well Paul, we're back.

0:36.0

Good energy.

0:38.2

Yet again it's a week night we probably should both be in bed but who needs to sleep?

0:43.3

This is the Curbsiders, I'm Dr. Matthew Wato here with my great friend Dr. Paul Nelson

0:47.8

Williams and tonight on the show we're going to be talking about a simplified approach,

0:52.1

hopefully inspiring some of our listeners to treat hep C in primary care.

0:56.8

We have a great guest, Dr. Christian, boy, Rammers, but Paul before we get to that and before

1:02.0

we introduce our wonderful guest co-host, can you tell people what is it that we do on

1:06.7

the Curbsiders?

1:07.7

Sure, happy to as always Matt.

1:09.5

As a reminder we are the Interval Medicine podcast.

1:12.0

We use expert interviews from your clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge.

1:15.8

As you alluded to we are joined by the great Dr. Emmy Okamoto who produced and wrote

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