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Fatty Liver: Do We Need to Worry About It?


Total Credits: 1.25 including 1.25 AOA Category 1-A, 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1

Duration:
1:13
Format:
Audio and Video


Description

Fatty Liver: Do We Need to Worry About It?

David Leff, DO

Learning objectives:

  • Appreciate the burden and consequences of fatty liver disease in America
  • Develop a treatment plan for fatty liver
  • Demonstrate the need for tertiary referral

Faculty and Planning Committee Disclosures

The following faculty and/or planning committee members have indicated that they may have a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company that could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest.

Planning Committee and Faculty - Dr. David Leff discloses he is on the Speakers' Bureau for Abbvie, Alfa Sigma, Allergan, Gilead and Salix.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

All other faculty and planning committee members have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Accreditation
The Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AOMA designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The AOMA designates this program for a maximum of 1.5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation.

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David B. Leff, DO's Profile

David B. Leff, DO Related Seminars and Products

Central Arizona Medical Associates


Dr. Leff is a gastroenterologist in private practice in Mesa, Ariz. He has been with Central Arizona Medical Associates for the past 19 years. He is also an adjunct assistant professor, Division of Clinical Education, Midwestern University - Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Leff is a graduate of Des Moines University in 1991 and did his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. During his fellowship, he was involved with early hepatitis C treatment options, and when he moved to Arizona, he became a member of the Board of Directors for the American Liver Foundation – Arizona Chapter. Dr. Leff currently serves on the Medical Advisory Board.  He has served as the Assistant Medical Director for Central Arizona Endoscopy for the last nine years and recently became a member of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association in 2016.  He speaks for a number of different pharmaceutical companies on the topics of hepatitis C, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr. Leff discloses he is on the Speakers’ Bureau for Abbvie, Alfa Sigma and Salix.