Dr. Heather Patton
Transplant Hepatologist
4 Podcasts • 16 Cases • 1 Course on BackTable
Dr. Heather Patton is a transplant hepatologist and professor of medicine with UC San Diego in California.
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Episode # 9 • 17 Jan 2025
Principles to Practice: An HCC Tumor Board
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel, Dr. Adam Burgoyne, Dr. Heather Patton, Dr. Siddharth Padia, Dr. Zach Berman
Do you ever wish you could be a fly on the wall at a tumor board meeting? In this episode of BackTable, we’re excited to give you an insider’s view of the real case discussions that take place during hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor boards. Host Dr. Zach Berman sits down with a multidisciplinary team, including Drs. Adam Burgoyne (medical oncologist), Heather Patton (hepatologist), Siddharth Padia (interventional radiologist), and Gabriel Schnickel (transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon).
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Boston Scientific.
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HCC: 68-year Old Non-Cirrhotic Patient with an LR5 Lesion
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HCC: Multifocal Disease in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
VI Case
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HCC: 67-year Old with Cirrhosis, pHTN, 10cm Lesion
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
VI Case
Jan 22, 2025
HCC: Surgical & Non-Surgical Treatments for a 60-year Old with Solitary LR5
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
VI Case
Jan 22, 2025
HCC: 68-year Old Non-Cirrhotic Patient with an LR5 Lesion
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
VI Case
Jan 22, 2025
HCC: Multifocal Disease in a Non-Cirrhotic Patient
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
Tumor Board Case
Jan 22, 2025
HCC: 67-year Old with Cirrhosis, pHTN, 10cm Lesion
with Dr. Gabriel Schnickel and Dr. Zach Berman
Tumor Board Course
2 CME/CE credits, 2 hours, 22 lessons
About
Dr. Heather Patton is a Transplant Hepatologist and the Section Chief of Gastroenterology for the VA San Diego Healthcare System. She currently serves as the Chair of the Hepatology Field Advisory Board to the VHA National Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program Office. In this capacity, she works with subcommittees addressing steatotic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma to serve as subject matter experts, develop policy, and represent the interests of VA specialty providers in the care of veterans with liver disease. Her clinical and research interests include population management of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease and adherence to quality metrics for the care of people with decompensated cirrhosis.
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