End stage liver disease is a very difficult
problem to manage.
And I think we're part particularly suited
to doing that here at Ohio State.
Some patients, when they develop end stage
liver disease, will only survive with a liver
transplant.
And so a we do our very best to try to a get
a patient to transplant and to have that done
successfully.
There are patients who are not able to get
a liver transplant for one reason or another
and that's an unfortunate situation.
My approach is a to treat both types of patients,
those who can and those who are not able to
get liver transplants.
I have a particular research focus in palliative
care and end stage liver disease.
And that's the idea of palliative care is
a the treatment of patients who are are nearing
the end of life and attempt to do our very
best to treat their symptoms and make their
quality of life very good.
For me, whether a patient is eligible for
liver transplant or not, I think it's our
duty to provide a patient with the maximum
amount of time with their loved ones and to
provide the highest level of dignity they
could possibly have, and and again, that's
my goal with every single patient I meet.
