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Hepatitis B and D Coinfection | August 17, 2022

Date of Presentation: August 17, 2022

Type: Past Presentation  

Program: Hepatitis C  

Keywords: #hbv  #HDV  #hepatitis  #hepatitis b  #hepatitis d  

In this presentation, Dr. Paulina Deming, ECHO faculty member and Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico Sciences Center, discusses background data on global hepatitis D virus (HDV) prevalence, patients who may be at risk for HDV, and the interaction between hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HDV. She then describes the modes of transmission for HDV, the impact of HDV/HBV coinfection, as well as screening ,testing, treatment, and prevention of HDV.

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Dr. Paulina Deming

Dr. Paulina Deming is an Associate Professor-Clinical Educator within the Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences Department at the College of Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC). Dr. Deming completed a general practice residency and infectious diseases pharmacotherapy residency at UNMHSC. Her interests are focused in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and clinical therapeutics. She is the assistant director for the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) HCV clinic and serves on Project ECHO’s expert faculty panel advising providers on HCV care in community, corrections, and within the Indian Health Services settings. Licensed as a pharmacist clinician, she sees patients through the UNMHSC’s HCV clinic and the Truman HCV-HIV coinfection clinic. In addition to teaching and clinical work, Dr. Deming has co-authored papers on the management of HCV infections as well as HCV treatment outcomes in real-world settings.

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Date added: August 17, 2022