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Hepatology Centers of Educational Expertise   Dr. Tong Myron Tong, MD is the Professor of Medicine for Clinical Hepatology and the Director of Asian Liver Center at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. A world-leading hepatologist, Dr. Tong has specialized in liver-disease research and treatment for more than 25 years, with a distinguished record of service to the university and community. The first to link HBV infection with liver cancer, Dr. Tong is one of the leading clinical investigators on HBV and liver diseases in Asians in the U.S. and Asia. Dr. Tong's research efforts include anti-viral treatment of patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and he is heavily involved in the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at UCLA.  More     Ask the Expert Archive      CME and Independent Education     Physician Resources      My Publications More       Impact of coffee on liver diseases: a systematic review.     The impact of obesity on patient survival in liver transplant recipients: a meta-analysis     Evaluation of alpha-fetoprotein in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after radiofrequency ablation.     Hepatitis B inactive carriers: clinical course and outcomes.     Complete tumor encapsulation on MRI: A potentially useful imaging biomarker for better survival in solitary large hepatocellular carcinoma       Disease Educational Content       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Reports from the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases   Educational eNewsletter       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Reports from the 2013 American College of Gastroenterology Meeting   Educational eNewsletter       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Reports From the 2013 Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting   Educational eNewsletter       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Reports from the 2013 International Liver Conference   Educational eNewsletter       Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Review of Diagnostic Methods   Educational eNewsletter       2012 Update: Clinical Advances in the Management of Cirrhotics   Educational Audiocast       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Prophylactic Therapy to Prevent Hepatic Encephalopathy   Educational eNewsletter       Hepatic Encephalopathy Update: Reports from the 2012 International Liver Conference   Educational eNewsletter       2012 EASL HE Posters   Educational ePosters         Institution Information Our mission is to deliver leading-edge patient care, research, and education. Our vision is to heal humankind, one patient at a time, by improving health, alleviating suffering and delivering acts of kindness.               Liver News - REUTERS     Sleeve gastrectomy may be better than gastric bypass for NASH patients     08-18-2017           Shorter anti-HCV regimen effective in patients with or without cirrhosis     08-18-2017           FDA approves Pfizer's drug for rare blood cancer     08-17-2017           Biomarker-guided radiotherapy dosing shows promise for high-risk liver cancer patients     08-16-2017           View Complete News Library         Journal Abstracts     Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study           Estimation of State-Level Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, US States and District of Columbia, 2010           Pregnancy outcome in more than 5000 births to women with viral hepatitis: a population-based cohort study in Sweden           A Karnofsky performance status-based score predicts death after hospital discharge in patients with cirrhosis           Optimal treatment of hepatic encephalopathy           Cirrhosis Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Are Significantly Less Likely to Receive Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma           View All Articles         Congress Calendar     September 15-17     11th Annual ILCA (INTERNATIONAL LIVER CANCER ASSOCIATION) Conference Seoul, South Korea       October 20-24     AASLD 2017 Washington, DC       October 28 - Nov 1     25TH UEG Week 2017 Barcelona, Spain             View All Conventions

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