Diagnosis of Liver Disease (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2019)

Dr. Etsuko Hashimoto is a Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Tokyo Women’s Medical University. She received her MD from Tokyo Women’s Medical University. She had the privilege of studying liver pathology under Professor Ludwig, who is a renowned pathologist at MAYO Clinic, from 1987 to 1991. Professor Ludwig is well known as he established the concepts and the definition of NASH. She has served on numerous committees for national and international societies including the Asia–Pacific Working Party on NAFLD. She is the author of the recent Japanese and Asia Practice Guideline for NAFLD/NASH. At present, her primary area of interest is in the field of NASH, specifically in elucidation of the characteristics of HCC in NASH.  She has won multiple awards, both at the university, local, and national level.

Dr. Kwo is currently Professor of Medicine and  Director of Hepatology at the Stanford University where he joined the faculty  in November 2016. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, he was  at Indiana University for 21 years where he served as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation.  He received his MD from  Wayne State University School of Medicine, his Internal Medicine training at University of Maryland, and his Gastroenterology/Hepatology training at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He has served on numerous committees for national and international societies including the Nominating Committee and Clinical Research Committee for the AASLD and is Trustee for the ACG. He has distinguished himself in the field of chronic Hepatitis C and has served as the PI for multiple seminal trials in the treatment of hepatitis C. He is the author of the recent ACG Practice Guideline  Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries.  He has won multiple awards, both at the university, local, and national level.

Helps readers to diagnose liver disease comprehensively using multiple tools

Illustrates how to integrate macro- and microscopic examinations

Is written by international authorities in the field