Episode Details

This episode is a teaser for RACP LIFT 2026, a series of in-person events to promote Learning, Innovation and Forward Thinking. Coming up on the 1st of August in Melbourne there will be a Rapid Fire Clinical Update on Respiratory medicine, infectious diseases and critical illness. And on the 20th In Brisbane another one themed around Palliative medicine and also population health. In March, the Sydney RACP offices hosed a meeting on cardiometabolic and vascular health, and the talk shared here covers everything a generalist needs to know about metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease. 

The seminar was presented by Professor Jacob George, Director of the Storr Liver Centre at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research, and author of over 1300 peer-reviewed papers. He explains why fatty liver disease is a "canary in the coal mine" for metabolic health more generally, how to diagnose using scans and bloods, and the use of the FIB-4 index. Professor George also describes how patients can be stratified and managed for risk of more complex liver disease and reviews outcomes from the latest pharmacological interventions. 
 
Guests
Professor Jacob George FRACP PhD FAASLD (The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Centre Director; University of Sydney)

Chapters
3:09     MAFLD is a positive definition
4:29     How common are MAFLD and MASH?
5:58     How do you define metabolic health?
9:02     Mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with T2D
10:07   MAFLD in primary care guideline
12:40   Current and future therapies for MAFLD / MASH
15:24   Management algorithm for MAFLD
16:50   Test your knowledge

Production
Rapid Fire Clinical Update developed by LIFT advisory group and hosted/recorded by RACP Events team and. Podcast production by Mic Cavazzini DPhil. Music licenced from Epidemic Sound includes ‘Kryptonite’ by Blue Steel and ‘Simmering Anxiety’ by Christian Andersen and ‘Little Liberty’ by Paisely Pink. 

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