Welcoming Remarks & Opening Address - Dean Nancy Brown, MD

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• 00:03OK.
• 00:24Good morning and welcome to the
• 00:26Yale Liver Diamond Jubilee event.
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• 00:49Thank you.
• 00:54Well, good morning everyone and thank you
• 00:57very much for attending this symposium
• 00:59that celebrates 75 years of liver at Yale.
• 01:03I'd like to make a few introductory
• 01:05comments to introduce our Dean Nancy Brown
• 01:08before she gives the opening address,
• 01:11Dean Brown came to Yale two years ago,
• 01:14almost to the day she came here from
• 01:17Vanderbilt where she was the Chair
• 01:19of Medicine and the physician in
• 01:21chief of Vanderbilt Hospital and in
• 01:23the two years that she's been here.
• 01:26There are two things that have struck me,
• 01:27in particular about her that I'd like
• 01:29to share with you. First, she has been.
• 01:33Incredibly supportive of the Yale Liver
• 01:35Center and and and liver related activities.
• 01:39She's shown a a degree of institutional
• 01:42support that really exceeds what
• 01:44I've experienced previously,
• 01:46and I've been quite grateful for that and,
• 01:49and I think that bodes well for
• 01:51the future of our center.
• 01:53But second, and perhaps more importantly,
• 01:55Dean Brown arrived right as
• 01:58the pandemic was starting,
• 02:00and for those of you who are joining
• 02:02us from outside of Connecticut.
• 02:04You may not appreciate how hard it
• 02:07hit the tri-state area initially.
• 02:09That is Connecticut, New York, New Jersey.
• 02:11It was really unlike anything
• 02:13I had ever seen before.
• 02:15Our ICU was increased to be four
• 02:17times its normal capacity and
• 02:19still it was bursting at the seams.
• 02:21The entire university had to
• 02:23shut down almost overnight.
• 02:25It was really a scary experience I think
• 02:27not just for me but for everybody.
• 02:30Yet, Dean Brown was extremely level headed.
• 02:34Exerted a steady hand at leadership
• 02:37and really helped weather the entire
• 02:40institution through through the storm.
• 02:43And I dare say that she kept our
• 02:47mission as an academic Medical Center,
• 02:52front and center at all times.
• 02:53And despite the quickly changing
• 02:56circumstances,
• 02:57I think managed to pull us through
• 03:01all of this.
• 03:03Certainly as strong,
• 03:03and I think even stronger than
• 03:05we were going into it.
• 03:06So for both of these things,
• 03:08I'm quite grateful to her and I'm quite
• 03:11honored and pleased that she's willing
• 03:13to make the opening address this morning.
• 03:15So Dean Brown,
• 03:16thank you.
• 03:17Thank you so much for your kind remarks,
• 03:19and I must say it's really delightful to
• 03:23be celebrating this event. So good morning.
• 03:26Welcome to our celebration of the 75
• 03:28year success of your liver and also
• 03:31an exploration of the path. Head.
• 03:34Today you will hear about challenges
• 03:36and future directions to foster
• 03:38excellence to meet the needs of
• 03:40patients affected by liver disease.
• 03:42And promote the long term goals of the School
• 03:45of Medicine and our healthcare system.
• 03:48Today we celebrate 75 years of
• 03:50leadership in a discipline that was
• 03:53founded by Hans Popper from Chicago,
• 03:55along with several others,
• 03:56including Dame Sheila, Sherlock and London,
• 03:58and our own Gerald Klatzkin.
• 04:01I will note that Cheryl Sheila, Sherlock,
• 04:03twin of the Founders and Titans of the
• 04:06field of Hepatology was also a pioneer
• 04:09among women physician scientists and
• 04:11generations of hepatologists have
• 04:13studied and still study Professor
• 04:15Sherlock's book diseases of the
• 04:17liver and the biliary system.
• 04:19Now in its 13th edition.
• 04:22James Boyer,
• 04:23who was trained by and succeeded
• 04:25Klatskin at the helm of Yale Liver,
• 04:27will share the story of the early years,
• 04:30the name of Klatskin continues to
• 04:32be honored at Yale by virtue of our
• 04:35Klatskin impatient liver service here
• 04:37at Yale New Haven Health Hospital.
• 04:39And also an annual lectureship in his honor.
• 04:43His name lives on outside of Yale,
• 04:45of course,
• 04:45as well as the Klatskin needle used
• 04:48for liver biopsy and because of
• 04:51the klatskin tumor otherwise known
• 04:53as Hyler Colangelo carcinoma.
• 04:56We will also hear from Jim Boyer
• 05:00about the modest how the modest
• 05:02pathology and clinical biochemistry
• 05:04lab established by thoughts can served
• 05:07as the foundation for the internationally
• 05:09recognized Yale Liver Center.
• 05:11Now in its 37th year of funding from an IDK.
• 05:15We'll hear again from Michael Nathanson,
• 05:17this time how the liver Center and
• 05:20the Digestive Diseases section,
• 05:21both under JIMS and then Michael's
• 05:23leadership,
• 05:24successfully faced challenges of the
• 05:26new Millennium to become the best
• 05:28funded GI section in the country.
• 05:31And developed an environment that
• 05:33has fostered an ongoing series of
• 05:36really paradigm shifting discoveries
• 05:38that have shaped and continue to
• 05:41shape the field of hepatology.
• 05:43We will also hear from Lupe Garcia Chao
• 05:45about the contributions from the West Haven,
• 05:48VA liver unit.
• 05:49An integral part of the Liver Center
• 05:52where leaders like how con Roberta
• 05:55Grossman and Lupe herself have
• 05:57established groundbreaking insights
• 05:59into complications of cirrhosis,
• 06:02including portal hypertension, ascites,
• 06:04spontaneous bacterial peritonitis,
• 06:06variceal,
• 06:07bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy.
• 06:11We are delighted to welcome
• 06:13Jay Hoofnagle as a speaker.
• 06:15Doctor Hoofnagle is the voice of
• 06:18liver diseases at an IDK a colleague
• 06:20and a former Yale medical student
• 06:22who himself is responsible for
• 06:24many advances in the liver field.
• 06:26And without NDK support,
• 06:28none of this would have been possible.
• 06:32The celebration of past accomplishments
• 06:35will catalyze the discussion of the future.
• 06:38Academic leaders and key opinion leaders.
• 06:41You will present your views on the
• 06:43future of academic hepatology.
• 06:46The open questions and the unmet
• 06:48clinical needs and the path forward.
• 06:51We will discuss the worldwide impact of
• 06:54the liver through voices of former alumni,
• 06:57based in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands,
• 07:00Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, India.
• 07:05The afternoon will then be devoted to
• 07:07discussing the path ahead through the
• 07:10multidisciplinary lens of hepatology.
• 07:14You will not solve all
• 07:15the challenges in a day,
• 07:16but it is our hope that today's
• 07:20conversation will generate true innovation.
• 07:23And finally, let me express sincere
• 07:26gratitude to the many faculty members
• 07:29and staff who organized this day.
• 07:32But in particular,
• 07:33did Michael Nathanson and Maria
• 07:35Straczynski for their leadership and
• 07:37vision in initiating this conversation?
• 07:39Thanks again for joining us.