About the Author

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Drs. Chalasani and Szabo are senior investigators in the field of fatty liver disease and have had extensive federal funding to investigate these areas. They both hold leadership positions and are recognized as experts in the field of fatty liver disease. For example, Dr. Chalasani is the lead author of the multi-society practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease& Dr. Szabo is the president-elect of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease which is the largest liver society in the world. They are also actively practicing clinicians and thus aware of clinically relevant knowledge gaps in the field.