{"id":65938,"date":"2023-10-08T11:29:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T15:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=65938"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:32:47","slug":"unc-hospitals-meets-rising-need-for-alcohol-related-liver-disease-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/unc-hospitals-meets-rising-need-for-alcohol-related-liver-disease-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Hospitals Meets Rising Need for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hersh Shroff, MD, a transplant hepatologist and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has seen the human impact of a recent, rising trend: Severe alcohol-related liver disease with high rates of death or need for liver transplantation. The new IHEAL Clinic at Eastowne addresses this trend.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"\u201cIt\u2019s an overwhelming, scary place to be for so many individuals who have spent their lives battling shame and stigma,\u201d\u00a0said Hersh Shroff, MD, assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the UNC School of Medicine. \u201cImagine struggling for months, years, or even decades with substance use and mental health and being stigmatized rather than supported. In a moment\u2019s notice, you\u2019re told your health is in danger, your life is on the line, and you have to make a change. Who can navigate those steps alone?\u201d<\/p>\n

At UNC Hospitals, the place for help is the Integrated Healthcare for Alcohol Use and Liver Disease (IHEAL) Clinic, which combines the expertise of a liver specialist with a substance use and mental health provider to treat liver disease related to alcohol use.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to give patients the resources to support their physical and mental health simultaneously,\u201d Dr. Shroff said. \u201cWe want to remove the stigma of this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IHEAL Clinic, located in the UNC Hospitals Eastowne medical building in Chapel Hill, pairs the UNC Substance Treatment and Recovery (STAR) program with the hepatology division to make treatment easier and more accessible for patients in need. Patients who are referred to the UNC Liver Center for advanced liver disease related to alcohol are scheduled for same-day, back-to-back visits with both a liver doctor and substance abuse counselor \u2013 all in the same location.<\/p>\n

The new patient-focused solution is the result of collaboration between several experts including Shroff, clinical supervisors Daniel Velez and Heather Gallagher of the STAR Program and nurse practitioner Lindsay Yoxheimer at the UNC Liver Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt truly does take a village to heal from that place \u2013 mentally and physically,\u201d said Dr. Shroff. \u201cWe\u2019re working to be part of that village.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the IHEAL Clinic here<\/a>\u00a0or schedule an appointment by calling 984-974-7502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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