CFTR, Growth & Liver Disease: A Clinical Perspective


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Where, beyond the lungs, do CFTR modulators provide beneficial effects? Can treatment promote growth in height and BMI? What’s known about CFTR modulator effects on cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease?  

In this eCysticFibrosis Review podcast, Drs. Darla Shores and Anna Reed from the THRIVE Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Center in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center take us to the clinic to answer these and other questions crucial to the health of our patients with cystic fibrosis. 

HCV/HIV Coinfection

Volume 2, Issue 8.

Dr. Mark Sulkowski, Professor and Medical Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will describe the epidemiology of HCV infection in HIV-infected persons including the role of sexual transmission of HCV.