Educating Frontline Clinicians to Reduce Missed Opportunities for HBV Screening

Su Wang, MD, MPH, FACP is the Medical Director of Viral Hepatitis Programs and the Center for Asian Health at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and a member of the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group. She is Past President of the World Hepatitis Alliance, a non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to viral hepatitis elimination.

Dr. Wang is an internist and has served as primary investigator for a number of viral hepatitis screening and linkage-to-care grants sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other funders. She has led primary care-based hepatitis B and C programs, community outreach efforts, patient-based advocacy, and community-based research initiatives.

Dr. Wang has served on a number of World Health Organization (WHO) guideline development committees producing “Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus: Guidelines on Antiviral Prophylaxis in Pregnancy” and “Interim Guidance for Country Validation of Viral Hepatitis Elimination.” She is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and serves on the steering committee for the HBV Special Interest Group and the Viral Hepatitis Elimination Taskforce, and is on the Patient Advisory Group.

She received her medical degree from the University of Miami and her Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Wang completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric residency at Georgetown University Hospital and then served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the CDC at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She was previously the Director of Hepatitis Programs at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York City.

Dr. Alyssa Gallipani, PharmD, BCACP, is clinical assistant faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She practices as a clinical ambulatory care pharmacist at RWJBarnabas Health. She is a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist through the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and completed ambulatory care residency training at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Dr. Gallipani provides direct patient care in collaboration with primary care providers at Barnabas Health Medical Group. She treats chronic disease states, including viral hepatitis, and works to improve access to and affordability of medications and to reduce the cost of care. She had the pleasure of collaborating with the Center for Asian Health to screen and treat individuals with viral hepatitis and participate in community outreach and clinical care initiatives. She presented at multiple viral hepatitis organizations, including the Hepatitis B Foundation and the Hepatitis B United Summit. Dr. Gallipani precepts advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) students and residents to advocate for the role of the pharmacist as future providers. She is honored to be a part of the panel today with other leaders and trail blazers in the profession.

Chelsey Smith, FNP-C, is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She originally attended Shadyside School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA, where she received her RN. Chelsey then pursued her interest in nursing, graduating with honors, from Chatham University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. While working in the neuroscience intensive care unit stepdown in Pittsburgh and providing pediatric home health care, she completed her Master of Science in Nursing with a specialty in Family. Chelsey is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner through AANP and licensed in Pennsylvania. She has worked primarily in a retail health care setting as a nurse practitioner since 2013. She has a passion for community health and for care across the lifespan. When not in the clinic, Chelsey enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys (age 10 and 13), gardening, and traveling.