Edward-Elmhurst (Ill.) Healthcare has opened the Walter Payton Liver Center Outreach Clinic in Naperville, Ill., according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Here are five key notes:
1. The Walter Payton Liver Center is a medical and surgical unit at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago.
2. The center focuses on treating liver disease, including cirrhosis, complex liver conditions and hepatocellular carcinoma.
3. The outreach clinic is led by Sean Koppe, MD, director of hepatology, at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
4. Dr. Koppe completed gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago.
5. He also received the American Gastroenterology Association Research Scholar Award.