Liver Health and Diabetes

Sandy Sallam, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, will explore how diabetes and liver disease (including fatty liver disease) are connected and how liver health impacts diabetes management and heart disease risk. She will discuss how to check and monitor your liver health if you have diabetes, practical lifestyle changes, which diabetes medications are gentler on the liver, and when to see a liver specialist. This presentation is part of the monthly Diabetes Wellness Group webinar series from the Stanford Medicine Diabetes Care Program. Webinars are free and open to adults with diabetes and their families. You don’t need to be a Stanford patient to join. Sandy Sallam, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, is a clinical pharmacist and certified diabetes care and education specialist at Stanford Health Care.