Ira M. Jacobson, MD

Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Correspondence: Ira M. Jacobson, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E. 68th Street, Room F-231, New York, NY 10021; email: imj2001@med.cornell.edu

Dr. Gonzalez reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. Jacobson reported that he has received grant or research support from and served on the speakers’ bureau of the Schering-Plough corporation and serves as a consultant to the Amgen, Ortho Biotech, and Schering-Plough corporations.

Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Correspondence: Ira M. Jacobson, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E. 68th Street, Room F-231, New York, NY 10021; email: imj2001@med.cornell.edu

Dr. Gonzalez reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. Jacobson reported that he has received grant or research support from and served on the speakers’ bureau of the Schering-Plough corporation and serves as a consultant to the Amgen, Ortho Biotech, and Schering-Plough corporations.

Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Correspondence: Ira M. Jacobson, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E. 68th Street, Room F-231, New York, NY 10021; email: imj2001@med.cornell.edu

Dr. Gonzalez reported that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Dr. Jacobson reported that he has received grant or research support from and served on the speakers’ bureau of the Schering-Plough corporation and serves as a consultant to the Amgen, Ortho Biotech, and Schering-Plough corporations.

Mark W. Russo, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Address: Mark W. Russo, MD, University of North Carolina, Division of Digestive Diseases, CB#7080, Bioinformatics Building, Room 1104, Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080; e-mail Mark_Russo@med.unc.edu

Mark W. Russo, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Address: Mark W. Russo, MD, University of North Carolina, Division of Digestive Diseases, CB#7080, Bioinformatics Building, Room 1104, Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080; e-mail Mark_Russo@med.unc.edu

Mark W. Russo, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Ira M. Jacobson, MD
Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Address: Mark W. Russo, MD, University of North Carolina, Division of Digestive Diseases, CB#7080, Bioinformatics Building, Room 1104, Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080; e-mail Mark_Russo@med.unc.edu