Dr. Paul Kwo on Hepatitis C Screening During Routine Colonoscopy

In this video, Paul Kwo, MD, FACG, professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, discusses a program in which hepatitis C screening was offered to patients aged 50 to 65 during routine colonoscopy. He explains that these patients are prime candidates for undiagnosed hepatitis C infection due to high-risk behavior they may have engaged in several decades ago and that screening during colonoscopy offers gastroenterologists an opportunity to reduce morbidity and mortality due to hepatitis C.