1 is an infectious disease physician at the Nationwide Children's Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. is a medical student at the St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. is assistant professor of clinical medicine, is associate professor of medicine, is assistant professor of medicine, and is associate professor of clinical medicine, all at Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. is assistant professor of medicine and assistant professor of epidemiology in biostatistics and epidemiology at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Chang is associate chief of staff for research and associate dean for research, Dr. Kaplan is assistant professor of medicine, and Dr. Amorosa is an attending physician, all at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC in Philadelphia.
Attitudes of patients as well as infectious disease, gastroenterology, and primary care providers need to be addressed to improve surveillance rates for high-risk patients with chronic hepatitis B infections.