Heather Patton

Dr. Heather Patton is a Transplant Hepatologist and the Section Chief of Gastroenterology for the VA San Diego Healthcare System. She currently serves as the Chair of the Hepatology Field Advisory Board to the VHA National Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program Office. In this capacity, she works with subcommittees addressing steatotic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma to serve as subject matter experts, develop policy, and represent the interests of VA specialty providers in the care of veterans with liver disease. Her clinical and research interests include population management of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease and adherence to quality metrics for the care of people with decompensated cirrhosis. Dr. Patton is also one of the core clinical faculty in the medical education of internal medicine residents and gastroenterology fellows at UCSD where she is a Clinical Professor of Medicine.