Gia Landry, MD, MPH

Biography

Dr. Gia Landry is a transplant hepatologist and gastroenterologist. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University and practicing gastroenterologist at Lane Regional Medical Center in Louisiana. In addition to clinical practice and academic medicine, Dr. Landry utilizes her MPH and clinical expertise as the Clinical Network Specialist for the Louisiana Department of Health's initiative to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV). The hepatitis C elimination initiative is one of the first of its kind in the United States, where a state is working toward eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat. In this role she helps create training documents and provides training to primary providers around the state of Louisiana to treat hepatitis C. As an expert in HCV and HCV elimination efforts she advises Louisiana as well as other states around the country on HCV elimination with a focus on Medicaid and the Department of Corrections. She has published multiple peer reviewed articles on HCV elimination, hepatitis C, hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma.