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Hepatologist and hepatology key opinion leader Naim Alkhouri joins Roger Green to remember his longstanding relationship with Stephen Harrison, announce his new role as Chief Academic Officer at Summit Clinical Research and share how, in this role, he will have exciting new avenues make an impact on many elements of MASH drug development and patient care. 

The conversation can be divided into two sections. In the first, Naim recounts his relationship with Stephen Harrison, beginning with his move to a different San Antonio clinical trial practice and continuing through his tenure at Arizona Liver Health, up until Stephen's untimely passing last April. He describes what it was like to work with Stephen, the man, and to learn from and share ideas with Stephen, the "visionary." 

Next, Naim announces that he has joined Summit Clinical Research as Chief Academic Officer. He describes the many aspects of his new role, from collaborating with Gail Hinkson, Mazen Noureddin and the rest of the Summit team in designing better clinical trials to the many kinds of medical education Summit can bring to various medical stakeholders. He describes the dramatic growth in the number of trial sites in the Summit network and additional growth he foresees. Like Gail Hinkson in the same episode, he discusses ways in which Alzheimer's drug development is similar to MASH. He also touches on obesity trials and the ways that Summit can help create more robust knowledge about obesity, not only through trials but also expert advisory boards. In the end, he makes a personal announcement that you will have to read to learn.