UC San Diego Health Care. Lisa Richards is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Hepatology. She has greater than 20 years of Hepatology (Liver) experience with her specialty focusing on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). She was awarded the Associate-Fellow designation in 2020 by the American Association For The Study Of Liver Disease which acknowledges a distinguished group of advanced practice providers for the highest caliber of excellence and leadership. Her expertise in liver disease brings a strong foundation to the NAFLD Research Center where she serves as Assistant Director of Clinical Research Operations. She is a co-investigator on physician-initiated and pharmaceutical treatment studies. She and Dr. Loomba have worked together since 2009 and share the same core values of providing exceptional care to our patients.