This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jvh.13234 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. JULIE C SUNG (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-0307-1299) Article type : Original Paper Cover Page Hepatitis C Cure Improved Patient-reported Outcomes in Patients with and without Liver Fibrosis in a Prospective Study at a Large Urban Medical Center Julie C. Sung 1* , Ciara Bosh 2* , Brooke Wyatt 2 , Mark Miller 2 , Alyson Harty 2 , David Del Bello 2 , Sterling Knight 2 , Douglas T. Dieterich 2 , Ponni V. Perumalswami 2 , and Andrea D. Branch 2 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 2. Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY *Authors contributed equally Corresponding Author Julie C. Sung, MD Department of Internal Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY 10029 Julie.sung@icahn.mssm.edu Conflicts of Interest: Funded in part by a research grant from Gilead Sciences. No other conflicts of interest to disclose. Accepted Article