Agenda

Saturday, August 21, 2010

8:00 to 8:30                   Registration – Visit Exhibit Booths  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

 Session I: Treatment Updates for Chronic Liver Disease

8:30 to 9:00     Management of Chronic HCV; Relapser and Non-Responder     Guy Neff MD MBA- Course Director

                                                                                         

9:00 to 9:30     New and Evolving Treatment Updates for Chronic HCV                  Gary Davis MD (Baylor)

                         

9:30 to 10:00   Therapeutic Options for Challenging Chronic HCV Subgroups; Cirrhotic, Renal Insufficiency, and Co-Infection                                         Stuart C. Gordon MD (Detroit)

 Break 15 minutes – Visit Exhibit Booths

  

10:15 to 10:45      Management of Chronic HBV Patients                       Eugene Schiff, MD, MACG (Miami)

 

10:45 to 11:15        Management Updates in NAFLD and Associated Co-Morbidities    Craig McClain, MD (Louisville)

 

Panel with Case Management (11:15 to 11:45)                         Moderator: Maria Hernandez MD

 

 Break 15 minutes – Pick up Lunches and Visit Exhibit Booths

                                                 

Session II: “Management of the Complicated Liver Disease Patient”

 

12:00 t0 12:30     Updates on the Management of the End Stage Liver Disease Patient    Jim Trotter, MD MBA (Baylor)

 

12:30 to 1:00    Diagnosis & Management of the Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma  Joseph  Ahn MD, MS (Chicago)                      

 

1:00 to 1:30     Liver Cancer; Current and Evolving Therapies                                        Steve Rudich MD, PhD

 

Panel with Case Presentations (1:30 to 2:00)                  Moderator: Nyingi Kemmer MD, MPH – Course Director

                        

Session III:  “Management Updates for GI Diseases”

 

2:00 to 2:30       Clostridium difficile: A New Threat to Public Health                Bruce Yacyshyn MD

 

2:30 to 3:00        Chronic Pain Management for gastroenterologists                Hammam Akbik MD, FIPP

 

3:00 to 3:30                   Endoscopy in the anticoagulated patient                             Milton Smith MD

 

Panel with Case Presentations (3:30 to 4:00)              Moderator: Norman Gilinsky MD, FACG – Course Director

  

4:00             Conclusion