Agenda
Friday, August 20, 2010
| 1:30-2:15pm | Registration/Visit Exhibit Booths |
| 2:30-2:35 | Introduction Guy Neff, M.D., MBA |
| State of the Art GI | |
| 2:35-3:10 | IBD with co-existing liver disease: Proceed with caution! Norman Gilinsky, M.D. |
| 3:10-3:50 |
The Think and the Thin of It: Managing Coagulopathy in the Liver Patient (bleeding and clotting) Joseph Palascak, M.D. |
| 3:50-4:20 | Nutritional Aspects in GI and Liver Disease Jonathan Kushner, M.D. |
| 4:20-5:00 | Colonic Neoplasia: High-Risk Screening and Surveillance; Genetic Testing - Deciphering the Data Douglas Rex, M.D. |
| 5:00-5:20 | Panel Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Bruce Yacyshyn, M.D. |
| Advanced Endoscopy | |
| 5:30-6:10 | Update in the Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Jamie Barkin, M.D. |
| 6:10-6:40 | Endoscopic Strategies for PSC and Other Biliary Strictures Milton Smith, M.D. |
| 6:40-7:00 | Box Dinner/Panel Discussion with Case Presentations |
| Gastroenterlogy and Hepatology Finance and Billing | |
| 7:00-7:20 | State of the Union Norman Gilinsky, M.D. |
| 7:20-7:40 | Medicare Update for GI Coding Palmetto |
| 7:40-8:20 | Up to Date for GI Billing Imtiaz Alam, M.D. |
| 8:20-9:00 | Panel Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Guy Neff, M.D., MBA |
Saturday, August 21, 2010
| Update to Date Approach to Chronic HCV Patient | |
| 9:00-9:30am | Registration/View Exhibit Booths |
| 9:30-10:10 | Chronic HCV: Evaluating the Naive Patient and Tailoring Therapy Paul Pockros, M.D. |
| 10:10-10:30 | Managing Antiviral Therapy Complications Tiffany Kaiser, Pharm, D |
| 10:30-11:00 | NAFLD and HCV: The Silent Epidemic? Art McCullough, M.D. |
| 11:00-11:30 | Management of HBV: Which Algorithm Makes Sense? Kenneth Sherman, M.D. |
| 11:30-12:00 | Role of ALT in the Decision Making of Treatment for Viral Hepatitis Eugene Schiff, M.D. |
| 12:00-12:30 | Panel Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Nyingi Kemmer, M.D., MPH |
| 12:30-1:00 | Box Lunch |
| Management of the Complicated Liver Disease Patient | |
| 1:00-1:20 | Current Concepts: Cirrhosis and Transplant: Managing the Chronic HCV Patient with Cirrhosis Guy Neff, M.D., MBA |
| 1:20-1:45 | Ophthalmologic and Dermatologic Complications in Chronic Liver Disease - When the Eyes Hurt and The Itch Will Not Stop Ann Neff, M.D. |
| 1:45-2:15 | Liver Cancer; Current and Evolving Therapies: Concerns with the Growing Prevalence of HCC in Patient with Chronic HCV and/or HBV Paul Kwo, M.D. |
| 2:15-2:45 | The Surgical Approach for the Patient with a Liver Mass Steven Rudich, M.D. |
| 2:45-3:30 | Panel Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Nyingi Kemmer, M.D., MPH |
| 4:30 - 9:00 | Dinner and Western & Southern Financial Group Masters |