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