This Course is Co-Sponsored By:

Course Goals & Objectives:
  • Review state of the art information on the management of patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.
 
  • Review state of the art information on the immediate and long-term management of patients undergoing liver transplantation.
 		 
  • Review the current organ allocation policy and its implications for selecting potential liver transplant recipients.

CME is not available for this product.

ADULT SESSIONS

SESSION I: PRE-TRANSPLANT MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES
8:00 am - 9:40 am

Portal Hypertension & GI Bleeding Patrick S. Kamath, MD view
  Ascites & HRS Bruce A. Runyon, MD view  
  Cholestatic Liver Diseases Keith D. Lindor, MD view  
  Metabolic Liver Diseases Kris V. Kowdley, MD view  
       

SESSION II: PRE-TRANSPLANT MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Pre-Transplant Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Gregory T. Everson, MD view
  HBV Infection in the Transplant Setting Robert J. Fontana, MD view  
  Obesity & Liver Transplantation Paul J. Thuluvath, MD view  
  Hepatobiliary Malignancies Gregory J. Gores, MD view  
Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Michael B. Fallon, MD view

SESSION III: ORGAN ALLOCATION & PERI-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm

Acute Liver Failure R. Todd Stravitz , MD view
  Donor Selection / Primary Non-Function / Delayed Graft Function R. Mark Ghobrial, MD view  
Surgical Complications in Liver Transplantation David C. Mulligan, MD view

SESSION IV: IMMUNOSUPPRESSSION & INFECTIOUS POST-LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm

Liver Transplant Immunology Hugo R. Rosen, MD view
  Infections in Transplantation and Immunocompromised Hosts Jay A. Fishman, MD view  
Autoimmune Liver Disease: Pre & Post-Liver Transplantation John M. Vierling, MD view

SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
7:20 am - 8:00 am

MELD Russell H. Wiesner, MD view
  Evolving Immunosuppression Strategies in Liver Transplantation Russell H. Wiesner, MD view  
       

SESSION V: MANAGEMENT OF THE LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
8:00 am - 10:00 am

Evaluation of Late Allograft Dysfunction Hugo E. Vargas, MD view
  Hepatitis C Infection : Post-Liver Transplant Michael R. Charlton, MD view  
  Liver Pathology of the Transplant Recipient Anthony J. Demetris, MD view  
  Long-Term Complications of Immunosuppression Thomas A. Gonwa, MD view  
Cancer in Transplantation E. Steve Woodle, MD view

SESSION VI: SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
10:20 am - 11:40 am

Re-Transplantation Timothy M. McCashland, MD view
  ALD: Magnitude of Problem Paul Martin, MD view  
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Elizabeth Pomfret, MD view
PEDIATRIC BREAKOUTS

PEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION I: PRE-TRANSPLANT MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES
9:00 am - 9:40 am

Biliary Atresia 2006 William F. Balistreri, MD view
  Metabolic Liver Diseases of the Infant Ronald J. Sokol, MD view  
       

PEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION II: PRE-TRANSPLANT MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES
11:20 pm - 12:00 pm

Pediatric Hepatic Malignancies Frederick C. Ryckman, MD view
  Nutrition of the Child with Liver Disease Awaiting Transplant Ross W. Shepherd , MD view  
       

PEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION III: PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, SURGICAL ISSUES
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm

MELD, PELD & Pediatric Organ Allocation Kim M. Olthoff, MD view
  Pediatric Donor Selection & Anatomical / Surgical Considerations Kim M. Olthoff, MD view  
       

PEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION V: PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION OF METABOLIC DISORDERS
9:40 am - 10:00 am

       
  Genetic Cholestatic Disorders Frederick J. Suchy, MD view  
       

PEDIATRIC BREAKOUT SESSION VI: SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
11:00 am - 11:40 am

Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Children Jean C. Emond, MD view
  Long-Term Medical & Developmental Outcomes Following OLT in Children Estella M. Alonso, MD view  
       

Terms of Agreement Use:

Co-Sponsor Contact Information:
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
    1729 King Street, Suite 200
    Alexandria, VA 22314-2742
    Phone: (703) 299-9766 Fax: (703) 299-9622
    www.aasld.org
  • American Society of Transplantation (AST)
    15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C
    Mt. Laurel, NJ, 08054
    Phone: (856) 439-9986 Fax: (856) 439-9982
    www.a-s-t.org
  • International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
    15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C
    Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
    Phone: (856) 439-0500 Fax: (856) 439-0525
    www.ilts.org
  • North America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
    PO Box 6
    Flourtown, PA 19031
    Phone: (215) 233-0808 Fax: (215) 233-3918
    www.naspghan.org

 

  
 
 
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