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9th ANNUAL
Southwest
Liver Disease
Symposium
ADVANCES IN HEPATOLOGY 2015
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
Banner Health - Continuing Medical Education Office
525 West Brown Road - 2nd Floor
Mesa, AZ 85201
9th ANNUAL
Southwest
Liver Disease Symposium
The Scottsdale Resort &
Conference Center
7700 East McCormick Parkway
Scottsdale, Arizona
Reservations – 480.991.9000
or 1.800.528.0293
A meeting oasis, regarded as a premier resort that epitomizes
the beauty and ambience of historic hacienda décor. Guest
rooms reflect a blend of modern amenities and technology in
lovely desert shades.
The Vista Verde Restaurant and the spectacular Palm Court
set the standard for upscale dining in a majestic setting
overlooking Camelback Mountain. Enjoy sumptuous breakfast
and lunch buffets, as well as four-course dinner selections.
Opportunities to energize and rejuvenate are abundant – the
spa provides a full range of services including massages,
wraps and aromatherapy. Workout options include a fitness
center, four lighted tennis courts, two sparkling pools and a
seven-mile jogging/biking trail. Off-road jeep tours, horseback
riding, world-class shopping and professional sports events
are only minutes away. McCormick Ranch Golf Club’s two
championship 18-hole courses surround the resort.
Hotel Reservation: Please make your hotel reservations as
early as possible and request the Banner Health Liver Disease
Symposium rate of $125, single or double.
Banner Health – 9th Annual
Liver Disease Symposium
February 14, 2015
Registration fees:
Physicians- By January 15th, 2015 -$125
Physicians After January 15th , 2015 -$150
Healthcare professionals and Residents -$70 at all times
For your convenience registration may
be completed one of two ways;
Telephone registration available
M-F 7:00am – 4:30pm (Arizona Time)
at 602.230.CARE (2273) or 800.230.CARE (2273)
or
Online registration is available at
www.BannerHealth.com/230CARE
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Advances in Hepatology
2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Scottsdale, Arizona
7:30am - 5:00pm
PRESENTED BY
The Liver Disease Center and The Liver Transplantation Program at
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Endorsed By
BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER in Phoenix, Arizona is a major medical
teaching complex where Arizona’s first liver transplant was performed over three decades ago.
Founded a century ago, the Medical Center is a flagship hospital within the Banner Health
system and is now proud to be a centerpiece for graduate medical education for the University
of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix.
Established in 1969, the Banner Good Samaritan Transplant Center is Arizona’s oldest and
most experienced transplant facility, consistently recognized by the United States Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a top performer.
The Liver Disease Center and Liver Transplantation program are pleased to host the 9th Annual
Southwest Liver Disease Symposium: Advances in Hepatology 2015 as a continuing annual
conference presented by some of the foremost experts in the world. This educational program underlines
Banner Health’s commitment to improving the health of patients with liver disease and the specialties of Hepatology and Liver
Transplantation.
Education Credits
Banner Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing education for physicians.
Banner Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
The Arizona Region of the Education Department of Banner Health is an approved provider of
continuing nursing education by the Arizona Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Acknowledgements
Commercial support acknowledgements will be made at the symposium.
Schedule – Saturday, February 14, 2015
TimeTitle
Educational
Objectives:
1) Discuss the new medications
for treatment of HCV and the
indications for use.
2) Discuss the HCV treatments that
will be available in the near future.
3) Review the current treatment for a
common complication of portal
hypertension: renal failure in
cirrhotic patients
4) Discuss the current management
of patients with Primary Biliary
Cirrhosis
5) Discuss the eligibility for and
evaluation of patients for liver
transplant
6) Discuss the latest management
recommendations for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Who Should Attend?
All providers and support personnel
involved in care of patients with liver
disease, including:
• Primary Care Physicians
• Gastroenterologists
• Hepatologists
• Surgeons
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Residents
• Fellows
Planning Committee & Faculty
Ester C. Little, MD
Conference Co-Director
Associate Director Liver Disease Center, Banner Good Samaritan Medical
Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Anil Seetharam, MD
Conference Co-Director
Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, Banner Good Samaritan
Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Kate Thongtrangan, NP
Liver Disease Center, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Faculty
Jeffrey A. Brink, MD, FACS
Arizona Transplant Associates PC, Phoenix, Arizona
Michael R. Charlton, MD, FRCP
Medical Director, Hepatology and Liver Transplant, Professor of Medicine,
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah
Gregory T. Everson, MD, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine, Director of Hepatology, University of Colorado Denver,
University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Michael Fried, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, UNC Liver Center, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lawrence J. Koep, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona, Arizona Transplant Associates PC,
Phoenix, Arizona
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD
Chief of Digestive Diseases, Yale Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut
Geetha Kolli, MD
Transplant Hepatology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Keith D. Lindor, MD, FAASLD
Executive Vice Provost and Dean, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State
University, Phoenix, Arizona
Norman L. Sussman, MD, FAASLD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
David Wood, MD
Chief, Interventional Radiology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center,
Phoenix, Arizona
7am – 8am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Exhibits
Speaker
Morning Session
Pueblo Main Ballroom - Garden level
8:00am – 8:05am
Welcome
Conference Overview - Open remarks
Ester Little, MD
8:05am – 8:55am
Current recommendations for HCV treatment
Mike Fried, MD
8:55am – 9:35am
HCV treatment: What is in the pipe line?
Gregory T. Everson, MD, FAASLD
9:35am – 10:05am Case discussion
10:05am – 10:20am Coffee Break
10:20am – 10:30am Management of hepatic hydrothorax in Anil Seetharam, MD
patients not responding to diuretics
10:30am – 10:40am Surveillance for cancer in patients with PSC
Ester Little, MD
10:40am – 10:50am Management of patients with AIH not
Geetha Kolli, MD
responding to prednisone
10:50am – 11:00am Questions from the audience
11:00am – 11:50am Evaluation and treatment of acute renal
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD
failure in the cirrhotic patient
11:50am – 1:00pm Lunch – Visit Exhibits
Afternoon Session
Pueblo Main Ballroom - Garden level
1:00pm – 1:10pm
1:10pm – 1:20pm
1:20pm – 1:40pm
1:40pm – 1:50pm
1:50pm – 2:30pm
HCC screening and treatment algorithm
Liver transplant for HCC: What are the results?
IR treatment for HCC- What are the results?
Questions from the audience
Evaluation of the patient for liver transplant
2:30pm – 2:45pm
The Banner Transplant Model
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Case presentation and panel discussion
3:00pm – 3:10pm
Is this patient a good candidate for
liver transplant?
3:10pm – 3:50pm
Coffee Break
3:50pm – 4:00pm
Diagnosis and management of PBC
4:00pm – 4:40pm Questions from the audience
4:40pm – 4:50pm
What is new in NAFLD?
4:50pm
Adjourn
Disclosure Statement
Geetha Kolli, MD
Anil Seetharam, MD
David Wood, MD
Norman Sussman, MD, FAASLD
Anil Seetharam, MD
Case presentation: Ester Little, MD
Panel discussion:
Norman Sussman,
Anil Seetharam, Jeff Brink
and Lawrence Koep
Keith D. Lindor, MD, FAASLD
Mike Charlton, MD, FRCP
Ester Little, MD
This symposium is supported in part by educational grants from industry. Banner Health strives for balance,
independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all sponsored educational programs. Faculty and program
planners are required to disclose any financial conflict of interest relevant to their involvement with the
symposium. Disclosure information will be provided in the symposium syllabus. Potential conflicts of interest
reported by planners and faculty have been assessed and resolved according to Banner Health policy.