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G.P.N. - Carol & Burt Keenan Liver Cancer Symposium: Changing the Landscape of Transplantation - 2026
In-Person and Virtual attendance options available
FEES
IN-PERSON | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $240 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | Complimentary |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | Complimentary |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | Complimentary |
Residents / Fellows / Students | Complimentary |
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VIRTUAL | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $240 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $50 |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | $50 |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | $20 |
Residents / Fellows / Students | $20 |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.
**Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area may attend this activity in-person or virtually for no fee, but will not receive CME credit.
**Presenters, topics, program schedule, and credit is subject to change**
Target Audience
The George P. Noon Conference Series is designed for nephrologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, pulmonologists, pathologists, internists, oncologists, physicians treating patients with organ failure, nurses, family practitioners, social workers and allied health professionals with an interest in organ failure transplant management.
Learning Objectives
Discuss advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and colorectal liver metastases, including locoregional therapies, immunotherapy, and surgical approaches.
Evaluate emerging innovations in liver transplantation, including artificial intelligence, genomics, precision oncology, and donation after circulatory death (DCD) organ utilization.
Apply current evidence-based approaches to the assessment and management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), including post-transplant considerations and associated cardiometabolic disease risks.
Interpret the role of data science and molecular diagnostics in transplantation, including donor-derived cell-free DNA, gene expression profiling, clinical informatics, machine learning, and organ preservation technologies.
Course summary
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.50 Attendance
- 6.50 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award up to 6.50 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.
- 6.50 Transplant CoordinatorsThe American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: G.P.N. - Carol & Burt Keenan Liver Cancer Symposium: Changing the Landscape of Transplantation - 2026 | Thu, 09/03/2026 - 8:00am | 6.50 Category 1 CEPTCs
H O U S T O N M E T H O D I S T J . C . W A L T E R J R C O N F E R E N C E S E R I E S | ||
2026 GEORGE P. NOON CONFERENCE | ||
TIME | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER(S) |
7:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
8:00 AM | Leadership Welcome | R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) |
Liver and Colorectal Cancer | ||
8:10 AM | Introduction |
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8:15 AM | Updates to Loco - Regional Therapy for HCC | Bruno Odisio, MD, PhD |
8:45 AM | Expanding the Boundaries of Curative Therapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases | Timothy Newhook, MD, FSSO, FACS |
9:05 AM | HCC Immunotherapy in 2026: From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice | Laura Kulik, MD |
9:25 AM | Preventing HCC Before It Starts: Lessons from Population-Based Research | Jennifer Cullen, MD, PhD, MPH |
9:45 AM | Q&A and Discussion | |
10:00 AM | Break | |
Future Liver Transplantation… Expanding the Boundaries | ||
10:15 AM | AI Innovation in Transplantation | Henry Randall, MD, FACS |
10:35 AM | Role of Genomics in Transplant | Ashton Connor, MD |
10:55 AM | Precision Transplant Oncology | Dan Duda, DMD, PhD |
11:20 AM | Reimagining the Future of Transplant Research | Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD |
11:40 AM | DCD Donation | Krishna Menon, MD, MS, FRCS |
12:05 PM | Q&A and Discussion | |
12:20 PM | Lunch | |
12:20 PM | Therapeutic Advances in MASH | Mazen Noureddin, MD |
12:50 PM | Lynovoy, Case Studies and Update from AASLD ~ AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines | Victor Ankoma-Sey, MD |
MASH in 2026: Therapeutics, Response Assessment, Transplantation, and Multisystem Care | ||
1:35 PM | Assessing Response to MASH Therapy: What Should We Measure in Clinic? | David Victor III, MD |
1:55 PM | MASH After Liver Transplantation: Recurrent Disease, De Novo Disease, and Cardiometabolic Risk | Shadab Siddiqui, MD, MS, PhD |
2:15 PM | Beyond the Liver: Managing MASH as a Cardiometabolic–Kidney Disease | Michelle Jones-Pauley, DO |
2:35 PM | Q&A and Discussion | |
2:45 PM | Break | |
Data Science in Transplantation Moderator: Ashton Connor, MD, PhD, Stephen Jones, MD, Khush Patel, MD, MS
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3:00 PM | Clinical Informatics | Luma Succar, PharmD, BCCCP |
3:15 PM | Molecular Monitoring of the Liver Allograft: Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA and Gene Expression Profiling | Elsie Rizk, PharmD |
3:30 PM | Machine Learning in Liver Transplantation and Outcome Predictions | Khush Patel, MD, MS |
3:45 PM | Liver and Biliary Tumor Sequencing | Mahinur Mattohti, MD, PhD |
4:00 PM | Understanding Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplant | Ashton Connor, MD, PhD |
4:15 PM | Q&A and Discussion | |
4:30 PM | Concluding Remarks | R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) |
LIVE (in-person attendance) will be held in the Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030).
LIVESTREAM information will be provided to registered learners.
Available Credit
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.50 Attendance
- 6.50 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award up to 6.50 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.
- 6.50 Transplant CoordinatorsThe American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned the following Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) to the following Houston Methodist Transplant Center educational program: G.P.N. - Carol & Burt Keenan Liver Cancer Symposium: Changing the Landscape of Transplantation - 2026 | Thu, 09/03/2026 - 8:00am | 6.50 Category 1 CEPTCs
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Exhibitors
We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for participating as exhibitors for this activity:
Alfasigma
Astealas
Bridge to Life
CareDx
Caris Life Science
Helio Genomics
Keenova
Natera
Sirtex
Takeda
Sponsors
We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for participating as exhibitors for this activity:
Product theater sponsor: Alfasigma
Breakfast sponsor: Natera
Price
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
- STEP 1 - Choose the activity format you would like to attend (LIVE or LIVESTREAM) by selecting the checkbox next to the activity and clicking the "Enroll" button.
- STEP 2 - Once enrolled, click the link of the activity format for which you enrolled (the Status should say "In progress") and then click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.
FEES
IN-PERSON | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $240 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | Complimentary |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | Complimentary |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | Complimentary |
Residents / Fellows / Students | Complimentary |
|
|
VIRTUAL | FEE |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area)* | $240 |
Physician (Private physician located inside the Greater Houston Area) (NO CME Option)** | Complimentary (Click here to register) |
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | $50 |
Physician (HM Physicians, including MPAQ and ACO PCPs) | $50 |
Allied Health Care Professionals (HM and external) | $20 |
Residents / Fellows / Students | $20 |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.
**Private physicians located within the Greater Houston Area may attend this activity in-person or virtually for no fee, but will not receive CME credit.
**Presenters, topics, program schedule, and credit is subject to change**