Emerging Topics in Liver Disease Conference: Innovative Trends in Liver Health 2023 - In-Person

Houston, TX US
August 12, 2023

In-Person attendance

The epidemic of liver disease has become increasingly more common and poses complex problems regarding diagnosis and management. There are recent advances in the diagnosis and management of patients with liver disease. This CE activity has been designed to educate attendees about new developments in hepatology, and new approaches to management of liver diseases that can be readily integrated into their daily practice. A group of national experts, including several renowned guest faculty, will present new findings in a clinical context that will be beneficial in the multidisciplinary management of unique and complex liver disorders.

FEES

REGISTRATION TYPEFEE
Physician (Houston Methodist)$25
Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)$300
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area)$50
Allied Health Care Professional$10
Resident / Fellow / StudentFree

* 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.

 

Target Audience

This conference is designed for primary care physicians, internists, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, dieticians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants and other health care providers.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 

  • Discuss the current trends in Liver Disease.
  • Describe new and critical developments in chronic HBV, HCV and HDV. 
  • Identify emerging trends in the obesity crisis & nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and explore the latest concepts in diagnosis and management.
  • Discuss new developments and treatment of liver and pancreatic cancers – an emerging epidemic.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.75 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 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.75 Attendance
  • 9.25 Dietitian
    This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 9.25 CPEs.
  • 7.75 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 7.75 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 7.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 7.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 7.50 Transplant Coordinators
    The 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: Emerging Topics in Liver Disease Conference: Innovative Trends in Liver Health 2023 - In-Person | Fri, 04/21/2023 - 8:00am | 7.50 Category 1 CEPTCs
Course opens: 
04/21/2023
Course expires: 
09/12/2023
Event starts: 
08/12/2023 - 7:30am CDT
Event ends: 
08/12/2023 - 5:00pm CDT
Cost:
$300.00
TIMEPRESENTATIONSPEAKER(S)
7:00 AMRegistration and Breakfast 
7:30 AMWelcomeVictor Ankoma-Sey, MD, FACP, FAASLD
7:35 AMIntroductionR. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
 Plenary Session I: Liver Disease in 2023
Moderators:  Joseph Galati, MD, Robert McFadden, MD & Constance Mobley, MD
7:40 AMState-of-Art-Lecture I
Milestones of Liver Disease and Transplantation at Houston
Methodist: From Zero to 10,000
David W. Victor III, MD
8:10 AMLiver Disease & Pregnancy: When is it an Emergency & when
is it not ?
Kidist K. Yimam, MD
8:40 AMLiver biopsy: It Is Not Always About FatSadhna Dhingra MD, FCAP
9:10 AMAcute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in 2023Chukwuma Egwim, MD
9:35 AMQuestion and Answer Discussion 
9:55 AMBreak and Exhibits
 Plenary Session II: Viral Hepatitis - What is New?
Moderators: Andreas Duchini, MD, Chukwuma Egwim, MD & David W. Victor, III, MD
10:10 AMState of the Art Lecture II
Hepatitis B and Delta - what you need to know in 2023
Jordan J. Feld, MD, MPH
10:40 AMHepatitis E – Epidemiology, Diagnosis & ManagementEnrique J. Martínez, MD
11:10 AMHCV Elimination by 2030: What Strategies will get us there?Anthony Martinez, MD, AAHIVS, FAASLD
11:40 AMQuestion and Answer Discussion 
12:00 PMLunch Product Theatre
NASH: The Landscape State of Art Update, Mazen Noureddin, MD, MHSc
Location: RI Boardroom
*Attendance is optional. This presentation is not certified for CE credit.*
 Plenary Session III: Innovations in the Management of Obesity & Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Moderators: Victor Ankoma-Sey, MD, FACP, FAASLD, Caroline Simon, MD & Nabil Tariq, MD, FACS
1:00 PMState of the Art Lecture III
Obesity: Epidemiology and Medical Management in 2023
Archana Sadhu, MD
1:30 PMObesity: Surgical OptionsNabil Tariq, MD
1:55 PMNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Where are we in 2023?Nadege T. Gunn, MD, CPI
2:20 PMQuestion and Answer Discussion 
2:40 PMBreak and Exhibits
 Plenary Session IV: Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Cancers - Current Concepts
Moderators: Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, B Pharm, R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) & Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH
2:55 PMState of the Art Lecture IV
Liver Cancers: Resection Vs. Transplantation
Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, FRCS
3:25 PMRobotic Approaches in the Surgical Management of Hepato-
Biliary and Pancreatic neoplasms
Yee Lee Cheah, MD
3:50 PMMutational Profiling for Colorectal Liver Metastases -
Prognosis and Patient Selection for Hepatectomy
Timothy E. Newhook, MD
4:20 PMRole of Genomics for Tumor Selections and ManagementAshton Connor, MD, PhD
4:45 PMQuestion and Answer Discussion 
5:00 PMAdjournment
Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Avenue
John F. Bookout Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States

In-person attendance will be held in the Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue. 

 

COURSE DIRECTOR
Victor Ankoma-Sey, MD, FACP, FAASLD
Director, Liver Transplant Program
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director, Liver Associates of Texas, PA
 
GUEST SPEAKERS
Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, FRCS
MTS/Department of Surgery Distinguished Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplant
Professor of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplant
Director, Liver Transplant, Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Director, Transplant HPB Fellowship Program
Director, Clinical Faculty Development
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
 
Jordan J. Feld, MD, MPH, FAASLD
R. Phelan Chair in Translational Liver Disease Research
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Interim Director, Toronto Centre for Liver Disease
Senior Scientist, Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health
Toronto General Hospital
 
Nadege T. Gunn, MD, CPI
Medical Director
Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Impact Research Institute
Waco, TX
 
Anthony Martinez, MD, AAHIVS, FAASLD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine
University at Buffalo
Medical Director, Hepatology
Erie County Medical Center
Buffalo, NY
 
Enrique J. Martinez, MD
Physician
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates
Atlanta, GA
 
Timothy E. Newhook, MD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgical Oncology,
Division of Surgery,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX
 
Kidist K. Yimam, MD
Director, Autoimmune Liver Disease
Transplant Hepatologist
Sutter Health
San Francisco, CA
 
HOUSTON METHODIST SPEAKERS
Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Liver Transplant Surgery
Houston Methodist Department of Surgery - Transplant
 
Ashton Connor, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Transplant Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute
Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
 
Sadhna Dhingra MD, FCAP
Associate Director, Surgical Pathology
Liver and GI pathologist
Houston Methodist 
 
Chukwuma Egwim, MD
Transplant Hepatologist
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Liver Associates of Texas, PA
 
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director, Transplantation Research
Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Houston Methodist
 
Mazen Noureddin, MD, MHSc
Director Houston Liver Institute
Houston, Texas
 
Archana R. Sadhu, MD
Endocrinologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
 
Nabil Tariq, MD, FACS
Bariatric Surgery Medical Director, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Assistant Professor of Surgery
Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
 
David W. Victor, III, MD
Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Houston Methodist
 
MODERATORS
Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, B Pharm
Medical Director, Cockrell Center for Advanced Therapeutics, Phase I Program
Gastrointestinal Medical and Transplant Oncologist
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Houston Methodist
 
Andrea Duchini, MD
Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
 
Joseph S. Galati, MD, FACG, FAASLD
Medical Director, Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver
Disease & Transplantation,
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director, Liver Specialists of Texas
 
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Director, Transplantation Research
Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Houston Methodist
 
Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH
Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Houston Methodist
 
Robert S. McFadden, MD
Transplant Hepatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
 
Constance M. Mobley, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Director of Liver Transplantation
J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Associate Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation
Medical Director, Surgical & Liver ICU
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Community Integration
Houston Methodist Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Adjunct Assistant Professor Texas A&M College of Medicine
 
Caroline J. Simon, MD, FACS
Director, Robotic Transplantation & HPB Surgery
Robotic Surgery on the Liver, Pancreas, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
 
Nabil Tariq, MD, FACS
Bariatric Surgery Medical Director, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Assistant Professor of Surgery
Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
 
David W. Victor, III, MD
Transplant Hepatologist, Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Houston Methodist

Available Credit

  • 7.75 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 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.75 Attendance
  • 9.25 Dietitian
    This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 9.25 CPEs.
  • 7.75 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 7.75 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

  • 7.00 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 7.00 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
  • 7.50 Transplant Coordinators
    The 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: Emerging Topics in Liver Disease Conference: Innovative Trends in Liver Health 2023 - In-Person | Fri, 04/21/2023 - 8:00am | 7.50 Category 1 CEPTCs

 

Price

Cost:
$300.00
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FEES

REGISTRATION TYPEFEE
Physician (Houston Methodist)$25
Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)$300
Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area)$50
Allied Health Care Professional$10
Resident / Fellow / StudentFree

* 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.