AASLD: The Liver Meeting 2009
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Program
AASLD’s Annual Meeting defines the cutting edge in the study and treatment of liver and biliary diseases and offers the best possible atmosphere to discuss groundbreaking research and progressive clinical treatments.

Early Morning Workshops 
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Sunday, November 1, 6:45-7:45 am
Monday, November 2, 6:45-7:45 am
Tuesday, November 3, 6:45-7:45 am


These small group sessions provide participants with an opportunity to interact with two experts in a specialized area of liver disease or investigation. Early Morning Workshops consist of two categories: Basic Research and Clinical Management. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis, so remember to register early.

Goals and Objectives:

Research Workshops:

  • Bring together investigators in a specific area of research to discuss their ongoing work.
  • Focus of discussions is on new work and not a review of previous studies.
  • Allow ample time for questions from the audience.

Clinical Management Workshops:

  • Discuss difficult management issues utilizing acknowledged experts in the area.
  • Provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in each area.
  • Intended for the clinician who is seeking the most up-to-date information on a difficult area of management.
  • Allow ample time for questions from the audience.

Program    
Sunday
Research Workshops
   
EM - 1 HCV: Molecular Virology and Mechanisms of Clearance

Barbara Rehermann, MD
Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD

 

EM - 2 HCV as a Metabolic Disease

Steven A. Weinman, MD, PhD
Mandana Khalili, MD

 

EM - 3 Alcoholic Liver Disease (BASIC)

Samir Zakhari, PhD
Gavin E. Arteel, PhD

 

EM - 4 Bilirubin Biology

Peter L. M. Jansen, MD, PhD
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, MD

 

EM - 5 Hepatitis B: Molecular Virology and Disease Pathogenesis

Mei-Hwei Chang, MD
Stephen Locarnini, MD, PhD

 

EM - 6 Cholestasis: Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity

Laura Bull, PhD
John Chiang, PhD

 

EM - 7 Iron Metabolism: Physiology and Molecular Biology

Kris V. Kowdley, MD
John K. Olynyk, MD, PhD

 

EM - 8 Mechanisms of Circulatory Dysfunction in Cirrhosis

Don C. Rockey MD
Michael B. Fallon, MD

 

EM - 9 Cholangiocyte Biology

Mario Strazzabosco, MD, PhD
Gianfranco Alpini, PhD

 

Sunday
Clinical Management Workshops
EM -10 Tailoring HCV Treatment to the Individual Patient

Michael W. Fried, MD
John G. McHutchison, MD

 

EM - 11 HCV: Emerging Treatments

David R. Nelson, MD
Gregory T. Everson, MD

 

EM - 12 HBV Treatment: Prevention and Management of Resistance

Anna S.F. Lok, MD
Tram Tran, MD

 

EM - 13 Clinical Challenges: HIV-HCV Co-infection

Richard K. Sterling, MD
Alexander Monto, MD

 

EM - 14 NASH: Emerging Therapies

Brent A. Tetri, MD
Kiran Bambha, MD

 

EM - 15 Using Non-invasive Methods to Diagnose and Stage Liver Disease

Vlad Ratziu, MD
Nezam H. Afdhal, MD

 

EM - 16 Managing Immunosuppression after Liver Transplantation

Jeffrey S. Crippin, MD
David J. Reich, MD

 

EM - 17 Managing Viral Hepatitis Following Liver Transplantation

Norah Terrault, MD
Marina Berenguer, MD

 

EM - 18 Strategies and Outcomes of Expanded Donor Pool for Liver Transplantation

Russell H. Wiesner, MD
Thomas D. Schiano, MD

 

Monday
Research Workshops
EM - 19 Angiogenesis and Cirrhosis

Vijay Shah, MD
Anna Mae Diehl, MD

 

EM - 20 Neurobiology of Cerebral Dysfunction in Liver Disease

Roger F. Butterworth, PhD
Rajiv Jalan, MD

 

EM - 21 Disorders of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism

Michael Fuchs, MD, PhD
Richard M. Green, MD

 

EM - 22 Regulation of Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism

David E. Cohen, MD, PhD
William Pandak, MD

 

EM - 23 NASH: Mechanisms of Cell Injury and Disease Progression

Mary E. Rinella, MD
Frank A. Anania, MD

 

EM - 24 Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity

Hartmut W. Jaeschke, PhD
Wajahat Z. Mehal, MD

 

EM - 25 Nuclear Receptors

Frederick J. Suchy, MD
Michael Trauner, MD

 

Monday Clinical Management Workshops

EM - 26

 

Designing Clinical Trials for NAFLD: Opportunities and Pitfalls

Naga P. Chalasani, MD
Elizabeth M. Brunt, MD

EM - 27

 

Prevention and Treatment of Renal Failure Before and After Liver Transplantation

Pere Gines, MD
K. Rajender Reddy, MD

EM - 28

 

Fatty Liver Disease in Children: Implications for Adult Hepatologists

Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD
Philip Rosenthal, MD

EM - 29

 

Metabolic Liver Disease

Michael L. Schilsky, MD
Kris V. Kowdley, MD

EM - 30

 

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Kevin D. Mullen, MD
Charmaine A. Stewart, MD

EM - 31

 

Emerging Trends and Treatment in Acute Liver Failure

Richard T. Stravitz, MD
Ann M. Larson, MD

EM - 32

 

Management and Challenges for Liver Disease in Ethnic Subpopulations

Charles D. Howell, MD
Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, MD

EM - 33

 

Challenges to Implementation of Practice Guidelines in Liver Disease

Hal F. Yee, MD, PhD
Hashem B. El-Serag, MD

EM - 34

 

Pre-Transplant Management of HCC

Francis Yao, MD
Laura M. Kulik, MD

EM - 35

 

Liver Disease and Pregancy (Clinical)

Ran Oren, MD
Karen Davidson, MD

Tuesday Research Workshops

EM - 36

 

Stem Cells

Linda Greenbaum, MD
Carl B. Rountree, Jr., MD

EM - 37

 

HCC: Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Satdarshan (Paul) S. Monga, MD
Lewis R. Roberts, MD, PhD

EM - 38

 

Role of Kupffer Cells in Liver Disease

Craig J. McClain, MD
Laura E. Nagy, PhD

EM - 39

 

Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Liver Disease

John J. Lemasters, MD, PhD
Stephen H. Caldwell, MD

EM - 40

 

MicroRNA: Role in Health and Disease

Tushar Patel, MD
Clifford J. Steer, MD

EM - 41

 

Hepatic Inflammation and Innate Immunity

Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD
Zhiping Li, MD

EM - 42

 

Mechanisms of Cell Death

Trautwein Christian, MD
Ariel E. Feldstein, MD

EM - 43

 

Fibrosis: Mechanisms

Detlef Schuppan, MD, PhD
Meena B. Bansal, MD

EM - 44

 


 

Tuesday Clinical Management Workshops

EM - 45

 

HCC Treatment: Role of Resection vs. Transplant

Sasan Roayaie, MD
Francis Yao, MD

EM - 46

 

Novel Therapeutic Targets for HCC

James R. Spivey, MD
Jorge A. Marrero, MD

EM - 47

 

Screening Asymptomatic Populations for Liver Disease: Approaches and Implications

W. Ray Kim, MD
Miriam J. Alter, MD

EM - 48

 

Noncancerous Nodular Lesions of the Liver: Diagnosis and Treatment

Julie Heimbach, MD

EM - 49

 

Difficult to Manage Ascites

Bruce A. Runyon, MD
Hugo E. Vargas, MD

EM - 50

 

Modeling Outcomes in Liver Disease

Scott W. Biggins, MD
Douglas M. Heuman, MD

EM - 51

 

Biliary Atresia

Ronald J. Sokol, MD
John C. Bucuvalas, MD

EM - 52

 

Emerging Treatment of Cholestasis and Cholestatic Disorders

Ulrich Beuers, MD
Saul J. Karpen, MD, PhD

Registration Rates Advance Regular
Member $75 $125
Non-Member $150 $200