
Register today for the 2023 North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit!
Join the greatest minds in hepatology across the continent, including special guest speaker Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, who is serving as a Special Projects Advisor to President Biden, for a game-changing two-day event on March 24 - 25 in Los Angeles — the 2023 North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit.
With the goal of achieving viral hepatitis elimination and reducing liver complications including liver cancer among North Americans, AASLD has joined forces with the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL) and the Mexican Association for the Study of the Liver (AMH) to foster collaboration, exchange ideas and increase knowledge translation.
You can register for this event alone or for the combo of the North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit and NASH Cirrhosis Emerging Topic Conference.
When & Where
Date: Friday, March 24, 10:00 am - Saturday, March 25, 4:30 pm (EDT) Location: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE | 900 West Olympic Boulevard | Los Angeles, CA 90015
Program Chairs

Special Guest Speaker

Learning Objectives
- Understand the status of national progress toward hepatitis elimination and the priorities to overcome gaps in hepatitis prevention, testing, care, and treatment in North America
- Learn the strategies and technologies that improve hepatitis testing and linkage to care
- Call attention to priority populations and the novel approaches needed to reach goals for hepatitis elimination
- Characterize the risk population for liver cancer and strategies can reduce HCC incidence among persons with viral hepatitis
- Explore the “game changers” that have emerged in recent years and how they can be more broadly applied across countries in North America
Core Competencies:
- Medical knowledge
- Patient care
- Practice-based learning and improvement
- Systems-based learning
Target Audience:
- Primary care
- Public Health
- Hepatologists and specialists
- North American participation
- Patient Advocates
Continuing Education:
Continuing Medical Education (CME): 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): 9.50 MOC Points
Travel Note
US residents: Please review the Real ID Act regarding boarding federally regulated commercial aircrafts. Due to circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security has extended the REAL ID enforcement deadline to May 7, 2025. Depending on your state of residence, you may need to provide a second form of identification at the airport.
Schedule Note
Please note, all times in the agenda are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) as this is an in-person only event in Los Angeles, CA.
Agenda - March 24, 2023
Session I
7:00 am Breakfast
Session I: Reporting Card (Profiles of Elimination in N. America)
Moderators: John Ward and Robert Gish
8:00 am - 8:05 am Introductory Remarks
8:05 am - 8:20 am Topic #1: Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Speaker: Jill Norman
8:20 am - 8:35 am Topic #2: Mexico (Mexico Health Ministry)
Speaker: Alethse de la Torre Rosas
8:35 am - 8:50 am Topic #3: U.S. (CDC, HHS)
Speaker: Carolyn Wester
8:50 am - 9:05 am Lancet Commission report/ US Update
Speaker: Mark Sulkowksi (JHU)
9:05 am - 9:25 am Q/A
9:25 am - 9:45 am Moderated Panel Discussion: Advocacy for Change
Action Hepatitis Canada
Speaker: Jennifer Van Gennip
Mexican Liver Foundation
Speaker: Enrique Wolpert
Representative of U.S. – ALF, HBV Foundation, GLI
Speaker: Chari Cohen
9:45 am - 10:00 am Break
Section II
Session II: Diagnostics
Moderators: Jordan Feld and Curtis Cooper
10:00 am - 10:20 am Topic #1: One-time Screening for HBV (Include Implementation)
Speaker: Erin Conners
10:20 am - 10:40 am Topic #2: HCV Diagnosis – Matching the Test to the Patient (Include POC)
Speaker: Lisa Barrett
10:40 am - 11:00 am Topic #3: New HBV Diagnostics: What, How and Can We Do Better?
Speaker: Carla Osiowy
11:00 am - 11:20 am Topic #4: HDV: Who and How of Diagnosis
Speaker: Theo Heller (NIDDK)
11:20 am - 11:35 am Implementation of Screening for Viral Hepatitis (HBV, HCV, HDV): Strategies and Barriers
Speaker: Robert Wong, MD, MS
11:35 am - 11:55 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
11:55 am - 1:00 pm Lunch
Section III
Session III: Priority Populations for HBV and HCV
Moderators: Ignacio Aiza and Althese de la Torre
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Topic #1: Pregnancy
Speaker: Tatyana Kushner (Mount Sinai)
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm Topic #2: Indigenous People
Speaker: Alexandra King (University of Saskatchewan)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Topic #3: Newcomers/Refugees
Speaker: Christina Greenaway
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Topic #4: Incarcerated
Speaker: Nadine Kronfli (McGill University)
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Topic #5: Persons Who Use Drugs
Speaker: Judith Feinberg (West Virginia University)
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
Section IV
Session IV: HCC
Moderators: Norah Terrault and Sam So
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Topic #1: Linking VHE With Cancer Prevention
Speaker: Jessica Petrick
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Topic #2: Challenges in Implementing HCC Surveillance
Speaker: Amit Singal (UTSW)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Topic #3: Can We Get Away From Imaging-based Surveillance?
Speaker: Neehar Parikh (U Michigan)
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Topic #4: Is There a point Where Surveillance Can Be Stopped? Fibrosis Monitoring/Regression
Speaker: Laura Cisneros
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm HCV Elimination: A National Strategy
Speaker: Francis Collins, MD, PhD
Moderators: John Ward, MD and Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, FAASLD
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Light Reception
Agenda - March 25, 2023
Session V
7:00 am Breakfast
Session V: Building coalitions for action
Moderators: John Ward and Ignacio Aiza
8:00 am - 8:10 am Topic #1 Louisiana Micro Elimination (Corrections)
Speaker: Risha Irvin
8:10 am - 8:20 am Topic #2 Getting HBV to the Forefront in California
Speaker: Sam So (Stanford University)
8:20 am - 8:30 am Topic #3 Supervised Injection Sites and HCV Elimination
Speaker: Brian Conway
8:30 am - 8:40 am Topic #4 DRUM & SASH project
Speaker: Carrielynn Lund
8:40 am - 8:50 am Topic #5 The Health Benefits and Cost of the U.S. National Hepatitis C Elimination Plan
Speaker: Jagpreet Chhatwal
8:50 am - 9:00 am Topic #6 Tijuana and Viral Hepatitis Treatment
Speaker: Christian Ramers (UCSD)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
9:40 am - 10:00 am Break
Session VI
Session VI: Game-Changers
Moderators: Norah Terrault and Jeff Lazarus
10:00 am - 10:20 am Topic #1: Screening opportunities – lessons from COVID
Speaker: John Ward
10:20 am - 10:40 am Topic #2: Long acting injectables
Speaker: Dave Thomas
10:40 am - 11:00 am Topic #3: Therapeutic breakthroughs – focus on HBV
Speaker: Ray Chung (MGH)
11:00 am - 11:20 am Topic #4: Influencing National Policies – Mexico as an Example
Speaker: David Kershenobich
11:20 am - 11:50 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Conference Summary and Wrap-Up
12:10 pm Adjourn
Boxed lunches will be available in the foyer.
Registration Rates: 2023 North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit
General
Any physician, scientist, or researcher with doctoral-level training who is not employed by Industry (pharma/device/etc.)
Member | Non-Member | |
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Early Bird: On or Before February 23, 2023 | $450 | $670 |
Trainee & Associate
Any physician, scientist or researcher in a training program as certified by the director of their training program. This category also includes, but is not limited to, the degrees of MS, NP, PA, RN, and other related or comparable degrees.
Member | Non-Member | |
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $220 | $275 |
Student
Member | Non-Member | |
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $110 | $135 |
Industry
Any Industry (pharma/device/etc.) employee with or without medical training.
Industry | ||
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $920 |
Patients, Patient Advocates and Caregivers
Patients, Patient Advocates, and Caregivers | ||
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Rate | Complimentary |
Registration Combo-Pricing for the North American Viral Hepatitis & NASH Cirrhosis Emerging Topic Conference
General
Any physician, scientist, or researcher with doctoral-level training who is not employed by Industry (pharma/device/etc.)
Member | Non-Member | |
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $630 | $940 |
Trainee & Associate
Any physician, scientist or researcher in a training program as certified by the director of their training program. This category also includes, but is not limited to, the degrees of MS, NP, PA, RN, and other related or comparable degrees.
Member | Non-Member | |
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $310 | $390 |
Student
Member | Non-Member | |
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $150 | $190 |
Industry
Any Industry (pharma/device/etc.) employee with or without medical training.
Industry | ||
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On or After February 24, 2023 | $1,290 |
Patients, Patient Advocates and Caregivers
Patients, Patient Advocates, and Caregivers | ||
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Rate | Complimentary |
Registration Cancellation Policy
Requests for cancellations must be submitted in writing to meetings@aasld.org.
Cancellations received by Thursday, February 23, 2023 will be refunded in full.
Cancellations received between February 24 – March 6, 2023 will be subject to a $50.00 cancellation fee.
Cancellations received on or after March 7, 2023 are not eligible for a refund.
Housing
Venue
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE
900 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Phone: 213-765-8600
*When calling to make a reservation, please let the hotel representative know that you are attending the AASLD North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit.
Rates
Single/Double $259 per night plus tax
Discounted rates are available until March 2, 2023.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your reservation for no charge until 72 hours prior to your arrival date.
Please note that the hotel will assess a fee of (1) night of your room charge (for the first night of your reservation) USD if you must cancel after this deadline.
Parking
Valet Daily: $53.90
Electric Car Charging Station Available
Airports
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - 17.2 miles from hotel
Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) - 16 miles from hotel