Postgraduate Course, Parts 1–4: A Lifetime of Liver Health (Ticketed)

Description

Achieving optimal health during our patients’ lifetimes is not something that should occur only after a provider recognizes liver disease. It is best understood and approached by incorporating the many facets of each patient’s past history, genetics, environment, medications, and other exposures that change during the course of their lives. The theme of this postgraduate course is to frame the way we approach patients and their liver care in the context of their current stage of life, while also taking into account past contributions as well as preparing for the future. As such, this course reframes information and teaching points—age, disease, surveillance, screening, extrahepatic contributions, and treatments all tied together as a continuum. The speakers present their approaches and complexities to each disease or intervention through the lens of a lifetime for each of the topics. Components include pregnancy and early life contributors, extrahepatic manifestations, alcohol use, and a full session on the aging patient. Taken together, this course intends to enhance the attendee's understanding, approach, and planning for their individual patient’s needs to achieve optimal liver-centric health at all stages of their lives. The sessions include: Lifelong Age-Appropriate Screening, Surveillance and Therapeutic Choices; Extrahepatic Contributors to Liver Health Outcomes; The Die Is Cast at a Young Age—Early Life Determinants of Future Liver Health; and Liver Health in Older Adults.

Session 1 (8:00 AM - 9:45 AM): Lifelong age-appropriate screening, surveillance and therapeutic choices
Session 2 (11:00 AM - 12:40 PM): Liver Cancers—New Solutions for Old Problems
Session 3 (2:00 PM - 3:40 PM): The die is cast at a young age: early life determinants of future liver health
Session 4 (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM): Liver health in the older adults