Speaker

Michael Trauner, MD, FAASLD

MedUni Wien

Michael Trauner, MD, FAASLD

Biography

Michael Trauner, MD, received his medical education at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria, where he also completed his clinical training in internal medicine and gastroenterology / hepatology. From 1994 to 1997 he postdoctoral research fellow at Yale University's Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Center in New Haven, USA. After returning to Graz, he established an internationally recognized research group in cholestatic and fatty liver diseases, and founded the Liver Center, serving as professor of experimental and clinical hepatology from 2005-2010. Since 2010 he has been professor of gastroenterology and hepatology and chair of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Medical University of Vienna. Dr. Trauner's main research interests are the molecular mechanisms of bile acid transport and signaling in cholestatic and steatotic liver diseases, the mechanisms of cell injury in cholestatic and steatotic liver disease, and the development of novel pharmacologic treatments for cholestatic and steatotic liver diseases.

Sessions

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Convention Center - Hall A (General Session), Concourse Level

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

Mary E. Rinella, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Michael Trauner, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Raymond T Chung, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Neehar D. Parikh, MD, MS, FAASLD , Presenter

Shira Zelber-Sagi, PhD , Presenter

Arun J. Sanyal, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Jessica L Mellinger , Presenter

Sumeet Asrani, MD MSc , Presenter

Carla W Brady, MD, MHS, FAASLD , Presenter

Marialena Mouzaki, MD , Presenter

Silvia Vilarinho, MD, PhD , Presenter

Gideon M Hirschfield, FRCP, PhD , Presenter

Lily Dara, MD , Presenter

Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS, AGAF, FAASLD , Presenter

Jennifer C Lai, MD, MBA , Presenter

8:00 AM - 5:30 AM

Convention Center - Room 207, Level 2

Recent Advances in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Pathogenesis and Targets for Therapeutic Intervention

Gregory J Gores, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Stuart J. Forbes, MB CHB, FRCP(Ed), PhD , Presenter

Tatiana Kisseleva, MD, PhD , Presenter

Michael Trauner, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Cholestatic and Autoimmune

9:45 AM - 6:45 AM

Convention Center - Salon GH, Level 1

Stump the Hepatologist

Silvia Vilarinho, MD, PhD , Presenter

Michael Trauner, MD, FAASLD , Presenter

Patil Kavarian, DO , Presenter

Craig Lammert, MD, MS , Presenter

Ehiamen Okoruwa, MD , Presenter