Speaker

Lisa VanWagner, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lisa VanWagner, MD

Biography

Lisa VanWagner MD MSc FAST FAHA is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Her clinical research lab utilizes health services research methods to define and characterize cardiometabolic disease risk prediction, prevention, and treatment approaches in patients with chronic liver disease particularly surrounding liver transplantation. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and received continuous NIH funding since 2012. Dr. VanWagner is a fellow of the AHA and AST, past chair of the AST Liver and Intestine Community of Practice (LICOP) and currently serves on the AASLD Nominating Committee and the AASLD Foundation Individual Fundraising Committee. Her clinical practice focuses on patients with diseases of the heart-liver axis and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) both before and after liver transplantation.

Sessions

8:00 AM - 5:30 AM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 2DEF
Recorded session

Real-World, Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes in Cirrhosis and Metabolic Disease

Mazen Noureddin, MD, MHSc | Presenter,
Naim Alkhouri, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Lisa VanWagner, MD | Presenter,
Jennifer C Lai, MD, MBA | Presenter,
Sujan Ravi, MD, MPH | Moderator,
Sripriya Balasubramanian, MPH, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Hersh Shroff | Chair,
Arun B. Jesudian, MD, FAASLD | Chair,
Shari Rogal, MD, MPH, FAASLD | Presenter
Lecture
11:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 1A
Recorded session

The Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Continuum: Fibrosis, Inflammation, and Clinical Decision-Making, Part 1

Vincent WS Wong, MD | Presenter,
Lisa VanWagner, MD | Presenter,
Alina M. Allen, MD | Moderator,
Amreen Dinani, MD FRCPC | Moderator,
Alina M. Allen, MD | Chair,
Amreen Dinani, MD FRCPC | Chair,
Anna Mae E Diehl, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Hashem B El-Serag, MD, MPH | Presenter
Lecture
2:00 PM - 11:30 AM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC
Recorded session

Personalized Management of Portal Hypertension Across the Lifespan, Part 2

Lisa VanWagner, MD | Presenter,
Riccardo Superina, MD | Presenter,
Benjamin L. Shneider, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Valerie A McLin, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Patrick Northup, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Virginia Hernandez-Gea, MD, , MD, PhD | Chair,
Samar H Ibrahim, MBCHB, FAASLD | Chair
Lecture
1:00 PM - 10:00 AM
Convention Center - Summit 4, The Park @TLM, Hall D

The Editors Cut: Highlights From Liver Transplantation

Therese Bittermann, MD | Presenter,
Lisa VanWagner, MD | Presenter,
David Lee, MD | Presenter,
Neil Mehta, MD | Presenter,
Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Andres Cardenas, MD, MMSc, PhD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, FAASLD | Chair
Hep Exchanges