6th Annual Update on Liver Disease (RP2210B)

Dallas, TX US
October 8, 2022

This review course is intended to update providers on a diverse range of topics including viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, alcohol and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, primary liver cancer and liver transplantation. The conference will focus on recent advances, publications and expert opinions. In addition to didactic lectures, case presentations will be included to make the activity interactive and practical. This program is designed to be most beneficial for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and specialists in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and associated disciplines caring for patients with liver disease.

This conference will be presented as a hybrid learning event.

Click the "REGISTER" tab and choose your appropriate registration category/fee indicating whether you will attend the conference in-person or virtually (Zoom).  

Target Audience

This program is designed to be most beneficial for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and specialists in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and associated disciplines caring for patients with liver disease.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze indications and interpretation of viral hepatitis testing and identify those patients who would benefit from antiviral therapy.
  • Implement appropriate management and identify potential therapies for hepatic steatohepatitis.
  • Examine the complications of ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, variceal hemorrhage and encephalopathy and treatment options.
  • Determine the diagnosis and treatment of liver masses including hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma.
  • Identify the indications for liver transplantation and learn about recent advancements in the field and policies changes regarding organ allocation.

 

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 AMA
  • 6.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
07/08/2022
Course expires: 
10/08/2023
Event starts: 
10/08/2022 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/08/2022 - 4:00pm CDT
Cost:
$25.00
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CLICK HERE FOR CME CONFERENCE HANDOUT

(includes agenda, learning objectives, speaker listing, disclosures, CME adn ABIM-MOC credit information, etc.)

 

OCTOBER 8 PRESENTATIONS

(click on titles to access pdf slides)   

8:10-8:35am  Viral Hepatitis A-E  Dr. William Lee  

8:35-8:55am  AIH/PBC/PSC: Difficult Patients Cases  Dr. Marlyn Mayo  

9:00-9:20am  Emerging Topics in NAFLD  Dr. Maddie Kubiliun      

9:25-9:55am  Nutrition and Pharmacology for NASH  Dr. Jaime Almandoz 

10:45-11:05am  Non-invasive Markers and Portal HTN  Dr. Lafaine Grant 

11:10-11:30am  Acute on Chronic Liver Failure  Dr. Jacqueline O’Leary 

11:35am-12:15pm  Challenging Patient Cases  Dr. Shannan Tujios 

                (Expert panel: Drs. Rita Lepe, Thomas Kerr, and Lisa VanWagner) 

1:00-1:20pm  Alcohol Associated Liver Disease  Dr. Thomas Cotter 

1:25-1:45pm  Indications for Liver Transplant  Dr. Mark Pedersen 

1:50-2:10pm  Update in Liver Transplant  Dr. Arjmand Mufti                

2:15-2:30pm  Advances in Treatment of HCC  Dr. Amit Singal 

2:35-3:15pm  Patient Cases: Liver Masses  Dr. Amit Singal   

         (Expert panel: Drs. Madhukar Patel, Maria del Pilar Bayona Molano, and David Hsieh) 

UT Southwestern Medical Center
In Person: T. Boone Pickens Auditorium (NG3.112), 6001 Forest Park Rd.
Virtual: via Zoom
Dallas, TX 75235
United States

Accreditation Statement

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

PHYSICIANS

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NON-PHYSICIANS

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center certifies that non-physicians will receive an attendance certificate stating that they participated in the activity that was designated for 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

ABIM MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 6.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.  Participants will earn MOC points claimed for the activity.  It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points

 

Available Credit

  • 6.00 AMA
  • 6.00 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$25.00
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This conference will be presented as a hybrid learning event. Registrants will choose to attend either in-person or virtually via Zoom. 

Registration

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  3. In the following "checkout" pages you will verify and process your payment.
  4. After registration is completed, a confirmation will be sent by email.