6th UpDate on Hepatology Course Bucharest Romania 2019
It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the 6th UpDate on Hepatology Course, the popular 2 day-long interactive educational program in hepatology organized by the Romanian Association for Liver Diseases (RoALD), Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SRGH), Fundeni Clinical Institute and the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
This year, the course will provide updates and practical guidance for clinicians dealing with common or challenging liver conditions. Our core program will comprise several sessions focused on remarkable progress that have been made in clinical hepatology and basic research field:
- Persisting therapeutic challenges in liver cirrhosis
- Pregnancy & Liver disease
- The road to viral hepatitis elimination
- Endo-Hepatology: Optimizing endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis/ liver diseas
- The increasing role of molecular biology techniques in hepatolagy
- HCC and Liver transplantation
- Chronic liver disease potpourri
- Future burden in hepatalogy: NAFLD/NASH and alcoholic liver disease.
This event is endorsed by EASL.
The participants will be able to gain better understanding and skills in fibrosis assessment during a devoted workshop.
Original research is welcome during the course in the form of posters and selected e-posters that will be presented during a dedicated session.
We look forward to seeing you in Bucharest in April 2019.
Liana Gheorghe, Anca Trifan, Ioan Sporea
POSTERS
Factors associated with intratumoral elastographic measurements variability
Brain MRI findings in liver cirrhosis patients with subclinical hepatic encephalopathy
Hepatitis B virus status in patients with chronic hepatitis
Metabolic changes after viral eradication in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Body mass index – a noticeable feature in the clinical profile of autoimmune hepatitis
Assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis in patients with metabolic syndrome
6th UpDate on Hepatology Course
Title: „From theory to practice in liver disease”
Date: 5th-6th April 2019
Venue: Bucharest, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Course Directors: Liana Gheorghe, Anca Trifan, Ioan Sporea
Friday, 5 April 2018
8.00-9.00 Registration & Welcome
8.55-9.00 Introduction
9.00-10.40 Persisting therapeutic challenges in the management of cirrhotic patient
Chair: Elsa Sola, Anca Trifan
9.00-9.20 Anticoagulation therapy in liver cirrhosis
Bogdan Procopet, Cluj-Napoca
9.20-9.40 Albumin in liver cirrhosis
Elsa Solà, Barcelona, Spain
9.40-10.00 Non-selective beta-blockers in cirrhosis
Anca Trifan, Irina Girleanu, Iasi
10.00-10.20 New therapeutic targets in hepatic encephalopathy
Mircea Diculescu, Bucuresti
10.20-10.40 Coffee, herbal and dietary supplements in liver disease
Cristina Cijevschi, Iasi
10.40-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.20 Pregnancy & Liver disease
Chair: Nancy Reau, Liana Gheorghe
11.00-11.20 Diagnostic work up of liver test abnormalities during pregnancy
Corina Pop, Bucharest
11.20-11.40 Medical emergencies in pregnancy-related liver disease
Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest
11.40- 12.00 Cholestatic pregnancy-related liver disease
Speranta Iacob, Bucharest
12.00-12.20 Viral hepatitis in pregnancy
Nancy Reau, Chicago, USA
12.20-13.05 Satellite Symposium AbbVie
Optimising the outcome of HCV patients in genotype-specific era
HCV Patient Case 1
Simplifying HCV management: TIME DOES MATTER!
Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest
HCV Patient Case 2
Effective management on therapy: DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS ARE MANAGEABLE!!
Anca Trifan, Iasi
13.05-14.10 Lunch
14.10-15.30 HCC and Liver transplantation
Chair: Susanne Beckebaum, Irinel Popescu
14.10-14.30 Liver transplant for HCC
Irinel Popescu, Bucharest
14.30-14.50 Systemic therapies for HCC: immune checkpoint and signal pathway inhibitors
Adina Croitoru, Bucharest
14.50-15.10 Improving screening in HCC
Zeno Sparchez, Cluj-Napoca
15.10-15.30 Liver transplant for alcoholic hepatitis
Susanne Beckebaum, Muenster, Germany
15.30-16.00 State of the Art
Moderator: Corina Pop
Hepatitis C: persisting gaps on the road of elimination
Jeffrey Lazarus, Barcelona, Spain
16.00 – 18.30 Hands-on Workshop: Fibrosis assessment
Coffee break will be served in the workshop area
(will be held separately in 2 halls for biomarkers and US technology, respectively; participants will change from an workshop to the other after one hour)
BIOMARKERS
Moderators/Presenters: Mona Munteanu, Camelia Cojocariu, Horia Stefanescu
US TECHNOLOGY
Moderators/Presenters: Speranta Iacob, Roxana Sirli, Horia Stefanescu, Dan Gheonea
19.00 Dinner
Saturday, 6 April 2019
8.30-9.50 What’s new in hepatitis?
Chair: Ferruccio Bonino, Cihan Yurdaydin
8.30-8.50 Emerging issues in hepatitis B (when to stop NUCs, renal function, risk of HCC, qHBsAg, obstacle for cure)
Ferruccio Bonino, Pisa, Italy
8.50- 9.10 New therapeutic strategies against hepatitis D
Cihan Yurdaydin, Ankara, Turkey
9.10-9.30 Hepatitis E – an emerging issue
Roxana Sirli, Timisoara
9.30-9.50 Liver involvement in sarcoidosis
Vito Cicinnati, Muenster, Germany
9.50-10.20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
10.20-11.40 The increasing role of molecular biology in hepatology
Chair: Scott L. Friedman, Vlad Ratziu
10.20-10.50 Landmark trials in NASH and fibrosis
Scott L. Friedman, New York, USA
10.50-11.10 Cellular immunological basis of sex differences to alcohol induced liver injury
Costica Aloman, Chicago, USA
11.10-11.30 Hepatocyte plasticity in vivo and in vitro – the significance for regenerative therapies in liver diseases
Razvan Iacob, Bucharest
11.30-11.50 Understanding pathophysiology of NAFLD/NASH to identify therapeutic targets
Vlad Ratziu, Paris, France
11.50-12.50 Satellite Symposium Gilead
Optimizing HCV treatment across all disease stages
How the success looks in real life
Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest
Speranta Iacob, Bucharest
12.50-13.50 Lunch
13.50-14.20 Satellite Symposium MSD
Is there still a role for personalized treatment of hepatitis C in Romania ?
Comorbidities – a key challenge in choosing DAA treatment
Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest
Treatment duration – a key challenge in choosing DAA treatment
Dan Gheonea, Craiova
14.20-16.45 Endo-Hepatology: Optimizing endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis
Chair: Carol Stanciu, Erwin Santo, Cristian Gheorghe
14.20-14.40 Bleeding risk in cirrhotic patient who needs endoscopy and how to manage it
Razvan Iacob, Bucharest
14.40-15.00 Endoscopy for gastric variceal bleeding
Vito Cicinnati, Munster, Germany
15.00-15.20 Special considerations of colonoscopy in cirrhotic patient
Adrian Goldis, Timisoara
15.20-15.40 How to do safely ERCP in cirrhotic patient?
Cristian Gheorghe, Bucharest
15.40-16.00 Potential role of EUS in hepatobiliary diseases
Erwin Santo, Tel Aviv, Israel
16.00-16.30 State of the Art
Moderator: Cristian Gheorghe
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure 2019
Shiv Kumar Sarin, New Delhi, India
16.30 Closing and (Poster) Awards
Light dinner
Winners
1st prize
- Carmen Ester with the poster "Metabolic syndrome in liver transplant recipients - the role of genetic testing and blood-based biomarkers"
2nd prize
- Huiban Laura with the poster "Thrombotic events in patients with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis treated with direct antivirals and sustained virological response - a real-life study"
3rd prize
- Ghiuchici Ana Maria with poster "Factors associated with intratumoral elastographic measurements variability"
Registration and Venue
We are waiting for your abstracts by March 10th!
Only RoALD members with accepted abstracts will benefit of a reduced fee to the Hepatology Course.
Registration fees (Until March 15th 2019)
- 350 Lei Specialist
- 100 Lei Trainee
- 50 Lei Students
On site Registration fees
- 450 Lei Specialist
- 150 Lei Trainee
- 50 Lei Students
Asociatia Romanian Association for Liver Diseases- RoALD
CIF 40152865
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Contact
roaldliver@gmail.com
004 0724056526
Venue
Hotel Crowne Plaza Bucharest, Romania
Accommodation
Single room: 180 euro/night
Double room: 165 euro/night
For reservations:
roaldliver@gmail.com
Day 1 - 5th April
Day 2 - 6th April
