2004 Advanced Liver Disease Training Program

This training program was designed to educate providers about the early detection and optimal management of cirrhosis and its complications. This includes the referral and care of patients being considered for or having undergone liver transplantation. It was held in New York City on April 12-14, 2004.

Hepatitis C and Advanced Liver Disease Refresher

Epidemiology and Risk Factors Associated with Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Ed Bini, MD Natural History of Cirrhosis Alex Monto, MD Liver Biopsies and Advanced Liver Disease: Is There a need? (slides only) Suchat Wongcharatrawee, MD

Cirrhosis and Management of Advanced Liver Disease

Compensated Cirrhosis: Primary Prophylaxis of Varices and Variceal Bleed (slides only) Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD Management of Variceal Hemorrhage (slides only) Joseph Awad, MD Management of Ascites (slides only) Suchat Wongcharatrawee, MD Management of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (slides only) Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao MD Hepatic Encephalopathy Marcos Pedrosa, MD Meld Scoring & CPT Classification (slides only) John Ham, MD Screening and Early Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Thomas Cacciarelli, MD Antiviral Therapy for Prevention of HCC & Prevention of Histological Progression of HCV Alex Monto, MD Medical Management of HCC including Chemoembolization Douglas Heuman, MD Surgical Management of HCC Carlos Corvera, MD

Liver Transplant

VACO Transplant Referral Process Brenda Salvas, VACO Transplant Evaluation: Medical Considerations Timothy Morgan, MD HCV Treatment: Pre and Post Transplantation Teresa Wright, MD

Patient Management Issues

Management of Transplant Patient: Nutrition (slides only) Pamela Hale, RN Management of Transplant Patient: Psychiatric and Substance Use Issues (slides only) Leslie Williams, ANP Management of Transplant Patient: Social Support (slides only) Pamela Hale, RN HIV & Transplantation Peter Stock, MD Management of Post-Transplant Patient: Returning Home Post-Transplant Transition Debra Mayher, RN