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21st Annual Hepatology Symposium

High Impact Hepatology:
An Update on Care of the Patient with Liver Disease

Saturday, December 2nd, 2023

A live, in-person conference!

Jointly Provided by the Mountain Area Health Education Center and the UNC Liver Center

 8:00am – 8:25am  Arrivals and Breakfast
 8:25am – 8:30am  Opening Remarks and Introduction

Sid Barritt, MD, MSCR

 8:30am – 9:00am MASLD: New Name, New Approach

Sid Barritt, MD, MSCR

 9:00am – 9:30am Current Obstacles to Achieving Health Equity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma:  Screening, Treatment, and Outcomes

Patricia Jones, MD, MSCR, The University of Miami

 9:30am – 10:00am  Acute on Chronic Liver Failure

Oren Fix, MD

 10:00am – 10:30am  Interactive Panel Discussion

Moderator: Neil Shah, MD

 10:30am – 10:45am  Break
 10:45am – 11:15am  Living Donor Liver Transplant: Recipient and Donor Selection

Chirag Desai, MD

 11:15am – 11:45am  Multidisciplinary Care for the Patient with Alcohol Use Disorder

Hersh Shroff, MD

 11:45am – 12:15pm  Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation: The Psychologist’s Perspective

Jessie Diket, PhD

 12:15pm – 12:45pm  Interventions to Combat Frailty and Sarcopenia
Neil Shah, MD
 12:45pm – 1:00pm  Break – Attendees collect boxed lunches
 1:00pm – 1:25pm  Interactive Panel Discussion (Over Lunch)

Moderator: Sid Barritt, MD

 1:25pm – 2:05pm  Learning Lunch and Case Discussions

UNC GI Fellows

 2:05pm – 2:15pm  Discussion and Wrap-up

Neil Shah, MD