27/05/09 Draft UCL Hepatology - An Evidence Based Approach, Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th September 2009. Education Centre, 1st Floor West, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2PG

Time Mon 28th September Tues 29th September Weds 30th September
08:15 - 08:55 Registration   
08:55 - 09:00 Introduction: Roger Williams  
09:00 - 10:30 Workshop: Session 1
Hepatoma Development in Cirrhosis
Natural history, screening and treatment
Roger Williams, Alice Gillams, Phillip Johnson
Workshop: Session 7
Fluid Retention and Renal Failure
Ascites/renal failure/spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Rajiv Jalan, Kevin Moore, Alastair O'Brien
Workshop: Session 13
Liver Failure & Encephalopathy
Acute & acute-on-chronic syndrome including liver support devices
James O'Beirne, Rajiv Jalan, Jules Wendon
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Symposium: Session 2
Oesophageal Varices and Portal Gastropathy
Primary prophylaxis, endoscopic techniques and secondary prophylaxis
Peter Hayes, Doug Thorburn, Rajiv Jalan
Symposium: Session 8
Chronic Hepatitis B/C
Patient assessment and use of antiviral agents
Alex Evans, Graham Foster, David Mutimer
Symposium: Session 14
Liver Transplantation
Selection, management, and surgical aspects
Roger Williams, John O'Grady, Max Malago
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:15 - 14:30 State of the Art: Session 3
Alcohol and Liver Disease
Nick Sheron, Rajeshwar Mookerjee
State of the Art: Session 9
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Autoimmune Hepatitis
David Jones, Varuna Aluvihare
State of the Art: Session 15
NAFLD
Jude Oben, Raza Malik, Alberic Fiennes
14:30 - 15:45 Management: Session 4
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Cholangiocarcinoma
Roger Chapman, Steve Pereira, Steven Olde Damink
Management: Session 10
New Diagnostic Techniques
Raza Malik, Guru Aithall, George Webster
Management: Session 16
Septic Liver and Nutritional Supplementation
Alastair O'Brien & Geoff Scott, Alastair Forbes
15:45 - 16:15 Tea Tea Tea
16:15 - 17:00 Expert Review: Session 5
Vascular Disorders in Liver Disease
Elwyn Elias
Expert Review: Session 11
Haemochromatosis and Wilson's Disease
James Dooley
Clinical Session: Session 17
Hepatotoxicity
George Webster, Ali Winstanley, Yiannis Kallis
17:00 - 18:30 Clinical Round: Session 6
Roger Williams, Roger Chapman, Elwyn Elias, Ali Winstanley
Case Presentations: Session 12
Deepak Suri, James Dooley, Ali Winstanley
 
18:30 - 19:30 Wine & Cheese Reception - Education Centre    

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For further information please contact: Enda O'Sullivan, Course Administrator, Institute of Hepatology, 69 - 75 Chenies Mews, London, WC1E 6HX. Tel: 020-7679 6511 or E-mail: e.o'sullivan@ucl.ac.uk

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