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8th APP, Nursing and Primary Care Liver Conference

February 1, 2025 @ 7:30 am 4:45 pm

The conference will focus on highlighting new standards in diagnosis and clinical management of liver diseases for the non-liver specialist. The educational format includes lectures, case studies and panel discussion.

Registration Fees

Physicians (MD or DO): $109

Other healthcare professionals
(NP, PA, RN, PharmD, others): $79

Students (limited registrations): Free*

* A limited number of free registrations will be given to full time students. In order to be considered, students must email education@txliver.com and provide the university, name of program, degree being pursued and expected graduation year.

Register and pay online

Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio-Landmark

5615 Landmark Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78249


TIMETOPIC
7:30-8:00 AM Breakfast
7:30-8:15 AMProduct Theater
Session I: The MASH Up
8:15-8:25 AMWelcome/Introduction (Corrie Berk, DNP)
8:25-8:45 AMDiagnosing and Staging MASLD (Justin Crawford, NP)
8:45-9:05 AM Primary Care’s Important Role in the Management of MASH (Kristabell Salazar, NP)
9:05-9:25 AM Treatment Updates in MASH (Andres Gomez, MD)
9:25-9:45 AM A Tale of Two Epidemics: MetALD (Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD)
9:45-10:00 AM Discussion/Q&A
10:00-10:15 AMBreak
Session II: From Elevated Liver Enzymes to End Stage Liver Disease
10:15-10:35 AM Drug Induced Liver Injury (Jessica Jennings, NP)
10:35-11:00 AM Autoimmune Potpourri (Allyssa Castillo, DNP)
11:00-11:25 AM Pruritus Management in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (Fabian Rodas, MD)
11:25-11:50 AM Complications of Cirrhosis: The Sequelae of Portal Hypertension (Corrie Berk, DNP)
11:50 AM-12:05 PM Discussion/Q&A
12:05-12:50 PMLunch
12:20-1:05 PM Product Theater
Session III: Do You Know HCC?
1:05-1:30 PM Liver Lesions 101 (Kathy Crow, PA)
1:30-1:55 PM Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening and Treatment:
Who, What, Why & How? (Kelleah Powao, NP)
1:55-2:20 PM Hepatocellular Carcinoma Case Study (Heather Ritter, NP)
2:20-2:35 PM Discussion/Q&A
2:35-2:45 PMBreak
Session IV: Making Liver Transplant Accessible
2:45-3:10 PM Transplanting HCV+ Organs (Eugenia Tsai, MD)
3:10-3:35 PM Living Donor Liver Transplant (J Michael Cullen, MD)
3:35-4:00 PM Bariatric Surgery & Liver Transplant (Danielle Fritze, MD)
4:00-4:20 PM Liver Transplant Pearls for the Community Provider (Mark Dedmon, PA)
4:20-4:35 PM Discussion/Q&A
4:35-4:45 PMSummary/Wrap up

Educational Grants

The 8th Annual APP, Nursing and Primary Care Liver Conference is partially supported by a medical education grant from Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.


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