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8th APP, Nursing and Primary Care Liver Conference
February 1 @ 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.
Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio-Landmark
5615 Landmark Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78249
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 7:30-8:15 AM | Product Theater |
| Session I: The MASH Up | |
| 8:15-8:25 AM | Welcome/Introduction (Corrie Berk, DNP) |
| 8:25-8:45 AM | Diagnosing 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 AM | Break |
| 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 PM | Lunch |
| 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 PM | Break |
| 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 PM | Summary/Wrap up |
Educational Grants
The 8th Annual APP, Nursing and Primary Care Liver Conference is partially supported by medical education grants from Gilead Sciences, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Salix Pharmaceuticals.
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