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Course DirectorsLiana GHEORGHE Ioan SPOREA Anca TRIFAN
Scientific secretary: Speranta Iacob
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Dear colleagues and friends,
Once again, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Update on Hepatology 2021.
This year’s course will address the topic Updates and Debates in Liver Diseases and will be running in hybrid form.
With the perfect blend of online and on-site (face-to-face) participation, you will be engaged with expert faculty and colleagues through roundtable discussions, live Q&A and educational sessions, networking and maximizing learning outcomes in the field of chronic liver diseases.
The topics that have been selected give us the opportunity to develop the latest clinical advancements, as well as the remaining challenges and controversies.
Our goal remains to deliver up-to-date knowledge, to help our liver community stay connected and maintain the commitment to lifelong learning in hepatology during these challenging times.
We are grateful to the faculty members who have stepped up to provide such an insightful and clinically useful event, to all the participants who join us, and, last but not least, we are grateful to our industry partners for their generous backing.
On behalf of the organizing and scientific committee, thank you for attending, your continued interest and support, looking forward to an exceptional scientific and practice-changing event
Course Directors: Liana Simona Gheorghe, Anca Trifan, Ioan Sporea
Scientific secretary: Speranta Maria Iacob
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Title8th Update on Hepatology Course 2021
Time: 10th-12th June 2021
Venue: HYBRID
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Costica Aloman Chicago USA
Maria Reig Barcelona Spain
Scott Friedman New York USA
Vlad Ratziu Paris France
Pietro Invernizzi Milano Italy
Shiv Sarin New Delhi India
Vito Cicinnati Munster Germany
Pal-Dag Line Oslo Norway
Jasmohan Bajaj Richmond USA
Erwin Santo Tel Aviv Israel
Nancy Reau Chicago USA
Susanne Beckebaum Munster Germany
NATIONAL FACULTY
Anca Trifan Iasi
Mircea Diculescu Bucharest
Liana Gheorghe Bucharest
Dana Crisan Cluj-Napoca
Roxana Sirli Timisoara
Razvan Iacob Bucharest
Zeno Sparchez Cluj-Napoca
Mugur Grasu Bucharest
Adina Croitoru Bucharest
Ioan Sporea Timisoara
Speranta Iacob Bucharest
Irinel Popescu Bucharest
Bogdan Procopet Cluj-Napoca
Dana Tomescu Bucharest
Mihai Popescu Bucharest
Cristian Gheorghe Bucharest
Andrada Seicean Cluj-Napoca
Ioana Lupescu Bucharest
Camelia Cojocariu Iasi
Catalin Copaescu Bucharest
Carmen Ester Bucharest
Alina Popescu Timisoara
Ionut Saizu Bucharest
Mihaela Ghioca Bucharest
Larisa Sandulescu Craiova
Roxana Vadan Bucharest
Irina Girleanu Iasi
Daniel Coriu Bucharest
Corina Pop Bucharest
Sorina Diaconu Bucharest
Gabriela Stefanescu Iasi
Dan Ionut Gheonea Craiova
Eugen Dumitru Constanța
Gabriel Becheanu Bucharest
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Thursday, 10 June 2021Updates in Clinical Hepatology
12.10-13.40 Session 1 Role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and therapy of
chronic liver diseases Chair: Anca Trifan, Mircea Diculescu
12.10-12.30 The role of gut microbiota and its manipulation in advanced liver disease Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest
12.30-12.50 NAFLD/NASH-induced gut microbial alteration and therapeutic perspectives Dana Crisan, Cluj-Napoca12.50-13.10 Microbial dysbiosis and PSC/Cholestatic liver disease Roxana Sirli, Timisoara13.10-13.30 Immune sensing of altered intestinal microbiota in alcoholic tissue injury
Costica Aloman, Chicago13.30-13.40 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat
13.40-13.50 Technical break
13.50-14.30 Educational Session organized by RoALD with support from NEOLA PHARMA
Chronic hepatitis C can be cured. How do we transform possibility to reality. Multiple questions. What answers do we have?
Speakers: Liana Gheorghe, Anca Trifan
14.30-16.20 Session 2 New/target therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Chair: Razvan Iacob, Zeno Sparchez
14.30-14.50 The role of transarterial radioembolization (TARE) for HCC Mugur Grasu, Bucharest14.50-15.10 Advances in systemic therapy for HCC Adina Croitoru, Bucharest15.10-15.30 Benefits and risks of immunotherapy Maria Reig, Barcelona
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15.30-15.50 Personalized therapy in HCC - new approach for liver cancer Razvan Iacob, Bucharest15.50-16.10 Multimodal approach of HCC: combining treatment modalities to improve outcome Zeno Sparchez, Cluj-Napoca16.10-16.20 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat
16.20-16.40 Coffee break
16.40-18.00 Session 3 Recent advances in the development of antifibrotic drugs Chair: Ioan Sporea, Liana Gheorghe
16.40-17.00 New antifibrotic therapies in patients with chronic liver diseases Scott Friedman, New York17.00-17.20 Perspectives of antifibrotic therapy for NASH Vlad Ratziu, Paris17.20-17.40 Antifibrotic drugs for cholestatic liver diseases Pietro Invernizzi, Milano17.40-18.00 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat Wrap up
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Friday, 11 June 2021Current Debates in Clinical Hepatology
12.00-13.30 Session 4 To transplant or not? Chair: Liana Gheorghe, Speranta Iacob
12.00-12.20 To transplant or not patients with ACLF grade III? Shiv Sarin, New Delhi12.20-12.40 DOACs in LT candidates: interpretation of coagulation assays and impact on
MELD Score Vito Cicinnati, Munster12.40-13.00 Liver transplant for extra-Milan hepatocellular carcinoma Irinel Popescu, Bucharest13.00-13.20 Liver transplant for metastatic colorectal cancer Pal-Dag Line, Oslo13.20-13.30 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat
13.30-14.30 Educational Session organized by RoALD with support from ABBVIE
ABBVIE, trusted partner in HCV elimination! Elimination Leaders, Connect to eliminate HCV
Chair: Cristian Gheorghe Speakers: Liana Gheorghe, Dan Ionut Gheonea, Cora Pop,
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14.30-14.50 Coffee Break
14.50-16.20 Session 5 Current controversies in liver cirrhosis Chair: Bogdan Procopet, Roxana Sirli
14.50-15.10 Albumin or Terlipressin for hepato-renal syndrome Horia Stefanescu, Cluj-Napoca15.10-15.30 Emergency TIPS or endoscopic therapy for uncontrolled variceal hemorrhage Bogdan Procopet, Cluj-Napoca
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15.30-15.50 Long-term management of HBV infected liver transplant recipients Speranta Iacob, Bucharest15.50-16.10 Artificial liver support systems for Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Dana Tomescu, Mihai Popescu, Bucharest16.10-16.20 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat
16.20-16.50 Educational Session organized by RoALD with support from Alfasigma
Prevention of Hepatic Encephalopathy Recurrence Chair: Liana Gheorghe Speaker: Jasmohan Bajaj, Richmond, Virginia, USA
16.50-18.20 Session 6 Biliary strictures: dilate, stent or operate? Chair: Cristian Gheorghe, Andrada Seicean
16.50-17.10 Cross-sectional imaging for biliary strictures – radiologist’s perspective Ioana Lupescu, Bucharest17.10-17.30 Biliary strictures in primary sclerosing cholangitis Andrada Seicean, Cluj-Napoca 17.30-17.50 Biliary malignant strictures Cristian Gheorghe, Bucharest17.50-18.10 Biliary strictures after liver transplantation Erwin Santo, Tel Aviv18.10-18.20 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat Wrap up
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Saturday, 12 June 2021Debates & Updates in Clinical Hepatology
09.00-10.30 Session 7: Current controversies in NAFLD/NASH Chair: Anca Trifan, Ioan Sporea
09.00-09.20 Lean NASH Anca Trifan, Camelia Cojocariu, Iasi09.20-09.40 Bariatric surgery in NASH Cirrhosis Catalin Copaescu, Bucharest09.40-10.00 Liver biopsy vs. Elastography to diagnose NASH Ioan Sporea, Timisoara10.00-10.20 Biomarkers vs. Clinical factors for NASH prognosis Nancy Reau, Chicago10.20-10.30 Panel Discussion and Q & A Chat
10.30 - 10.40 Technical break
10.40-11.00 State of the Art lecture European Board of Transplant Medicine - Harmonization of
specialists‘ qualification across Europe Susanne Beckebaum, Munster
11.00-11.30 Educational Session organized by RoALD with support from INNERGY
The use of pharmabiotics in the treatment of gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
Speakers: Liana Gheorghe, Eugen Dumitru
11.30- 13.10 Session 8: Case-based Debates in Hepatology
Channel 1 11.30-12.20 Idiosyncratic DILI: a challenging diagnosis in clinical practice Presenter: Carmen Ester, Bucharest Experts: Gabriel Becheanu, Bucharest, Liana Gheorghe, Bucharest, Alina
Popescu, Timisoara
12.20-13.10 Primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease - a complex interplay
Presenter: Ionut Saizu, Bucharest, Mihaela Ghioca, Bucharest Experts: Larisa Sandulescu, Craiova, Roxana Vadan, Bucharest
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Channel 2 11.30-12.20 A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of Budd-Chiari
syndrome Presenter: Speranta Iacob, Bucharest Experts: Irina Girleanu, Iasi, Daniel Coriu, Bucharest
12.20-13.10 Decompensated cirrhosis following COVID-19 infection Presenter: Sorina Diaconu, Bucharest Experts: Corina Pop, Bucharest, Gabriela Stefanescu, Iasi
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Romanian Association for Liver Diseas (RoALD)
12 CME for three days course
DATE: 10th-12th June 2021Location: Hybrid