Anders, MD, PhD Hepatology Associates Course Hepatology Associates Course Sunday, November 3 8:00 AM -1:30 PM Room 147 COURSE DIRECTORS: Linda M. Stadheim, RN Mary Panther, RN 5.5 CME Credits / 5 Contact Hours This one day course aims to provide basic and advanced up-to-date knowledge

for the management of patients with liver disease. Learning Objectives: Explain the current nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) practice guidelines and appropriate, patient specific strategies to treat NASH & nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) www.selleckchem.com/products/ABT-263.html Identify patient selection indication for liver biopsy or a non-invasive alternative to stage fibrosis Describe controversial decisions with transplant patient selections and orgean allocations including split vs full liver transplant Discuss benefits and risks of Coffee, CAM and Cannabis in the liver patient Examine complex Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment populations and identify appropriate strategies to LEE011 molecular weight manage difficult HCV treatment side effects 8:00 – 8:05 AM Opening Remarks

Session I MODERATORS: Donald Gardenier, DNP Linda M. Stadheim, RN 8:05 – 8:45 AM NASH & NAFLD: Cutting Through the Fat Andrea A. Gossard, NP 8:45 – 8:55 AM Awarded Poster Presentation Geri Hirsch, MSN, RN-NP and Gail Butt, MD 8:55 – 9:30 AM Biopsy versus Non-invasive Approaches to Assessing Fibrosis R. Todd Stravitz, MD 9:30 – 9:40 AM Awarded Poster Presentation Amy Nelson, BSN, RN, ACRN 9:40 – 10:20 PDK4 AM Liver Transplantation Controversies Jacqueline Laurin, MD 10:20 – 10:30 AM Discussion 10:30 – 11:00 AM Break and Brunch Session II MODERATORS: Mary Panther, RN Dustin C. Latimer, PA-C 11:00 – 11:45 AM HCV Triple Therapy Lessons Learned Antonio J. Sanchez, MD 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Point-Counterpoint: Hepatitis C Treatment Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD and Paul Y. Kwo, MD 12:30 – 1:00 PM Coffee, CAM and Cannabis: Stirring the Pot Kiran Bambha, MD 1:00 – 1:30 PM Discussion and Closing Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Surgery State-of-the-Art Lecture Sunday, November 3 9:30 – 10:00 AM Hall

E/General Session Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches to Healthcare SPEAKER: Anthony Atala, MD MODERATOR: Kenneth D. Chavin, MD, PhD Patients with diseased or injured organs may be treated with transplanted organs. There is a severe shortage of donor organs which is worsening yearly due to the aging population. Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering apply the principles of cell transplantation, material sciences, and bioengineering to construct biological substitutes that may restore and maintain normal function in diseased and injured tissues. Stem cells may offer a potentially limitless source of cells for tissue engineering applications and are opening new options for therapy. Recent advances that have occurred in regenerative medicine will be reviewed and applications of these new technologies that may offer novel therapies for patients with end-stage tissue and organ failure will be described.