Agenda

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Wednesday November 29, 2023: 6.30 pm Gilead Sponsored Dinner Symposium: HCV: From Fear To Fast

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Thursday November 30, 2023: Hotel Vancouver

 

8.00-8.30 Registration

 

8.30-9.30 Welcome And Plenary Session 1:

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8.1-8.30 REGISTRATION

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8.30-10.15 WELCOME & PLENARY SESSION 1                                           

- Liver Program Welcome & Objectives                                                         Dr. Alnoor Ramji

- Primary Biliary Cholangitis – New lessons learned                                     Dr. Hin Hin Ko

- Primary sclerosing cholangitis – monitoring and therapeutics                  Dr. Edward Tam

- A1AT - Challenges in diagnosis to therapy                                                 Dr. Jean-Philippe Wallach

 

10.15-10.45 BREAK                                               

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10.45-11.20 WORKSHOP 1: Hepatitis B challenges: Stopping therapy, prophylaxis, HDV co- infection.

Dr. Hin Hin Ko, Dr. David Wong

​11.20-12.15 WORKSHOP 2: Liver disease in BC: Where are we and more to come: case finding, linkage,

models of care, diagnostics and therapy

Dr. Rohit Pai and Dr. Alnoor Ramji

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12.15-1.00 LUNCH  

 

1.00-2.30 PLENARY SESSION 2

- HCV: BC Cascade of Care: Present status and opportunities BCCDC     Kate Twohig

- Hepatitis C Therapy: Decreasing barriers to care                                       Dr. Alnoor Ramji

- Alcohol – The liver and more?                                                                      Dr. Robert Mitchell

 

2.30-2.50 BREAK                                                                                 

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2.50-3.45 WORKSHOP 3

- Case discussions – viral hepatitis and steatosis.

Jeanette Feizi-Farivar, Lesley Gallagher, Dr. Julia MacIssac, Dr. Robert Mitchell,

Dr. Rohit Pai, Dr. Steven Pi, Leo Yamamoto

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3.55-4.45 PLENARY SESSION 3

- Steatotic liver disease (SLD)- Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) – something new?                                                                                               Dr. Edward Tam

- Care of the cirrhotic patient                                                                          Dr. Rohit Pai

​4.45-5.15 Debate: The optimal liver clinic – MD vs. RN!!

Lesley Gallagher, Dr. Hin Hin Ko, Dr. Edward Tam, Leo Yamamoto

 

5.15 MEETING CLOSE

 

5.15-6.00 Networking over refreshments

 

6.00 ABBVIE SPONSORED DINNER SYMPOSIUM: HCV patient care: The full journey.

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Day 2 – December 1 (UBC Robson Square): HCV Elimination Workshop

 

8.00-8.30. REGISTRATION

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8.30-9.00 Introduction & The HCV journey 2023/ 2024                                 Dr. Alnoor Ramji

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9.00-9.25 HCV: BC Cascade of Care: Present status and opportunities: BCCDC  Kate Twohig

 

9.25-9.30 Workshop intro – A place to express, learn and deliver.              Joel Harnest

 

9:40-11:00     WORKSHOP:

i) ‘Birth-cohort’ & new-comers.                          Moderators: Dr. Edward Tam & Jeannette Feizi-Farivar

ii) Persons who use drugs, homeless persons                         Moderators: Joel Harnest & Dr. David Truong

iii) Indigenous persons.                                                             Moderators: Lesley Gallagher & Flo Ranville

iv) ‘Beyond the SVR’                                                                   Moderators: Leo Yamamoto & Dr. Hin Hin Ko

 

11:00-12.00 All: workshop review and next-steps.

12:00: MEETING CLOSE