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Wednesday October 10, 2007
1:00 pm-6:00 pm
BOSTON MARRIOTT, NEWTON, MA |
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This symposium is FREE for participants of the 5th WCIRS |
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(select this session when registering for main session) |
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Click here to register ONLY for this session ($80) |
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Program |
Chair:Arun Sanyal, MD |
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1:00 pm |
Opening Remarks |
Arun Sanyal, MD
Yehuda Handelsman,MD |
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SESSION ONE |
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1:05 pm |
Nonalcoholic fatty liver: inconsequential finding or silent killer |
Mary Rinella, MD
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1:30 pm |
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: disease progression and contribution to mortality |
Arthur McCullough, MD
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1:55 pm |
Can NAFLD be diagnosed, graded and staged without a liver biopsy? |
Detlief Schuppan,MD PhD
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2:20 pm-
2:30 pm |
Question and Answers Panel Discussion |
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SPECIAL LECTURE |
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2:30 pm |
NAFLD: Update on Pathogenesis |
Arun J Sanyal, MD
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3:00 pm- 3:30pm |
Refreshment Break |
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SESSION TWO |
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3:30pm |
Treatment of NAFLD:Is bariatrics the answer? |
Mary Rinella , MD
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3:55 pm |
Glitazones for NASH: magic bullet or double edged sword? |
Steven Harrison, MD
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4:20 pm |
Emerging therapies for NAFLD |
Arun J Sanyal, MD
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4:45 pm-
5:00 pm |
Question and Answers Panel Discussion |
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POINT COUNTER POINT |
Chair:Arun Sanyal, MD |
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Is it time to screen the population at risk for NAFLD? |
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5:00pm |
Yes:Steven Harrison, MD
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5:15pm |
No:Arthur McCullough, MD
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5:30pm |
Question and Answer Panel Discussion |
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This is a CME activity
Physicians-Int Physicians-Nurses-Pharmacists-Physician Assistants-Dietitians
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Jointly Sponsored by
-PESI LLC -Aspen CME services
-Metabolic Endocrine Education Foundation |
Partially Supported by
Ethicon-Endosurgery
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Administrated by
The Metabolic Institute of America
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 In association with 5th Annual World Congress
on the
Insulin Resistance Syndrome |
Endorsed by
-American Association for Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
-European Association for the Study of Liver Disease (EASL)
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