CONGRESS, CONFERENCE AND INCENTIVE ORGANIZER
Prague Hepatology Meeting 2006
Scientific programme
ORGANIZER OF THE MEETING
Foundation of the Czech Society of Hepatology
www.czech-hepatology.cz
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
President:
P. Hůlek, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Chairman of the Foundation of Czech Society of Hepatology
Members:
R. Brůha, Prague, Czech Republic
J. Ehrmann, Olomouc, Czech Republic
K. Filip, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Husa, Brno, Czech Republic
J. Horák, Prague, Czech Republic
J. Lata, Brno, Czech Republic
Z. Mareček, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Martásek, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Trunečka, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Urbánek, Prague, Czech Republic
L. Vítek, Prague, Czech Republic
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR
Petr Hůlek, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University
500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 495 832 172, fax: +420 495 832 006, e-mail: hulek@fnhk.cz
FACULTY
Miloš Adamec, Prague, Czech Republic
Ulrich Beuers, Munich, Germany
Herbert L Bonkovsky, Farmington CT, USA
Radan Brůha, Prague, Czech Republic
Alastair D. Burt, Newcastle, UK
Ivana Carey (Kraslova), London, UK
Gennaro D'Amico, Palermo, Italy
Chris Day, Newcastle, UK
Miroslav Douša, Prague, Czech Republic
Jiří Ehrmann, Jr. Olomouc, Czech Republic
Sukru Emre, New York, USA
Roderick Houwen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Petr Husa, Brno, Czech Republic
Libor Janoušek, Prague, Czech Republic
Milan Jirsa, Prague, Czech Republic
Sven Jonas, Berlin, Germany
Edward L. Krawitt, Vermont, USA
Jan Lata, Brno, Czech Republic
William M. Lee, Dallas, USA
Josep M. Llovet, New York, USA
Anna Lok, Michigan, USA
Nikolai V. Naoumov, London, UK
Miquel Navasa, Barcelona, Spain
John O’Grady, London, UK
Valerie Paradis, Clichy, France
Massimo Pinzani, Florence, Italy
G.M. Reynolds, Birmingham, UK
Mary Rinella, Chicago, USA
Mario Rizzetto, Torino, Italy
Arun J. Sanyal, Richmond, USA
Harvey Schwertner, Texas, USA
Katarina Šebeková, Bratislava, Slovakia
Stuart Tanner, Sheffield, UK
Richard Thompson, London, UK
J.F. Trotter, Colorado, USA
Pavel Trunečka, Prague, Czech Republic
Libor Vítek, Prague, Czech Republic
J.H. Paul Wilson, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stefan Zeuzem, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Tomáš Zíma, Prague, Czech Republic
Steven Zucker, Ohio, USA
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING
(To be further updated.)
| Thursday, 14th September 2006 | |
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| 08:00 – 19:00 | Posters on display |
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Official opening of the meeting |
| 08:15 - 09:35 | T/1 CIRRHOSIS I (chair: Petr Hůlek) Gennaro D'Amico: Natural Course of Liver Cirrhosis and Predictors of Survival. Edward L. Krawitt: Autoimmune Hepatitis Variant Syndromes. |
| 09:35 - 09:50 | Discussion |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Coffee break |
| 10:10 - 11:30 | T/2 CIRRHOSIS II (chair: Radan Brůha) Josep M. Llovet: Updated Evidence-Based Management of Hepatocelular Carcinoma. M. Navasa: Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis. Radan Brůha: The Role of Nutrition in Liver Cirrhosis. Tomáš Zíma, Miroslav Douša: Markers of Alcohol Abuse in Cirrhotic Patients. |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Discussion |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Joint satellite symposium I; refreshments served |
| 12:45 - 14:05 | T/3 LIVER BIOPSY (chair: Jiří Ehrmann) Alastair D. Burt: The Liver Biopsy in 21st Century Hepatology – Quality First. Valerie Paradis: Molecular Ways to Study Chronic Liver Diseases. G.M. Reynolds: The Future of the Liver Biopsy; Histological and Molecular Profiling as Partners in Diagnosis and Prognosis. Jiří Ehrmann: Liver Biopsy - History, Present and Future. |
| 14:05 - 14:20 | Discussion |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Coffee break |
| 14:40 - 16:00 | T/4 CHOLESTASIS (chair: Zdeněk Mareček) Richard Thompson: Paediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease. Milan Jirsa: Cholestatic Syndromes in Adults. Ivana Carey (Kraslova): Drug-Induced Cholestasis. Ulrich Beuers: Molecular Basis for Rational Therapeutical Use of Ursodeoxycholic Acid. |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Discussion |
| 16:15 - 16:25 | Coffee break |
| 16:25 - 17:45 | T/5 OXIDATIVE STRESS AND LIVER DISEASES (chair: Libor Vítek) Katarína Šebeková: Oxidative Stress in Liver Cirrhosis. Harvey Schwertner: Serum Bilirubin and Cardiovascular Disease. Libor Vítek: Serum Bilirubin as a Predictor of Oxidative Stress-Mediated Diseases. Steven Zucker: Serum Bilirubin and Cancer. |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Discussion |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Joint satellite symposium II; refreshments served |
| Friday, 15th September 2006 | |
| 08:30 - 18:30 | Posters on display |
| 08:30 - 09:50 | F/1 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION I (chair: Karel Filip) Sven Jonas: Liver Transplantation in the New Millennium. John O'Grady: Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure - 15 Years after King's College Criteria. Pavel Trunečka: Unusual Indications for Liver Transplantation. |
| 09:50 - 10:05 | Discussion |
| 10:05 - 10:25 | Coffee break |
| 10:25 - 11:45 | F/2 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION II (chair: Pavel Trunečka) Sukru Emre: New Trends in Paediatric Liver Transplantation. James Trotter: Treatment of Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation. L. Janoušek, M. Adamec, P. Trunečka: Liver Transplantation in Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis. |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:15 - 13:45 | Joint workshop, with refreshments |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | F/3 ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE AND NASH (chair: Jiří Horák) Tomáš Zíma: Metabolism and Toxic Effects of Ethanol. Massimo Pinzani: Hepatic Fibrogenesis. Chris Day: Alcoholic Liver Diseases. Arun J. Sanyal: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. |
| 15:20 - 15:35 | Discussion |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Coffee break |
| 15:55 - 17:15 | F/4 HEREDITARY LIVER DISEASES (chair: Pavel Martásek) Roderick Houwen: Diagnosis and Therapy of Low GTT Cholestasis. Herbert L. Bonkovsky: Hereditary Hemochromatosis. J. H. Paul Wilson: Hepatic Porphyrias. Stuart Tanner: Wilson Disease 2006. |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Poster session |
| Saturday, 16th September 2006 | |
| 09:00 - 15:00 | Posters on display |
| 09:00 - 10:20 | S/1 VIRAL HEPATITIS B (chair: Petr Husa) A.S.F. Lok: Treatment of Hepatitis B in 2006. Mario Rizzetto: The Clinical Impact of HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B. Petr Husa: Resistance to Nucleoside/Nucleotide Analogs- the Biggest Problem in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B. |
| 10:20 - 10:35 | Discussion |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 - 12:10 | S/2 VIRAL HEPATITIS C (chair: Petr Urbánek) Nikolai V. Naoumov: Immunological Aspects of HCV. Petr Urbánek: Mixed Cryoglobulinemia as Extrahepatic Manifestation of Chronic HCV Infection. Stefan Zeuzem: Progress in the Treatment of Hepatitis C with Protease and Polymerase Inhibitors. |
| 12:10 - 12:25 | Discussion |
| 12:25 - 13:25 | Joint satellite symposium III; refreshments served |
| 13:25 - 14:45 | S/3 HOT TOPICS (chair: Jan Lata) Arun J. Sanyal: Treatment of Ascites and Hepatorenal Syndrome. William M. Lee: Acute Liver Failure: Drug-Induced Liver Injury. Mary Rinella: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Liver Transplant Donors and Recipients. |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00 - 15:10 | Closing of the meeting |
OVERVIEW OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The overview of poster presentations for PHM 2006 may be downloaded HERE.
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