Preliminary Program

DAY ONE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009

PSSLD Post Graduate Course
Venue: Marriott Hotel, Karachi
0830-1430 hrs

0830- 0900    Inauguration of PG Course
                       
0900-1045     Session 1:    Viral Hepatitis
Chairpersons: Zafar Abbas, Rana Qamar

0900   Do we need vaccination for HAV?                                         Huma Qureshi        

0915   HEV: innovations in diagnostics and                                    Mun-Hon Ng
vaccine development

0930   Hepatitis B: Who to treat- a paradigm shift                          Mamun Al Mahtab
           
0945   Management of hepatitis D                                                    Cihan Yurdaydin    
Chairpersons:         Sadik Memon, Badar Zuberi       
           
1000   Response guided approach in HCV management            Gamal Esmat

1015   Combination approaches in HCC management                A. Kadir Dokmeci

1030   Discussion

1045-1115     Tea

1115-1245     Session 2:    Portal Hypertension
Chairpersons:         Aurangzeb Durrani, S M Munir

1115   Mechanisms of liver fibrosis                                                   Gamal Shiha

1130   Drug therapy of Variceal Bleeding                                          Faisal Sanai   

                                                         
1145   How and when to treat Gastric Varices                                 M Azzam Kayasseh      

                            
Chairpersons:         Hasnain Shah, Javed Iqbal Farooqi                
                                                                                   
1200   Understanding hepatorenal syndrome                                                                                                  
1215   Management of resistant ascites                                          Khalid Bzezi

1230   The role of TIPS in the management of                               Zafar Sajjad
            liver cirrhosis

1300-1330     Prayer Break

1330-1430     Lunch Symposium: Current Management of PSE

Chairpersons:         Wasim Jafri, Pervaiz Ashraf

1330   Current Management of PSE                                                   Christopher Rose   

1400   The role of LOLA in the management                                     Saeed Hamid                      
of liver failure                                               

1430-1515     Special Session:    Hepatology Training in Pakistan:
                                                            Needs and opportunities
                       
                        Chairpersons:         VP CPSP, Shoaib Shafi   

1430   Current scope of Hepatology training                                     Wasim Jafri              
in Pakistan
           
1450   How do we develop liver surgeons?                                      Subhash Gupta

1600-1730                 PSSLD Hepatitis Awareness Program

1800                           Press Conference

2000                           Invited Faculty Dinner

DAY TWO
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

6TH APASL STC ON ALF
Venue: Convention Center, DHA Country & Golf Club, Karachi

0830-1030     Session 1: Definitions and Burden of Disease
Chairpersons:         Ji Dong Jia, SK Sarin

0830   Acute Liver Failure: Definitions and Differences from ACLF 
SK Sarin

0850   Overview of Acute Liver Failure in Asia Pacific
GKK Lau

0910   Acute Liver Failure in the Western Hemisphere
WM Lee

Chairpersons:         Altaf Alam, Shahab Abid

0930   Etiology of ALF in Asia Pacific: Data from various countries
 
            Bangladesh                          Mahmun Al Mahtab                                                           
            India                                       Yogesh Chawla      
            Japan                                     Keiichi Fujiwara
            Korea                                     Han Chu Lee
            Turkey                                    Hasan Ozkan
            Egypt                                      Gamal Shiha
            Middle East                           Khalid Bzeizi
            Singapore                             Vincent Lai
            Pakistan                                Khalid Mumtaz

10.30  Tea

Session 2: Etiologic Considerations of ALF in Asia Pacific

Chairpersons:            Jose Sollano, Javed Aslam Butt           

1100   Hepatitis A
HC Lee, Korea

1115   Hepatitis B: Role of De novo infection, Reactivation and Delta Virus                                        Cihan Yurdaydin

1130  Hepatitis E                                                                                                                                               MS Khuroo

 Chairpersons:        Saeed Hamid, Arif Nawaz

11.45  Acetaminophen Induced ALF                                                                                                               WM Lee

1200   Drug Induced ALF other than Acetaminophen                                                                                 Ji Dong Jia

1215   Metabolic and Auto Immune etiologies of ALF                                                                                  Gamal Esmat

1230   Indeterminate ALF: What is it?                                                                                                              Imam Waked

1. Discussion

Lunch Symposium:           Hepatocellular carcinoma

Chairpersons:                     Aftab Mohsin, Habib Jadoon  

1330   Changing epidemiology of HCC in Asia-Pacific                                                                                Zaigham Abbas

1400   Targeted therapies for HCC                                                                                                                   Laurentius Lesmana

Session 3:    ALF in Special Situations

Chairpersons: Mobin Khan, Ghias Tayyab

1430   ALF in Children                   Iqbal Memon

1445   ALF in Pregnancy               YK Chawla

1500   Vascular Causes of ALF    Yusuf Bayraktar

Session 4:    Pathophysiology of ALF (1)
Chairpersons:         Shakil Mirza , Ijaz Ahmed Khan    

1510   Immune mechanisms of ALF                   Qin Ning

1530   Oxidative Stress in ALF                              Hossein Jabbari

Chairpersons:         Noor ul Iman, Saleem Qureshi

1550   Apoptosis and necrosis in ALF                 Vincent Lai

1610   Mechanisms of Liver Regeneration         Wei Lei

1630   Tea    

Session 5:    Pathophysiology of ALF (2)
Chairpersons:Najeeb-ul-Haq, Khalid Bzeizi

1700   Mechanisms of Cerebral Edema              Christopher Rose

1715   Sepsis in ALF                                               Obaid Shakil/ Sanjiv Saigol

Chairpersons:Zahid Yasin Hashmi, Altaf Baqir Naqvi        
           
1730   Hemodynamic Disturbances in ALF        Alastair Lee

1745   Multi Organ Failure in ALF                                    Nurdan Tozun

6.00 pm Close of Day 1

DAY THREE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009

6TH APASL STC ON ALF
Venue: Convention Center, DHA Country & Golf Club, Karachi

Session 6:    Evaluation of patients with ALF
Chairpersons:         Amir Ghafoor, Mohammad Azzam Kayasseh,

0900   Prognostic criteria: King’s College, MELD or Else?
            Roger Williams

0920   Prognostic models for Asia Pacific: Does Etiology matter?
MS Khuroo

Session 7:    General Management of ALF
Chairpersons:         Laurentius Lesmana, Qazi Masroor

0940   Intensive Care Monitoring: What is needed?                 Alastair Lee

1000   Management of Brain Edema                                           Christopher Rose

Chairpersons:         Nasir Laique, Moazzamuddin                

1015   Antiimicrobials in ALF: Prophylaxis vs therapeutics     Vincent Lai

1030   Management of Renal Failure in ALF                             Ather Hussain

1045   Discussion

Tea:  1100

Session 8:    Experimental Therapies for ALF

Chairpersons:         Arif Siddiqui, Khawaja Qamaruddin Sediqi

1130   NAC, Anti-TNF Alfa, GCSF                                    William Lee

1145   The role of Antivirals in ALF                                  Jose Sollano

Chairpersons:         Nasir Khokhar, Habib Jadoon   

1200   MARS                                                                        M S Khuroo
                       
1215   Bioartificial Liver                                                      Roger Williams

1230   Clinical Trials of ELAD: Results from China      Shaung Liu              

1. Discussion

Lunch Symposium:           Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Chairpersons:                     Jamila Esmail, Wazir Sheikh 

1330   Future role of STAT-C in HCV treatment                        Wasim Jafri
                    
1400   Relapses: How to prevent and how to treat        Muzzaffar Latif Gill

Session 9: Liver Transplantation for ALF

Chairpersons:         Obaid Shakil, ST Fan          

1430   Overall results and when to transplant                Roger Williams

1445   Living donor liver transplant for ALF                    ST Fan

1505   Auxiliary transplant for ALF                                   Subash Gupta

Chairpersons:         Muhammed Umar, Saeed Khokhar

1525   Hepatocyte transplant                                             Wei Lei

1545   Post transplant care for ALF patients                   Obaid Shakil

1605   Discussion

 Session 10: Summary of the Meeting:

                        Chairpersons: Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid

1615               Epidemiology and prognostic factors of ALF in Asia Pacific.
                        Yogesh Chawla

1630               Medical Therapy for ALF
                                               

1645               Role of bio-assist devices
                        MS Khuroo

1700               Liver transplantation
                        ST Fan

Session 11:  Closing Ceremony

1715-1730

1730               Tea