
EDUCATION. NETWORKING. CONNECTIONS.
Create & Collaborate
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Liver Connect is finally here. Take advantage of forward-thinking keynote speakers, networking with influential key opinion leaders, industry, and much more. We hope you can join us for a unique and collaborative experience this March 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona!
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Harvey J. Alter, MD, MACP
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
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Dr. Harvey J. Alter is a joint recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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About Dr. Alter
Dr. Alter has spent most of his career in the Department of Transfusion Medicine and has been designated as a Distinguished NIH Investigator, only 1 of 23 to be so named. Dr. Alter was co-discoverer of the Australia antigen that later proved to be a critical marker of the hepatitis B virus and was principal investigator in studies that identified non-A, non-B hepatitis and later showed its identity to HCV. His prospective studies demonstrated how different donor interventions reduced transfusion hepatitis incidence from 30% in 1970 to near zero in 1997. In recognition of his research accomplishments, Dr. Alter was awarded the Landsteiner Prize of the American Association of Blood Banks, the Inserm Medal from Institute Pasteur, the Clinical Lasker Award, the Canada Gairdner International Award, the CDC Fries Prize, and in 2020, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He has been elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine and is a Master of the American College of Physicians.
LIVER CONNECT SCHEDULE
Agenda subject to change.
AGENDA
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022
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Liver Connect - Day 1 ​
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​Overview
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7:00 AM -Industry-Sponsored Event
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8:00 AM - Welcome
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8:05 AM - Keynote Address
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8:30 AM - Session I
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Viral Hepatitis
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10:00 AM - Break
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10:30 AM - Session II
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Part I: Cholestatic Liver Disease
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Part II: Chronic Liver Disease from Childhood to Adulthood
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12:30 PM - Lunch Break
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12:45 PM - Industry-Sponsored Event
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AGENDA
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022
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Liver Connect - Day 2​
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Overview ​
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7:00 AM -Industry-Sponsored Event
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8:00 AM - Welcome Back
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8:05 AM - CLDF Tribute to Board of Trustees Emeritus
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8:30 AM - Session III
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NASH
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10:00 AM - Break
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10:30 AM - Session IV
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Complications of Cirrhosis & Portal Hypertension
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12:30 PM - Lunch Break
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12:45 PM - Industry-Sponsored Event
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1:45 PM - Liver Connect Summary and Beyond!
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COURSE DIRECTORS

Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH
Inova Health System
Falls Church, Virginia

Aijaz Ahmed, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Kimberly A. Brown, MD
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Steven Flamm, MD
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Ira Jacobson, MD
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York

Marcelo Kugelmas, MD
South Denver Gastroenterology, PC
Englewood, Colorado

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
FACULTY
More to be announced!

Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Justin Boike, MD, MPH
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Scott Friedman, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Scott Isaacs, MD
Atlanta Endocrine Associates
Atlanta, Georgia

Tatyana Kushner, MD
Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Mindie Nguyen, MD, MAS
Stanford University School
of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Naim Alkhouri, MD
Arizona Liver Health
Scottsdale, Arizona

Kathleen Corey, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

David Goldberg, MD, MSCE
University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Cynthia Levy, MD
University of Miami Miller School
of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Mazen Noureddin, MD, MHSc
Cedars Sinai
Los Angeles, California

Alina Allen, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Ben Da, MD
North Shore University Hospital / Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Manhasset, New York

Nitika Arora Gupta, MD
Emory University School
of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Kris Kowdley, MD
Liver Institute Northwest
Seattle, Washington

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc
University of California at
San Diego
La Jolla, California

Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH
Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Jasmohan Bajaj, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University and Richmond VA Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia

Catherine Frenette, MD
Scripps Health
La Jolla, California

Stephen Harrison, MD
Summit Clinical Research
San Antonio, Texas

Laura Kulik, MD
Northwestern
Chicago, Illinois

Haripriya Maddur, MD
Medical Director of Liver Transplant,
Largo Medical Center,
Largo, Florida

Robert Wong, MD
Stanford University School
of Medicine
Palo Alto, California