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Fifth Annual Liver Connect 

AGENDA

Agenda

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Course Directors

COURSE DIRECTORS

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Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH

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Aijaz Ahmed, MD

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Kimberly A. Brown, MD

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Steven Flamm, MD

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Ira Jacobson, MD

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Marcelo Kugelmas, MD

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Sammy Saab, MD, MPH

Speakers

SPEAKERS

Paul Kwo, MD

Craig Lammert, MD, MS

Carmen Landaverde, MD

Sarah Lieber, MD, MSCR

Kathleen Loomes, MD

Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD

Paul Martin, MD 

Mercedes Martinez, MD

Mack Mitchell, MD

Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc

Mazen Noureddin, MD, MHSc

Siddharth A. Padia, MD

Jennifer Panganiban, MD

Anna Peters, MD

Mina Raksoski, MD 

Michael L. Schilsky, MD

Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD

Akshay Shetty, MD

Ashwani Singal, MD

Ronald Sokol, MD 

Mark G. Swain, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAASLD, FCAHS

Parissa Tabrizian, MD

Jeffrey Teckman, MD

Monica Tincopa, MD, MS

Hirsh D. Trivedi, MD, MS

John Vierling, MD

Raj Vuppalanchi, MD

Robert Wong, MD, MS

Stavra Xanthakos, MD, MS

Kali Zhou, MD

Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH

Naim Alkhouri, MD

Alina Allen, MD

Amal Aqul, MD

Ranjeeta Bahirwani, MD

Michael Betel, MS, MSc.

Mandeep Bajaj, MD

Christopher Bowlus, MD

Rebecca Brown, MD, MHSc

Jaime Chu, MD 

Douglas Dieterich, MD

Karan Emerick, MD

Rima Fawaz, MD 

Ryan Fischer, MD

Scott Friedman, MD

Aparna Goel, MD 

David S. Goldberg, MD, MSCE

Regino Gonzalez-Peralta, MD

Nitika Gupta, MD, DCH, DNB, MRCPCH

Samar Ibrahim, M.B., Ch. B.

Scott Isaacs, MD

Arun Jesudian, MD

Patrick Kamath, MD 

Rohit Kohli, MBS, MS

Kris Kowdley, MD

Alyssa Kriegermeier, MD

Laura Kulik, MD 

Sonal Kumar, MD MPH

Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE

Participating Advisors

PARTICIPATING ADVISORS

Maliha Ahmad, MD

Aijaz Ahmed, MD 

Joseph Ahn, MD

Mikhail Alper, PA

Michelle Barnett, PA-C, MPAS, DFAAPA

Sherona Bau, MSN, ACNP, CNS

David Bernstein, MD

Brian Borg, MD

Terry Box, MD

Kimberly Brown, MD 

Jessica Crimaldi, MSN, NP-C

Jeremy Davis, NP

Sarah Dawkins, NP

Ngoc Duong , MPAS, PA-C

Steven Flamm, MD

Melissa Franco, PA

Michael Fuchs, MD, PhD

Jennifer Geremia, PA-C

Pierre Gholam, MD

HoChong Gilles, DNP, FNP-BC, AF-AASLD

Norman Gitlin, MD

Elizabeth Goacher, PA

Stuart Gordon, MD

Christina Hanson, FNP-C

Reed Hogan, MD 

Patrick Horne, MSN, ARNP

Ira Jacobson, MD

Prasun Jalal, MD

Sujit Janardhan, MD, PhD, dipl ABOM

Chantil Jeffreys, FNP, DNP

Edith Johannes, ACNP, BC

Ani Kardashian, MD

Hetal Karsan, MD

Kristy Kiermaier, NP, DNP

Becky Klemme, CNP

Carina Kugelmas, MD 

Marcelo Kugelmas, MD

Brian Lam, PA-C

Eric Lawitz, MD

Michelle Loftus, DO 

Willis Maddrey, MD

Haripriya Maddur, MD

Mitchell Mah'moud, MD

Nadim Mahmud, MD

Richard Manch, MD

Parvez Mantry, MD

Anthony Martinez, MD 

Jordan Mayberry, PA-C

Gabriella McCarty, NP

Naveen Mittal, MD

Carla Molliner, PA-C

Ann Moore, NP

Allison Moser, NP

Santiago Munoz, MD

Satheesh Nair, MD 

Mangesh Pagadala, MD 

Calvin Pan, MD

Brian Pearlman, MD

Christine Pocha, MD, PhD, MPH, FAASLD

Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD

Natarajan Ravendhran, MD

Nancy Reau, MD

Nicole Rich, MD, MSCS

Marina Roytman, MD

Vinod Rustgi, MD, MBA

Gloria Sa, MSN, BSN

Sammy Saab, MD

Marina Serper, MD

Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD

Mitchell Shiffman, MD

Valerie Shin, NP

Whitney Steinmetz, DNP, FNP, RN

Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH 

Manida Wungjiranirun, MD

Beshoy Yanny, MD

Jonathan Yeh, PA

Ziad Younes, MD

Zobair Younossi, MD

Venue

VENUE DETAILS

La Cantera

Resort & Spa

16641 La Cantera Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78256

Dates: March 19-22, 2025
Room Rate: $294.00/night
Reservation Cut-off Date: February 10, 2025

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A limited discount room block is available at La Cantera Resort & Spa from Wednesday, March 19th, to Saturday, March 22nd. Don't miss your chance to secure the special room rate of $294.00 per night plus taxes and fees. This rate is available on a first-come, first-served basis and expires on February 26th.

Sponsors

Thank you to our 2025

conference sponsors!

Fees

IN-PERSON REGISTRATION FEES

Type

MD/DO

NP/PA/RN

Fellow

Conference Sponsor

Exceeding the standard benefits.

Before December 24

After December 24

$200.00

$100.00

Complimentary

$1,500.00 

$275.00

$175.00

Complimentary

$1,500.00 

Event registration includes access to all CME / Plenary Sessions, meal functions, and breakout session. 

Cancelations after February 14th will be credited 50%; cancelations prior to February 14th will receive a full refund. 

VIRTUAL REGISTRATION FEES

Type

MD/DO

NP/PA/RN

Fellow

Conference Sponsor

Exceeding the standard benefits.

After December 24

$75.00

$75.00

$75.00

$75.00

Event registration includes full access to all CME sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 

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