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SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

MORNING SESSIONS

8:00-9:00 AM Continental Breakfast & Coffee
9:00-9:30 Alan Tice, MD
Viral Hepatitis - The Challenges
9:30-10:00 Heather Lusk, BA
Hawaii State Dept. of Health
10:00-10:30 Ken Akinaka, MRA
Hepatitis Support Network of Hawaii
10:30-11:00 Eddie Ochoa
The Patient Perspective
11:00-12:00 [TBA] Featured Speaker
Scientific Update: New Concepts


EXHIBITS with BOX LUNCH PICKUP

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

12:20-1:00 Breakout Session 1
  1:00-1:40 Breakout Session 2
  1:40-2:30 Breakout Session 3

Options for Breakout Sessions:
  • Case: Immigrant with HBV
    [Speaker TBA]
  • Case: Pregnant mom with HBV
    Chris Aoki, MD
  • Case: Coinfection with HIV
    [Speaker TBA]
  • Case: IDU with hepatitis C
    Alan Tice, MD
  • Managing adverse effects of therapy
    Tarquin Collis, MD & Leslie Porter
  • Laboratory diagnosis and follow-up tests
    [Speaker TBA]


AFTERNOON PROGRAM

2:30-3:00 Don Des Jarlais, PhD
Drug abuse and hepatitis
3:00-3:30 Neil Palafox, MD
A Pacific Rim Perspective on Hepatitis
3:30-4:00 Linda Wong, MD
Liver Cancer and Transplants
4:00-5:00 Panel discussion: What to do?
Mark Sulkowski, MD, Don Des Jarlais, PhD, Heather Lusk, Robert Jao, MD,
Kenneth Akinaka, MRA, Linda Wong, MD
5:00 Symposium Evaluations and Adjournment