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| Friday, October 11 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits | |
| 7:50 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions | |
| Co-Directors | Sukeshi Arora, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and leader gastrointestinal malignancies program Danielle Fritze, MD, associate professor, Division of Organ Transplantation | |
| Session 1 - Plenary 1 | ||
| Moderator | Sukeshi Arora, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and leader gastrointestinal malignancies program Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Plenary 1 | |
| Nancy Kemeny, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | ||
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 2 - Liver Cancer Immunology | ||
| Moderator(s) | Christi Walter, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy LuZhe Sun, PhD, professor, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, and associate director, basic research | |
| 9:05 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. | Antitumor Immunity Induced by Senescence-Rewired Liver Cancer Microenvironment Guangfu Li, PhD | |
| 9:25 a.m - 9:45 a.m. | T Cell Exhaustion and Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) Therapy in Liver Cancer Beicheng Sun, MD, PhD | |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |
| 10:05 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 3 - The Changing Landscape of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the US: The fall of Hepatitis C Virus and rise of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease | ||
| Moderator(s) | Eric Lawitz, MD, professor at UT Health San Antonio, medical director, Texas Liver Institute Texas Liver Institute | |
| 10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Future Screening Methods and Optimal Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Augusto Villanueva Rodriguez, MD, PhD | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Milan and Beyond Eugenia Tsai, MD | |
| 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. | Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence in Liver Transplant Recipients Erin Spengler, MD | |
| 11:10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 4 - Hot Topics for Local Regional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ||
| Moderator(s) | Jorge Lopera, MD, chief, Interventional Radiology Section, Department of Radiology Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. | Interventional Radiology | |
| 11:35 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. | Radiation Oncology Lauren Henke, MD | |
| 11:55 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Surgical Oncology Jonathon Cullen, MD | |
| 12:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Lunch, Networking and Exhibits | |
| 1:20 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. | Awards: Top 3 Abstracts | |
| Session 5 - Controversial Cases of Oligometastases to Liver, Colorectal, Pancreas, Neuroendocrine cancers | ||
| Moderator(s) | Neil Newman, MD, assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Colin Court, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, director, Regional Therapies Program | |
| 1:50 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Interventional Radiology Armeen Mahvash, MD | |
| 2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Radiation Oncology Eric Miller, MD, PhD | |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Surgical Oncology Caitlin McIntyre, MD | |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break, Networking and Exhibits | |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Poster Reception | |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Evening Symposium | |
| 5:15 p.m. - Day 1 Adjourns | ||
| Saturday, October 12 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits | |
| Session 6 - Plenary 2 | ||
| Moderator(s) | LuZhe Sun, PhD, professor, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, and associate director, basic research Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 7:50 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. | Plenary 2 Lewis Roberts, MD, PhD | |
| 8:50 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 7 - Multidisciplinary Care for Cholangiocarcinoma | ||
| Moderator(s) | Alex Parikh, MD, professor and chief, Division of Surgical Oncology Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 8:55 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. | Medical Oncology Milind Javle, MD | |
| 9:10 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. | Surgical Oncology Hopp Tran Cao, MD | |
| 9:25 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. | Radiology Oncology Eugene Koay, MD, PhD | |
| 9:40 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. | Transplant Surgery Adeel Khan, MD | |
| 9:55 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 8 - Transplant Oncology: Present and Future | ||
| Moderator(s) | Tarunjeet Klair, MD, associate professor and director, Living Donor and Liver Transplantation Program UT Health San Antonio | |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Liver Transplant for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer | |
| 10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. | Liver Transplant and Immunotherapy Maen Abdelrahm, MD, PhD, PharmB | |
| 10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Liver transplant for other metastatic tumors | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 9 - 2024 Updates in Systemic Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ||
| Moderator(s) | Sukeshi Arora, MD, associate professor and leader gastrointestinal malignancies program Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 11:05 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Systemic Therapy Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Anwaar Saeed, MD | |
| 11:20 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. | Perioperative Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Adam Yopp, MD | |
| 11:35 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 10 - What Do We Do With Benign Liver Tumors? | ||
| Moderator(s) | Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, FACS, professor and chief, Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Section Venkat Katabathina, MD, PhD, director, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology | |
| 11:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. | Diagnostic Imaging for Benign Liver Tumors Venkat Katabathina, MD, PhD, director, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology | |
| 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. | Lunch - Meet the Professor | |
| 1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Management of Benign Liver Tumors Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, FACS, professor and chief, Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Section | |
| 1:40 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Q&A | |
| Session 11 - Supportive Care and the Caregiver | ||
| Moderator(s) | Sherri Cervantez, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology and Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Caregiver Burden in Liver Cancers Cristal Brown, MD | |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Impact of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Liver Disease on Caregivers | |
| 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Caregiver Support and Navigation Tools | |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Joint Panel | |
| 2:45 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. | Break, Networking and Exhibits | |
| Session 12 - Liver 101: Guidelines and Recommendations for Primary Care Teams | ||
| Moderator(s) | Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD, assistant professor UT Health San Antonio Texas Liver Institute | |
| 3:05 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD, assistant professor UT Health San Antonio | |
| 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. | Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Fabian Rodas-Ochoa, MD | |
| 3:35 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. | Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography of the Liver Louis Mazzarelli, MD | |
| 3:50 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Breakouts | ||
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| 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. - Closing Remarks | ||
| Sukeshi Arora, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and leader gastrointestinal malignancies program Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio | ||
| 4:25 p.m. - Symposium Adjourns | ||