About this event
- Date and time Mon 21 Nov 2022 from 9:00am to 4:45pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Gastroenterology and Hepatology
This meeting will provide an opportunity for General Practitioners, General Physicians, Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists to gain insight into assessing and managing patients with a variety of liver disorders and exploring future advances in these areas.
- Learn and be able to recognise the risk factors of liver disease
- Update in assessments and diagnostics
- Update on management of liver disorders
- Find out current information regarding the latest advances in liver disease
Show Virtual / In Person rates
Agenda
View the programme (In person)
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Ameet Dhar, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Session 1: Screening and prevention of liver disease
Chair: Dr Nowlan Selvapatt, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Diagnosing of chronic liver disease: Who and how to screen?
Dr Nowlan Selvapatt
How to prevent progression of liver disease: Current strategies and advances
Dr Ameet Dhar
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 2: Alcohol and fatty liver disease
Chair: Dr Nowlan Selvapatt
Alcohol related liver disease: Current management and advances
Dr Nikhil Vergis, Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, Director of Clinical Development and Lead for Clinical Sciences in Hepatology, GSK
Fatty liver disease: Current management and advances
Dr Ben Mullish, Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London
Panel discussion
Lunch break
Session 3: Viral hepatitis and pregnancy
Chair: Dr Ameet Dhar
Current practice in viral hepatitis
Dr Matthew Foxton, Consultant Hepatologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Advances in management of viral hepatitis
Professor Maud Lemoine, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College London
Pregnancy and liver disease
Dr Rachel Westbrook, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4: Cirrhosis and its complications
Chair: Dr Ameet Dhar
Update on management of portal hypertension
Dr Vish Patel, Consultant Hepatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Update on the management of complications of cirrhosis
Dr Brian Hogan, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Dr Ameet Dhar
Close of meeting
View the programme (Virtual)
Welcome and introduction
Dr Ameet Dhar, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Session 1: Screening and prevention of liver disease
Chair: Dr Nowlan Selvapatt, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Diagnosing of chronic liver disease: Who and how to screen?
Dr Nowlan Selvapatt
How to prevent progression of liver disease: Current strategies and advances
Dr Ameet Dhar
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Session 2: Alcohol and fatty liver disease
Chair: Dr Nowlan Selvapatt
Alcohol related liver disease: Current management and advances
Dr Nikhil Vergis, Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, Director of Clinical Development and Lead for Clinical Sciences in Hepatology, GSK
Fatty Liver disease: Current management and advances
Dr Ben Mullish, Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London
Panel discussion
Lunch break
Session 3: Viral Hepatitis and Pregnancy
Chair: Dr Ameet Dhar
Current practice in viral hepatitis
Dr Matthew Foxton, Consultant Hepatologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Advances in management of viral hepatitis
Professor Maud Lemoine, Consultant Hepatologist, Imperial College London
Pregnancy and liver disease
Dr Rachel Westbrook, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Session 4: Cirrhosis and its complications
Chair: Dr Ameet Dhar
Update on management of portal hypertension
Dr Vish Patel, Consultant Hepatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Update on the management of complications of cirrhosis
Dr Brian Hogan, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Free Hospital
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Dr Ameet Dhar
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom