38th Annual Aspen Conference on Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

Under the directorship of conference chair, William Balistreri, MD, Advances in Pediatric Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation is the 38th in a series of annual 'Aspen-Snowmass' conferences. Our previous conferences have been well-attended, highly regarded and widely lauded. A renowned faculty has been invited to participate.

The conference will focus on recent advances in the diagnosis and management of children with a wide variety of liver diseases.

Topics include:

Pediatric Liver Disease
. Biliary Atresia
. Neonatal Cholestasis
. TPN-associated Cholestasis
. Intrahepatic Cholestasis (Alagille Syndrome, PFIC, etc.)
. Acute Liver Failure
. Drug-induced Liver Disease
. Obesity and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
. Metabolic Liver Disease (Wilson's Disease, Alpha-1-Antitrypsin
. Deficiency, Mitochondrial Hepatopathies, Storage Diseases and others)
. Hepatic Fibrocystic Disease (Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis)
. Viral Hepatitis (A,B,C and beyond), Diagnosis, Prevention and Management
. Autoimmune Hepatitis and Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
. Portal Hypertension
. Liver Tumors
. Management of Complications of End-stage Liver Disease (Ascites and Portal Hypertension)
. Nutrition in Liver Disease

Liver Transplantation
. Evaluation
. Interim Management
. Organ Allocation

The conference format includes didactic lectures and case presentations held each morning, there is ample time for discussion and audience participation.

The conference is designed primarily for pediatric gastroenterologists and hepatologists, but is of interest to pediatric and transplant surgeons, nurses and nurse coordinators, nutritionists, pathologists and pediatricians as well.

For sponsor and exhibit opportunities please contact cme@cchmc.org.

Price:
Practicing Physicians: USD 705
Practicint Physicians (after 7/1/16): USD 795
Physicians in training, nurses, other clinical personnel: USD 585
Physicians in training, nurses, other clinical personnel (after 7/1/16): USD 670

Speakers:

Dr. William F. Balistreri, Dr. Estella M. Alonso, Dr. Kathleen Campbell, Dr. Fred Ryckman, Dr. Ronald J. Sokol, Dr. Frederick Suchy, Dr. Greg Tiao