19th Annual Advanced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation Update

19th Annual Advanced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation Update is organized by Michigan Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education and Lifelong Learning and will be held on Apr 11, 2025 at Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel, Michigan, United States of America.

Description:
This course will provide an update on recent developments in the management of patients with advanced liver disease including recent improvements in the medical management of steatotic liver disease, alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver disease, and hepatic complications of heart disease. In addition, updates on acute on chronic liver failure, evaluation of substance use disorders in patients with advanced liver disease, liver transplantation for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and neuroendocrine tumors, use of marginal organs in liver transplantation, and the medical management of long-term liver transplant recipients will be provided.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

• Implement newer approaches to the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients with metabolic associated liver disease
• Use appropriate diagnostic tools and treatment strategies for patients with alcoholic liver disease
• Understand and recognize common hepatic manifestations of patients with congenital and acquired heart disease
• Understand current classification schemes and medical recommendations for patients with acute on chronic liver failure
• Implement how to evaluate and treat patients with substance use disorders with underlying liver disease
• Understand new data on the indications and outcomes with liver transplantation for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and neuroendocrine tumors to the liver
• Understand what is considered a "marginal organ" for liver transplantation and how they fare in adult recipients
• Implement medications and treatments that are recommended for LT recipients with hyperlipidemia, cancer and metabolic bone disease