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Held virtually April 20-22, 2021. The website below contains links for attendee Registration and an Agenda of planned sessions, speakers and panel discussions, as well as information for the submission of poster abstracts by attendees.
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Topics covered:
- Latest developments in the field of hepatotoxicity
- Innovative tools for diagnosis and assessment
- Liver injury in patients with cancer or underlying liver disease
- Drug induced liver injury during the COVID Pandemic.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Reduced mitophagy during the pathogenesis of NAFD: Innocent bystander or active contributor?”
Chairman and Professor of Medicine
Charité University Medicine Berlin
Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
Berlin, Germany
Title: “New Insights into Liver Macrophages in NASH Pathogenesis”
Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Mechanisms Underlying Loss of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Function in NAFLD”
Melanie Scott, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Title: TBD
Clinician, Physician Faculty
Department of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Title: TBD
“Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents: Update 2021″
Bachir Taouli, MD, MHA, FISMRM, FSAR, FESGAR, FICIS
Professor, Radiology and Medicine
Vice-chair of Translational Research
Director of Body MRI and Cancer Imaging Program
Co-Chief Abdominal Imaging Section
Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Indications of liver transplant, living donor transplantation, complications due to failed regeneration in transplantation, and unmet clinical needs”
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Preclinical Models to Study Liver Regeneration”
2021 Pathology Annual Research Day/Retreat
Bernd Schnabl, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center
University of California
San Diego, CA
Title: “Translating Microbiota Research Into Therapies for Liver Disease”
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Title: TBD