PROGRAM
PROGRAM: DAY #1 (April 16, 2005)
14:00-14:10 pm
Opening Comments: Chairs of JSGE and AGA International Committees
Basic Research and Virology
Moderators: Dr. Shunji Mishiro, Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, and Dr. Kenneth Sherman
14:10-14:40 pm
Molecular Virology and Transmission of HCV
Speaker: Masashi Mizokami, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Molecular Informative Medicine,
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Medical
School
14:40-14:50 pm
Q&A
14:50-15:20 pm
Novel Therapies for HCV Based on Lessons from Virology
Speaker: Jeffrey S. Glenn, M.D, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of
Medicine
15:20-15:30 pm
Q&A
15:30-16:00 pm
Recent Progress of Interferon Biology
Speaker: Tadatsugu Taniguchi, PhD.
Professor, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
16:00-16:10 pm
Q&A
16:10-16:30 pm
Coffee Break
Pathophysiology of Chronic Hepatitis C
Moderators: Dr. Michio Imawari and Dr. Paul Martin
16:30-17:00 pm
Pathophysiological State of HCV Infection
Speaker: Norio Hayashi, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
17:00-17:10 pm
Q&A
17:10-17:40 pm
Steatosis and HCV Infection: Mechanisms and Significance
Speaker: Stephen A. Harrison, M.D.
Chief of Hepatology
Brooke Army Medical Center
17:40-17:50 pm
Q&A
18:00-19:30 pm
Welcome Reception
PROGRAM: DAY #2 (April 17, 2005)
Natural History and Treatment of HCV Infection, Including Special Populations
Moderators: Dr. Kendo Kiyosawa, Dr. Stephen Harrison, and Dr. Norah Terrault
8:30-9:00 am
Natural Course of HCV Infection and its Treatment
Speaker: Takeshi Okanoue, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences
9:00-9:10 am
Q&A
9:10-9:40 am
Prevalence and Treatment of HCV Genotypes 4 to 9
Speaker: Mindie H. Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of
Medicine
9:40-9:50 am
Q&A
9:50-10:20 am
Treatment of Hepatitis C in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis
Speaker: Gregory T. Everson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Director, Section of Hepatology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
10:20-10:30 am
Q&A
10:30-11:00 am
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Chronic Hepatitis C
Speaker: Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
11:00-11:10 am
Q&A
11:10-11:40 am
Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation
Speaker: Norah A. Terrault, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
11:40-11:50 pm
Q&A
11:50-12:50 pm
Lunch
Natural History and Treatment of HCV Infection, Including Special Populations
Moderators: Dr. Yasushi Shiratori and Dr. Gregory Everson
12:50-13:20 pm
Management of HCV Treatment Failures
Speaker: Emmet B. Keeffe, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Hepatology, Co-Director, Liver Transplant Program
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
13:20-13:30 am
Q&A
13:30-14:00 am
Treatment of Hepatitis C in Patients with Renal Failure
Speaker: Paul Martin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
14:00-14:10 pm
Q&A
14:10-14:40 pm
Treatment of HCV/HIV Coinfection
Speaker: Kenneth E. Sherman, M.D., Ph.D.
Gould Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati
14:40-14:50 pm
Q&A
14:50-15:10 pm
Coffee Break
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Moderators: Dr. Kenji Fujiwara, Dr. Mindie Nguyen, and Dr. Emmet Keeffe
15:10-15:40 pm
Pathogenesis of HCC in HCV Infection: Message from Animal Models
Speaker: Kazuhiko Koike, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
15:40-15:50 pm
Q&A
15:50-16:20 pm
Detection and Characteristics of HCC by Imaging
Speaker: Osamu Matsui, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medical Science, School of Medicine
16:20-16:30 pm
Q&A
16:30-17:00 pm
Protection of HCV Carrier from HCC by Interferon
Speaker: Masao Omata, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
17:00-17:10 pm
Q&A
17:10-17:40 pm
Therapies for Early HCC
Speaker: Masatoshi Kudo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kinki University, School of Medicine
17:40-17:50 pm
Q&A
17:50-18:20 pm
Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for Advanced HCC
Speaker: Masatoshi Tanaka, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology
Kurume University, School of Medicine
18:20-18:30 pm
Q&A
18:30-19:30 pm
Farewell Party
Note: The above program may contain elements which are still subject to change.
