The 2008 Joint Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE
July 9–12, 2008
Paris, France
July 9, 2008
Basic Science Symposium
Innate Immunity In Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, PhD
University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Fasting and Caloric Restriction Protects Against Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Ron de Bruin, PhD
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Surgical and Pharmacological Preconditioning
Pierre A. Clavien, MD, PhD
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
July 10, 2008
Presidential Address
Geoffrey W. McCaughan, MD
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Liver Transplantation For Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Prognostic Factors In Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Vincenzo Mazzaferro, MD, PhD
Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
Criteria for Liver Transplantation
Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Role of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Satoru Todo, MD
Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Place Of Targeted Therapies In Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Jordi Bruix, MD
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Strategy In Immunosuppression
History of Immunosuppression
John G. O'Grady, MD
Kings College Hospital, London, England
Sparing the Kidney After Liver Transplantation
Yvon Calmus, MD
Hospital Cochin, Paris, France
"A La Carte"
Andrew Burroughs, MD
Royal Free Hospital, London, England
mTOR Inhibitors
Russell H. Wiesner, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Controversies In Perioperative Care
Volume vs. Vasopressor
Luc Massicotte, MD
Hospital St. Luc, Montreal, Canada
Coagulation
Yves Ozier, MD
Hospital Cochin, Paris, France
Combined vs. Sequential Cardiac Procedure
André DeWolf, MD
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA
Cardiovascular Monitoring
Claus-Georg Krenn, MD
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Abstract Session: Recurrent Disease
Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis
James Neuberger, MD
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Abstract Session: Living Donor
Results of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Chung Mau Lo, MD
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract Session: Anesthesia/Critical Care
Hyperglycemia: What Do We Know?
Claus Niemann
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Use of Partial Grafts
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD
Lahey Clinic, Burlington, USA
Split Liver Transplantation
Xavier Rogiers, MD, PhD
Gent University Hospital and Medical School, Gent, Belgium
Small For Size
Olivier Boillot, MD
Lyon Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
Left Grafts For Adults
Sung-Gyu Lee, MD, PhD
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Extended Criteria Donor
Donor Liver Steatosis
Pierre A. Clavien, MD, PhD
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Older Donors
Gian L. Grazi, MD
Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Donor To Recipient Matching: Impact On Outcomes In The European Liver
Transplant Registry (ELTR)
Rene Adam, MD
University Paris Sud, Paris, France
Prospectives For Organ Allocation In Europe
Ferdinand Muhlbacher, MD
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
July 11, 2008
10 Years Results after Liver Transplantation
Histological Assessment of Late Biopsies from the Liver Allograft
Stefan G. Hübscher, MD
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Metabolic Risk
Georges P. Pageaux, MD
Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France
Late Retransplantation
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA
Cancer
Joseph Buell, MD
University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
Biliary Complications
Non-Anastomotic Biliary Strictures: Emerging Concepts
Robert J. Porte, MD, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplantation: Should Be Treated By Endoscopy?
Ivo W. Graziadei, MD
Medical University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria
Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplantation: Should Be Treated By Surgery?
Karim Boudjema, MD
CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
How to Avoid Biliary Strictures In The Future
Gerd Max Otto, MD
Klinikum Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Patient Selection and Perioperative Risk – Interactive Case Presentations
Perioperative Renal Injury
Claus U. Niemann, MD
University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Pediatric Transplantation – When To NOT Transplant A Child
Surgical Challenges: Are There Absolute Contraindications Anymore?
Paulo Chapchap, MD, PhD
Hospital Sirio Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Too Sick to Transplant: The Intensivist's View
Denis Devictor, MD
Bicetre Hospital, Paris, France
Metabolic Diseases: When Liver Replacement Is Not The Cure
Young Invited Faculty:: Robert Venick, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Mentor: Sue V. McDiarmid, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Pediatric Liver Malignancy: Resection Vs. Transplantation
Jean-Bernard Otte, MD, PhD
Cliniques Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract Sessions:
Hepatitis I
Hepatitis B Virus Prophylaxis
Federico Villamil, MD
Favaloro Foundation and University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cardiovascular
Long Term/Short Term Cardiovascular Complications Following Liver
Transplantation
Olaf Guckelberger, MD
Charite, Berlin, Germany
Hepatitis II
Fibrosis Progression Due to Hepatitis C Virus Recurrence
Patrizia Burra, MD
Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
Extended Criteria Donors
Extended Criteria Donors
Francois Durand, MD
Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, France
July 12, 2008
Abstract Session: Surgical Techniques II
Laproscopy In Liver Transplantation
Daniel Cherqui, MD
Hospital Henri Mondor, Paris, France
Allocation of Grafts
Score in Cirrhosis
Richard Freeman, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, USA
Critical Aspects
Andrew Burroughs, MD
Royal Free Hospital, London, England
MELD Exceptions
Robert M. Merion, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Priority and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Christophe Duvoux, MD
Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris, France
Acute Liver Failure
Artificial Liver Support
Faouzi Saliba, MD, PhD
Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
The Acute On Chronic Liver Patient
Julia Wendon, PharmD
Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Management of ICP
James Y. Findlay, MB, ChB, FRCA
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, USA
Too Sick For Transplant?
David J. Kramer
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
What's Hot, What's New
Surgical
Jacques Belghiti, MD
Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, France
Anesthesia
Michael A. Ramsay, MD
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Medical
Didier Samuel, MD, PhD
Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Basic Science
Luc J. Van Der Laan, PhD
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands