Advances in Liver Transplantation 2008:
A Western and Eastern Perspective
April 5–6, 2008
Hong Kong, China
Course Directors:
Chung Mau Lo, MD; John J. Fung, MD, PhD; Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD; and
Russell H. Wiesner, MD
Session I
Chair: Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD, University of California - Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, U.S.A
Organ Transplantation in China: Now and Future
Jie-Fu Huang, MD
Vice Minister, Ministry of Health and Professor of Surgery, Peking Union Medical
College, China
Overview of Development of Liver Transplant In USA
Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A
China Liver Transplant Registry
Haibo Wang, MD
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Follow-up of China Liver Transplant Recipients In Hong Kong
Sheung-Tat Fan, MD, PhD
University Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Follow-up of China Liver Transplant Recipients In Korea
Kyung-Suk Suh, MD, PhD
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Organizing National Organ Sharing and Data Collection
Robert M. Merion, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A
Recipient Selection and Prioritization Using MELD/ PELD
Richard Freeman, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, U.S.A
Management of Deceased Donors
John J. Fung, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, U.S.A
Donation After Cardiac Death
Peter Abt, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A
Pediatric Liver Transplant – Eastern Perspective
Chao-Long Chen, MD
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Pediatric Liver Transplant – Western Perspective
Sue McDiarmid, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Session II
Chair: Sheung-Tat Fan, MD, PhD, University Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital,
Hong Kong, China
Donor/Recipient Issues in Left Liver and Right Lateral Sector Transplant
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Donor/Recipient Issues in Right Lobe Transplant
Sheung-Tat Fan, MD, PhD
University Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Dual Grafts
Chul-Soo Ahn, MD,PhD
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Cancer
William J. Wall, MD
University Hospital, London, Canada
Use of Living Donor for HCC Patients
Uemoto, MD
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Session III
Chair: Russell H. Wiesner, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, U.S.A
Strategies in Immunosuppression
Russell H. Wiesner, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, U.S.A
Infection Complications
Shi-hui Pan, PharmD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Renal Dysfunction Before and After Liver Transplant
John R. Lake, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, U.S.A
Long Term Follow-up for Liver Transplantation
Michael F. Sorrell, MD
University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, U.S.A
Biliary Complications
Peter Neuhaus, MD
Universitatsmedizen Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hepatitis B Overview
Geoffrey McCaughan, MD
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Hepatitis B Adoptive Immunity Through Liver Donation
Chung Mau Lo, MD
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Hepatitis C
Russell H. Wiesner, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, U.S.A
Session IV
Chair: John J. Fung, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, U.S.A
Special Consideration for Patient with Acute Fulminant Liver Failure
Federico Villamil, MD
Favaloro Foundation and University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Re-Transplantation
Timothy M. McCashland, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, U.S.A
Care of Living Donor
John R. Lake, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, U.S.A
Pathology in Liver Transplant
Erin Rubin Ochoa, MD, FCAP
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
ILTS and Its Role in Liver Transplantation
Geoffrey McCaughan, MD
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Copyrights to the slides contained herein belong exclusively to each of the
relevant authors.
This Conference was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant
from Astellas.