Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplantation Symposium, Webinar Recording

The Fifth Annual | 2 Half-Day Course

Program Overview

This Symposium was recording on February 2-3, 2024.

NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation (CLDT) experts offer extensive experience diagnosing and treating all forms and stages of liver disease in children. They assess and treat liver disease with standard medical therapy, investigational protocols, and surgical therapy. In addition, they serve as a primary transplantation center. The overall goals of the activity is to learn about commonly encountered liver disease in children and understand the causes, signs, symptoms, risk factors, screening, as well as, innovative approaches to treatment and long-term management. The format of this program will consist of lectures and interactive discussions based on the overall goal of pediatric liver disease and transplantation.

Learning Objectives

Identify up-to-date management of pediatric liver disease
Understand state of the art management of pediatric liver transplant Identify

Target Audience

This activity is designed for Pediatric Gastroenterologists, Pediatric Surgeons, Transplant Surgeons, Nurses, Social Workers, Dieticians, Physician Assistants and any other clinicians involved in the management and treatment of pediatric liver disease and transplantation.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Columbia University Department of Surgery and Amedco LLC. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

PHYSICIANS

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this activity.

NURSE PRACTITIONERS

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit.

Satisfactory Completion

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed above, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

Method of Participation

You will receive a confirmation email before the event with instructions for joining via Zoom.

Registration Fees

Registration Options

All Healthcare Professionals: Free

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Agenda

Friday, February 2

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

Welcome Remarks

Tomoaki Kato, MD NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYC

1:05 PM - 1:50 PM

Keynote: Genetics and Genomic in the Diagnosis of Cholestatic Disorders

Moderator: Jean Emond MD, Mercedes Martinez, MD Presenter: Kathleen Loomes, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

1:50 PM - 2:05 PM

Panel Discussion and Q&A

2:05 PM

SESSION I: Evaluation and Diagnosis of Major Cholestatic Liver Disorders in Children

Moderator(s): Peter Liou, MD, Amanda Cantor, MD

2:05 PM - 2:30 PM

Allagille’s : Clinical Presentation, Extra-Hepatic Manifestation

Binita Kamath, MD, MBBChir, MRCP The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2:30 PM - 2:55 PM

PFIC: Genotypes, extra-hepatic manifestation (i.e. bone disease, developmental delays, etc), ileal diversion

Steven Lobritto, MD Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM

Choledochal Cysts, Caroli’s Disease, and other Ciliopathies

Adriana Perez, MD Komansky Children’s Hospital, New York

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion and Q&A

4:00 PM

SESSION II: Management of Pruritis and Nutrition

Moderator(s): Steven Lobritto, MD, Jean Emond, MD

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM

Nutritional Evaluation Management (Macronutrients)

Shikha Sundaram, MD, MSCI Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, Co

4:25 PM - 4:50 PM

Evaluation and Management of Vitamin Deficiencies in Cholestatic Disorders

Rima Fawaz, MD Yale Medical School, Yale, CT

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM

Evaluation and Management of Pruritus

Mercedes Martinez, MD Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Panel Discussion and Q&A

5:45 PM - 5:55 PM

Exhibit Hall and Break

5:55 PM - 6:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Saturday, February 3

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Welcome Remarks

Tomoaki Kato, MD NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYC

10:05 AM

SESSION III: Challenges in Liver Transplant for Choletatatic Disorders: Indications, Organ Allocation, Post-Transplant Management

Moderator(s): Jason Hawksworth, MD, Mercedes Martinez, MD

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM

Case Studies: A Case with Allagile’s Syndrome

Pooja Reddy, MD Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York

10:35 AM - 11:00 AM

Case Studies: A Case with PIFIC

Nathaly Llore, MD Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Invited Panelists: Emily Perito, MD, UCSF, Simon Horslen, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital

11:50 AM - 12:25 PM

Patient Testimonial

Moderator(s): Monica Velasco Monica Velasco, DNP, FNP-C

12:25 PM - 1:25 PM

Closing Remarks

Faculty

Tomoaki Kato, MD, MBA, FACS

Mercedes Martinez, MD

Jean Emond, MD

Amanda Cantor, MD

Peter Liou, MD

Monica Velasco, DNP, FNP-C

Nathaly Llore, MD

Pooja Reddy Spector, MD

Binita Kamath, MD, MBBChir, MRCP

Kathleen Loomes, MD

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DATE

February 02, 2024 - October 25, 2025

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