7:30 am – 8:30 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 11:50 am
AM Plenary Session
Welcoming Remarks/HCV Update
David L Thomas, MD, MPH
Clinical Virology and the Liver
Raymond T Chung, MD
HCV Therapy: The Last 18 Months
David R Nelson, MD
HCV Pipeline: The Next 18 Months
Michael W Fried, MD
Panel Q&A
Moderator: Robert S Klein, MD
Panelists: Raymond T Chung, MD
David R Nelson, MD, Michael W Fried, MD
Coffee Break
Debate: To Treat or Not To Treat NOW
Moderator: Raymond T Chung, MD
Age, Disease Stage, Resistance and Co-morbidities
TREAT NOW: Robert S Brown, Jr, MD, MPH
DO NOT TREAT NOW: John F Reinus, MD
11:50 am – 12:10 pm
Case Discussions - Transition to Buffets
12:10 pm – 1:05 pm
Case Discussions - Rotation 1 (Select 1)
1) HCV-HIV Coinfection
Susanna Naggie, MD
2) Acute Infection
Arthur Y Kim, MD
3) Management of Extra-Hepatic Manifestations of HCV
Paul Martin, MD
1:15 pm – 2:10 pm
Case Discussions - Rotation 2 (Select 1)
1) HCV-HIV Coinfection
Susanna Naggie, MD
2) Acute Infection
Arthur Y Kim, MD
3) Management of Extra-Hepatic Manifestations of HCV
Paul Martin, MD
2:20 pm – 5:00 pm
PM Plenary Session
Preparing the Patient for Therapy
Michael W Fried, MD
Adverse Events Management
Andrew J Muir, MD, MPH
Clinical Applications of Resistance
Stuart C Ray, MD
Panel Q&A
Moderator: Raymond T Chung, MD
Panelists: Michael W Fried, MD,
Andrew J Muir, Stuart C Ray, MD
Daily Wrap-up/Closing Remarks
Raymond T Chung, MD