4th Annual Liver Update Seminar

"The Future of Hepatitis B and C" -- a free educational opportunity for the community and healthcare professionals

July 19th, 2008 - July 20th, 2008 (11:00 AM - 5:00 PM) - $Free

Contact: ALF Hawaii Chapter
Phone: 808-737-0400(Fax: 808-737-3230)
Web: Email

Hosted by American Liver Foundation Hawaii Chapter
Queen's Conference Center - Directions
The Queens Medical Center
510 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96813

Living Well With Liver Disease: A Community Panel for the General Public (11:00 AM - NOON)

Hear from a patient, nurse practitioner, and doctors about lifestyle choices that support a healthy liver and how to live well with liver disease. Get national and local perspectives on the latest viral hepatitis treatment and side effect management, fatty liver disease, and liver transplantation.

CME Program for Healthcare Professionals (12:45 PM - 5:00 PM)

Join your colleagues, get the latest on hepatitis and earn CME credits.

The Hawaii Medical Center East designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (TM). Whether you’re a general practitioner, specialist or healthcare professional involved with the care of those with liver disease, you’ll learn the latest developments in viral hepatitis epidemiology, transmission, screening and immunization to assist you in your clinical practice. You’ll also receive updates on the effective management of chronic hepatitis B, including the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer, and receive information on the latest research findings and treatment options for the effective management of chronic hepatitis C.

The keynote speaker is Dr. Robert Gish, medical director of California Pacific Medical Center’s Liver Transplant Program in San Francisco, who is also affiliated with the medical center’s Liver and GI Research Center team. Dr. Gish is an associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Nevada, in both Reno and Las Vegas. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Local faculty include: Marvin Acklin, PhD, Hawaii Medical Center East; Jennifer Lee, FNP, Hepatitis B & C Advocate/Educator; Joseph Pepping, PharmD, FAAPM, Asst. Director of Integrative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii; Naoky Tsai, MD, Hawaii Medical Center East Liver Center & University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine; Linda Wong, MD, Surgical Associates, Inc. & University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine; and Jimmy Yoon, MD, Kauai Medical Clinic/Wilcox Memorial Hospital.

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