8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration, Breakfast, and Booths 

Keynote Session

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Welcome and Symposium Introduction 

• Presenter: Sarah Manes

9:05 AM – 9:40 AM: Achieving Health Equity With Liver Disease in Minnesota   

• Keynote Presenter: Lionel A. Kankeu Fonkoua, MD
•  Keynote Presenter: Cyneetha Strong, MD, FAAFP

9:40 AM – 9:50 AM: Advocate Story: Health Advocacy and Healing

• Presenter: Melissa Buffalo, MS 

9:50 AM – 10:00 AM: Morning Break

Bringing Liver Disease to the Forefront of Primary Care

10:05 AM – 10:10 AM: Opening Remarks and Framing the Session

• Presenter: Sarah Manes

10:05 AM – 10:45 AM: Hepatitis B & C: Toward Elimination

• Presenter: Genny Grilli, MPH
• Presenter: Jesse Powell, PA-C

10:45 AM  – 11:45 AM: Metabolic Disease & the Liver: From Diagnosis to Treatment 

• Presenter: Laura M. Kulik, MD
• Presenter: Rajanshu Verma, MD

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM: Cirrhosis: Improving Outcomes in Advanced Disease

• Presenter: Chimaobi Anugwom, MBBS

12:15 PM – 12:20 PM: Closing Remarks 

• Facilitator: Sarah Manes

12:20 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch and Networking 

1:00 PM – 1:05 PM: Welcome Back and Workgroup Introduction

• Presenter: Sarah Manes

1:05 PM – 1:40 PM: Engage & Elevate: Gathering Provider Insights on Screening and Patient Needs in Liver Health

• Moderator: Cyneetha Strong, MD, FAAFP

Liver Cancer Today: Innovations in HCC Management

1:40 PM – 2:10 PM: Screening Guidelines and Early Detection

• Presenter: Elizabeth Aby, MD

2:10 PM – 2:40 PM: Surgical Management of HCC & Liver Transplant 

• Presenter: Patrick Starlinger, MD, PhD

2:40 PM – 3:00 PM: Locoregional HCC Therapy

• Presenter: Ece Meram, MD

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM: Systemic Approaches to HCC

• Presenter: Nguyen H. Tran, MD, MPH

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM: Closing Remarks  

• Facilitator: Sarah Manes