Global Liver Institute

2025 Liver Health Symposium Provider Track Agenda

GLOBAL LIVER INSTITUTE

Liver Health Symposium – Provider Track Agenda
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Provider Track Agenda

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

    Keynote Session

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

    • Speaker: Sarah Manes

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

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

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

          • Presenter: Melissa Buffalo, American Indian Cancer Foundation 

            9:50 AM – 10:05 AM: Morning Break

              Bringing Liver Disease to the Forefront of Primary Care

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

              • Speaker: Sarah Manes

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

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

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

                • Speaker: Rajanshu Verma, MD

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

                  • Speaker: 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

                        • Speaker: 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

                          • Speaker: Elizabeth Aby, MD

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

                          • Speaker: Patrick Starlinger, MD, PhD

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

                          • Speaker: Ece Meram, MD

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

                          • Speaker: Nguyen H. Tran, MD, MPH

                          3:20 PM – 3:30 PM: Closing Remarks  

                          • Facilitator: Sarah Manes

                          Accreditation Statement

                          This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Minnesota Medical Association and Global Liver Institute. The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

                          CME Statement

                          The Minnesota Medical Association designates this activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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