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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HCC Symposium for Physicians
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Saturday, October 9, 2004
Shutters Hotel on the Beach
1 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Presented by
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
and
USC Liver Cancer Program
USC Liver Transplant Program

Course Description
Each year, more than one million people are diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The incidence in the United States has doubled in the last decade due to the increase in the number of patients with viral hepatitis. This course is designed to update physicians in the specialties of gastroenterology, oncology, surgery, radiology, pathology, and primary care regarding the surveillance and early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in high risk populations, current diagnostic modalities, novel thera peutic options, and criteria for liver transplantation.

Objectives
At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize high-risk populations at risk for the development of HCC
2. Describe the natural history of HCC and outcomes of the disease
3. Identify ima ging modalities used in diagnosing HCC and interventions used for treatment
4. Distinguish criteria for liver resection and transplantation in patients with HCC

Course Information
Location:
Shutters Hotel on the Beach
1 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Telephone: 310-458-0030

Tuition: $25.00 (non-re fundable). Includes course mate rials, full breakfast, lunch, and parking. Overnight parking for hotel guests is not included. Directions and parking information will be sent to registrants prior to the program. Please register early. Space is limited and on-site registration may not be available if the course fills.

Cancellation: Courses are subject to cancellation. If registering a few days prior to the course, check with the Office of Continuing Medical Education for availability (1-800-USC-1119 or 323-442-2555). USC will not refund travel costs for canceled courses.

If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs by September 24, 2004 will help us accommodate you.

Program

7:30 to 8:15am -- Breakfast and Course Registration

8:15am -- Welcome and Introductions, Tse-Ling Fong, M.D.

8:30am -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Overview -- Jeffrey A. Kahn,M.D.

9:00am -- Imaging Findings in Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Vinay A. Duddalwar, M.D.,FRCR

9:30am -- Oncological Therapeutic Agents for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Syma Iqbal, M.D.

10:00am -- Break

10:15am -- Ablative Therapies in Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Interventional Radiology Perspective, John R. Daniels, M.D.

10:45am -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Pre-Transplant Criteria, Jennifer Pena, RN, MSN, ACNP

11:15am -- Lunch

12:15pm -- Surgical Resection vs. Transplantation, R. Rick Selby, M.D.

12:45pm Case Discussion and Questions, Tse-Ling Fong, M.D.

1:30pm -- Adjournment

Faculty
USC Faculty at the Keck School of Medicine

• John R. Daniels, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Oncologist, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital
• Vinay A. Duddalwar, M.D., FRCR
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
• Tse-Ling Fong, M.D.
  Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine
  Medical Director, USC Liver Transplant Program
• Syma Iqbal, M.D., Course Director
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Oncologist, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital
• Jeffrey A. Kahn, M.D., Course Director
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Heptatologist, USC Liver Transplant Program
• Jennifer Pena, RN, MSN, ACNP, Course Director
  Nurse Practitioner, USC Liver Cancer Program
• R. Rick Selby, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery
  Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery
  and Abdominal Transplantation

Faculty Disclosure. Current guidelines state that participants in continuing medical education activities should be aware of any affiliation or financial interest that could affect the speaker’s presentation(s). Faculty members have completed conflict of interest declarations and those potential conflicts will be listed in the course syllabus.