8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast, and Health Fair
BALLROOM 1 & 2
KEYNOTE SESSION
9:00 - 9:05 AM
Welcome and Symposium Introduction
Gina Bartes, PhD, MS
Sarah Manes, MS
9:05 – 9:40 AM
Keynote – Achieving Health Equity With Liver Disease in Minnesota
Lionel A. Kankeu Fonkoua, MD
Cyneetha Strong, MD, FAAFP
9:40 – 9:50 AM
Advocate Story: Health Advocacy and Healing
Melissa Buffalo, MS
9:50 – 10:00 AM
Break
BALLROOM 4
BRINGING LIVER DISEASE TO THE FOREFRONT OF PRIMARY CARE
10:00 – 10:05 AM
Opening Remarks and Framing the Session
Sarah Manes, MS
10:05 – 10:45 AM
Hepatitis B & C: Toward Elimination
Genny Grilli, MPH
Jesse Powell, PA-C
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Metabolic Disease & the Liver: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Laura M. Kulik, MD
Rajanshu Verma, MD
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Cirrhosis: Improving Outcomes in Advanced Disease
Chimaobi Anugwom, MBBS
12:15 – 12:20 PM
Closing Remarks
Sarah Manes, MS
12:20 – 1:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
1:00 – 1:05 PM
Welcome Back and Workgroup Introduction
Sarah Manes, MS
1:05 – 1:40 PM
Engage & Elevate: Gathering Provider Insights on Screening and Patient Needs in Liver Health
Cyneetha Strong, MD, FAAFP
BALLROOM 4
LIVER CANCER TODAY: INNOVATIONS IN HCC MANAGEMENT
1:40 – 2:10 PM
Screening Guidelines and Early Detection
Elizabeth Aby, MD
2:10 – 2:40 PM
Surgical Management of HCC & Liver Transplant
Patrick Starlinger, MD, PhD
2:40 – 3:00 PM
Locoregional HCC Therapy
Ece Meram, MD
3:00 – 3:20 PM
Systemic Approaches to HCC
Nguyen H. Tran, MD, MPH
3:20 – 3:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Sarah Manes, MS