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Chronic Hepatitis C: Burden of Disease, Management and Cure
Friday, March 6, 2015 - Friday, March 6, 2015

CME Provider:
Virginia Mason ›
CME Department
1100 9th Ave. #D3-CME
PO Box 900
Seattle, Washington (WA) 98101
United States

Phone: (206) 341-0142
Fax: (206) 341-1480

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Conference Center:
Virginia Mason - Volney Richmond Auditorium
1201 Terry Avenue (between Seneca & University Streets)
Seattle, Washington (WA) 98101
United States

Phone: (206) 341-0142

Description:
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the United States, more than 4 million people — over 1% of the population — are living with chronic HCV, and over half of those infected remain undiagnosed. Chronic HCV confers a high lifetime risk of cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma, and is a leading indication for liver transplant in the US. In recent years, the landscape of HCV therapy has fundamentally changed and finally a cure is likely for the vast majority of patients infected with HCV. Topics to be addressed include evidence-based guidelines for screening, diagnosis and staging; newly approved HCV regimens and practical information regarding treatment protocols; an update on HCV agents currently in FDA review, and treatment approaches in special populations — including patients with advanced liver disease, HIV co-infection, and advanced renal disease.

Target Audience: This course is appropriate for physicians in family practice, general practice, internal medicine, gastroenterology and general surgery. This course is also appropriate for allied health professionals with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease.

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Instructors:
Course Directors:

Blaire E. Burman, MD
Hepatologist
Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Wash.

Asma Siddique, MD
Interim Director, Liver Center of Excellence
Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Wash.

Keynote Speaker:

Renuka Bhattacharya, MD
Chief, Clinical Hepatology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Guest Faculty:

Charles S. Landis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Christian Ramers, MD, MPH
Assistant Medical Director, Research & Special Populations
Family Health Centers of San Diego
Assistant Clinical Professor
UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, Calif.

John D. Scott, MD, MSc, FIDSA
Medical Director, UW Telehealth
Associate Professor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Medicine Assistant Director, Hepatitis and Liver Clinic
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.

Faculty, Digestive Disease Instituate at Virginia Mason:

Yasir Al-Azzawi, MD
Hepatology Fellow
Department of Gastroenterology

Mehran Fotoohi, MD
Section Head, Radiology Computer Applications
Interventional Radiologist

W. Scott Helton, MD, FACS
Director, Liver, Biliary and Pancreas Surgery Center of Excellence
Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason

Bruce B. Lin, MD
Oncologist

Ahmad Mahallati, MD
Nephrologist

Chia Wang, MD
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Amy E. Zeigler, PA-C
Hepatology PA
Department of Gastroenterology

CME Credit:
Physicians: 6.0 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM): No

Specialty Audience:
Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pathology

CME Sam Course #11711

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