Abstract submission deadline
March 15th 2009
The best abstract will be awarded by “OKUDA AWARD” & the winner’s registration, accommodation, and flight expenses will be covered.
Tentative Scientific Program

May 18, 2009

08:30 - 09:00 Opening Ceremony Dr. Masao Omata,

Dr. A. Kadir Dökmeci,

Dr. İsmail Balık

09.00 - 11.40

Non-responders in Chronic Hepatitis B
Moderators : Dr. Masao Omata, Dr. Nurdan Tözün
09:00 - 09:10 Current treatment of chronic hepatitis B: An overview Dr. George Lau
09:10 - 09:30 Non-responders in chronic hepatitis B Dr. Jia Horng Kao
09:30 - 09:50 Interferon-nonresponders in chronic hepatitis Dr. Hakan Senturk
09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break
Moderators : Dr. Nancy Leung
10:20 - 10:40 Resistance to antivirals - molecular mechanisms Dr. Masashi Mizokami
10:40 - 11:00 Primary non-response to antivirals in chronic hepatitis B Dr. Ulus Salih Akarca
11:00 - 11:20 Resistance to antivirals clinical approach Dr. Necati Örmeci
Moderators : Dr. Ji-Dong Jia, Dr. İsmail Balık
11:20 - 11:40 State-of-the-Art lecture :
Current treatment of chronic hepatitis D
Dr.Mario Rizetto
11:40 - 13:30 Corporate Symposium + Lunch
13.30 - 16.30 Non-responders in Chronic Hepatitis C
Moderators : Dr. Rafael Esteban-Mur, Dr. Sabahattin Kaymakoğlu
13:30 -13:40 Current treatment of Chronic hepatitis C : An overview Dr. Rafael Esteban-Mur
13:40 - 14:00 Non- Responders in chronic hepatitis C Dr. Shuhei Nishiguchi
14:00 - 14:20 Molecular basis of non response in HCV Dr. Nobuyuki Enomoto
14:20 - 14:40 Viral Factors (viral load and genotypes,etc) in HCV non responders Dr. Cafer Eroğlu
14.40 - 15.10 Coffee Break
Moderators : Dr. Hyo Suk Lee, Dr. İftihar Köksal
15:10 - 15:30 Host Factors (fibrosis and overweight,etc) in HCV non responders Dr. Reşat Özaras
15:30 - 15:50 Treatment of chronic HCV in special patient groups Dr. Cem Kalaycı
15:50 - 16:10 New Antivirals for HCV Dr. J. Michel Pawlotsky
Moderators : Dr. Paul Kwo, Dr. Abdurrahman Kadayıfçı
16:10 - 16:30 State of the art lecture :
NAFLD the more it changes, the more it looks the same
Dr. Ulrich Leuschner
16:40 - 18:30 Corporate Symposium

May 19, 2009

09.00 - 11.20

Non-responders in cirrhotic patients with complications
Moderators : Dr. Saeed Hamid, Dr. Abdullah Sonsuz
09:00 - 09:20 Approach to refractory ascites Dr. Vincente Arroyo
09:20 - 09:40 Refractory encephalopathy to conventional therapy Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin
09:40 - 10:00 Non response to medical and endoscopic treatment- TIPS, shunt surgery or radiological interventions Dr. Jaime Bosch
Moderators : Dr. Jose Sollano, Dr. Meral Akdoğan
10:00 - 10:20 Herbal medicines in nonresponders with chronic hepatitis B & C Dr. Norifumi Kawada
10:20 - 10:40 Nutrition and non - response to treatment in chronic viral hepatitis Dr. Isao Sakaida
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Moderators : Dr. Darrell HG Crawford, Dr. Mehmet Haberal
11:00 - 11:20 State-of-the-Art Lecture :
End point of non response : Liver Transplantation
Dr. Munci Kalayoğlu
11.20 - 14.40 Non-responders in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Moderators : Dr. Philip Johnson, Dr. Mehmet Öztürk
11:20 - 11:40 Molecular Pathogenesis in HCC Dr. Hikmet Akkız
11:40 - 12:00 Hepatitis B,C viruses & HCC Dr. Masao Omata
12:00 - 12:20 Prevention of recurrence after resection and ablation Dr. Masatoshi Kudo
12:30 - 14:00 Corporate Symposium + Lunch
Moderators : Dr. Luigi Bolondi, Dr. Hasan Özkan
14:00 - 14:20 Efficacy of the ablation therapies Dr. A. Kadir Dökmeci
14:20 - 14:40 New therapeutic options for HCC beyond curative treatments Dr. Jung-Hwan Yoon
14.40 - 18.00 Interactive case discussions
Moderators : Dr. Patrick Marcellin, Dr. Halis Şimşek
14:40 - 15:40 Hepatitis Cases Case Report: Dr. Hakan Leblebicioğlu,

Dr. Hakan Erdem,

Dr. Zeki Karasu

Keypad questions
Hepatitis Cases : An Overview Dr. Patrick Marcellin
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Moderators : Dr. Osamu Yokosuka, Dr. Muhammad Umar
16:00 - 17.00 Liver Cirrhosis Cases Case Report: Dr.Ahmet Uygun,

Dr. Cemil Savaş,

 Dr. Ersan Özarslan

Keypad questions
Liver Cirrhosis : An Overview Dr. Osamu Yokosuka
Moderators : Dr. Shuichiro Shiina, Dr. Yıldıran Songür
17:00 - 18:00 HCC Cases Case Report : Dr.Ahmet Dobrucalı,

Dr. Ömer Topalak,

Dr. Selim Karayalçın

Keypad questions
HCC Cases : An Overview Dr. Shuichiro Shiina
18:00 - 19:30 Corporate Symposium
 

MEETING ROOM 2

14.30 – 16.30 FREE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Moderators : Dr. Teerha Piratvisuth, Dr. Sait Bağcı
14:30 - 15:30 Free Paper Presentations
Moderators : Dr. Vedat Göral, Dr. Murat Tuncer
15:30 - 16:30 Free Paper Presentations
     
19.45 Closing Ceremony
5th APASL Single Topic Conference
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