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AHPBA Meeting Schedule at a Glance

Thursday, April 14, 2005

7:30 - 9:30 AM Forum on Biliary Injuries (SAGES/AHPBPA & SSAT)
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM AHPBA Postgraduate Course: Technical Aspects of Laparoscopic Liver and Pancreas Surgery
5:30 - 7:00 PM AHPBA/SAGES Opening Reception

Friday, April 15, 2005

7:00 - 7:30 AM Welcome and Presidential Address
7:30 - 9:20 AM Plenary Papers and Young Investigator’s Awards
9:30 - 11:00 AM AHPBA/SAGES Joint Panel: Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pancreatic Disease
9:45 - 11:30 AM Symposium: Politics, Ethics and Medical Evidence Influencing Liver Transplantation for HCC
11:00 - 12:00 PM Competitive Liver Video Session: Ex Vivo Liver Resection
11:30 - 12:00 PM State of the Art Address: TIPS vs PCS: Results of the NIH Clinical Trial
12:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch on your own with Exhibit and Poster Viewing
2:00 - 5:00 PM Free Papers (Liver & Pancreas/Biliary)
5:10 - 5:20 PM AHPBA Research Grant Presentation and Fellow’s Report
5:20 - 5:50 PM AHPBA Business Meeting
7:30 - 11:00 PM AHPBA/SAGES Main Event: John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

Saturday, April 16, 2005

7:30 - 8:30 AM Invited Video Sessions: (Liver & Pancreas/Biliary)
8:30 - 9:00 AM State of the Art Lectures: Esophagogastric Devascularization for Bleeding Varices; Management of Chronic Pancreatic Pain in Patients with Small Duct Disease
9:00 - 10:15 AM Debate Sessions: (Liver & Pancreas/Biliary)
10:30 - 11:00 AM IHPBA Address
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Gallbladder Cancer Discovered After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM AHPBA/SSAT Joint Symposium: Training in HPB Surgery: Past, Present, and Future
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch on your own with Exhibit and Poster Viewing
2:00-3:30 PM AHPBA/AASLD Joint Symposium: Organ Allocation Policy for Liver Transplantation
2:00 - 5:00 PM SAGES/AHPBA/ACS Joint Symposium: Modern Management of Colon Cancer
4:00 - 5:30 PM Free Papers (Liver Transplantation)
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM Saturday Night at Famed South Beach

Sunday, April 17, 2005

6:30 - 7:30 AM Symposium: Ablation of Liver Tumors
6:30 - 7:30 AM Competitive Submissions Video Session: Pancreas/Biliary
7:30 - 9:30 AM Free Papers (Liver & Pancreas/Biliary)
9:30 - 10:00 AM State of the Art Address: Ethics, Safety and Efficacy of Implementing New Technologies in HPB Surgery
10:00 - 11:30 AM Symposia: Strategies to Improve Outcomes in Patients Undergoing HPB Surgery; Liver Transplantation in Latin/South America
11:30 - 12:30 PM Closing Comments