APASL STC / PSSLD Annual Meeting 5-8 Dec Islamabad Pakistan

Program

Time Activity
0900-0930 Registration

DAY 1: Thursday, 05 Dec 2019

Venue: Marriot Islamabad
Session-I Post Graduates Day: Research Workshop
Time: 0930-1110 hrs.
Director: Yasir Waheed
Time Topic Speaker
0930-0940 Welcome Message Masood Siddiq
0940-1000 Study Designs in Medical Research Dilshad Ahmed Khan
1000-1020 Ethics & Integrity in Research Saeed Sadiq Hamid
1020-1040 Data Management & Analysis Aamir Ijaz
1040-1100 How to do a good Meta-Analysis Fasiha Kanwal
1100-1110 Q & A and Discussion
1110-1140 Tea Break

DAY 1: Thursday, 05 Dec 2019

Session-II Post Graduates Day: Research Workshop (Contn’d)
Time: 1140-1310 hrs.
Time Topic Speaker
1140-1200 How to Write a Good Research Paper Amna Subhan Butt
1200-1220 Translational Research “Its Impact on Health Outcomes” Syed Mohammad Wasim Jafri
1220-1240 How to Publish in High Quality Scientific Journals Fasiha Kanwal
1240-1300 How to Improve Research Paper before Submission into Journal and Pre-submission Checklist Yasir Waheed
1300-1310 Q & A and Discussion
1310-1500 Lunch
DAY 1: Thursday, 05 Dec 2019
Venue: Marriot Islamabad
Session-III Post Graduates Day - Case based PG workshop
Time: 1450 – 1830 hrs.
Director Mohammed Salih
Asst-Director Yasir Abbas
Time Cases Speaker Supervisor Moderator Topic Chair persons

1450-1500 Introduction by Workshop Director

1500-1520 Case-1 Hammad Azam Jehanzeb Afridi Refractory Ascites • Kadir

Dockmeci
Acute on Chronic recurrent • Necati Ormeci
1520-1540 Case-2 Waqar Ali Shah Adil Naseer Khan Masood Siddiq Encephalopathy • Rauf Memon
Variceal Bleed Management after
1540-1600 Case-3 Kumail Hassan Kazmi Farrukh Saeed
Endoscopy failure
1600-1610 Wrap up by chairs

1610-1630 Case-4 Ghulam Fareed Amna Subhan Butt Sepsis induced ACLF • Seyed
Moayed
1630-1650 Case-5 Ajeet Kumar Zahid Azam Altaf Alam HBV induced ALF Alavian
• Farrukh
1650-1710 Case-6 Hyder Wajid Abbasi Mashood Ali Khan DILI (Anti TB Drugs induced) Saeed
• Nadeem
1710-1720 Wrap up by chairs Tehami
Pre-transplant Assessment and Transplant • Norah Terrault
1720-1740 Case-7 Adnan Shabbir Akif Dilshad
in CLD because of NASH • Bilal Hameed
1740-1800 Case-8 Ali Qadeer Zaigham Abbas Muhammad Salih PBC case scenario • Najam Ul
Hasssan Shah
Autoimmune Hepatitis Resistant to
1800-1820 Case-9 Umair Shafqat Shahid Rasool
Steroids
1820-1830 Wrap up by chairs

1900-1930 Dinner

1930 Transfer and Check in Serena Hotel Islamabad

This session will be case based presentations by PG GI trainees; it will be 10 min presentation and 10 min discussion
DAY 2: Friday, 06 Dec 2019
Venue: Serena Islamabad
Session-I Public Health Seminar
Time: 0900-1040 hrs.
Moderator: Arsalan Shahzad
Chairs: Zhongping Duan, Syed Mohammad Wasim Jafri, Bikha Ram
Time Topic Speakers
0900-0910 Opening and WELCOME Masood Siddiq
0910-0925 Who is Spreading Hepatitis What are we doing about it? Faisal Wasim Ismail
0925-0940 Role of Transfusion Services in Prevention of Hepatitis Nuzhat Salamat
0940-0955 Decentralizing the HCV Health Care Delivery to Primary Care - is it time? Ghias un Nabi Tayyab
0955-1010 Good and Simplified Service Delivery for HCV Care in a Resource Limited Country Imam Waked
1010-1025 Key challenges for HCV Elimination in Public Health Domain Fasiha Kanwal
1025-1040 Effective Policy for HCV Elimination, Ways and Means Ministry of Health (Masood)
1040-1100 Tea break

DAY 2: Friday, 06 Dec 2019

Session-II Public Health Seminar
Time: 1100-1300 hrs
Moderator Saad Rao
Chairs: Javaid Aslam Butt, Tassawar Hussain, Om Parkash
Time Topic Speakers
1100-1115 Is Prevention on Back Burner in the Era of DAAs? Hassan Mahmood
1115-1130 Global Progress in Elimination of Hepatitis What do the Numbers Tell us? Saeed Sadiq Hamid
1130-1145 Role of Innovation in Technology and delivery approach for Elimination of Viral Hepatitis Norah Terrault
1145-1200 HCV Elimination, Lessons from Egypt Imam Waked
1200-1215 Q&A – Discussion
1215-1230 HCV Elimination in Pakistan Huma Qureshi
1230-1245 Changing the Behavior Public and Personal - does it Matter? Mowadat Hussain Rana
1245-1300 Media Partnership for HCV and HBV Elimination Wasif Nagi – Geo Group
1300-1400 Lunch & Juma Prayer
DAY 2: Friday, 06 Dec 2019
Session-III Public Health Seminar
Time: 1400-1530
Moderator Shakeel Mirza
Chairs: Zaigham Abbas, Ejaz Mohammad Khan, Javed Afridi,
Time Topic Speakers
1400-1415 Role of Professional Bodies In HCV Elimination, Is Some Body Listening? Masood Siddiq
1415-1430 HEV Vaccine – Immunogenicity and who should be vaccinated Chinese
1430-1445 Politics of Advocacy for Hepatitis Elimination - Who should own it? DG Health
• Khalid Mahmood Gondal
1445-1505 Patients Perspective
• Ali Noor
1505-1530 Q&A - Discussion

DAY 2: Friday 06 Dec 2019

Session-IV Inaugural Session
Time: 1600-1700
1530 Guests to be seated
1600 Arrival of the Chief Guest
1602 National Anthem
1605 Recitation of The Holy Quran
1610-1615 Welcome Address by The President PSSLD & Chair Organizing Committee Masood Siddiq
1615-1620 Address by the Representative of Chinese Delegates Yuemin Nan
1620-1625 Address by the Patron PSSLD Syed Mohammad Wasim Jafri
1625-1630 Presentation of Memento to the Chief Guest by the president PSSLD
1630-1635 Speech by Chief Guest
1635 Close of Ceremony
Tea Break
DAY 2: Friday, 06 Dec 2019
Session-V Regional Perspectives
Time: 1715-1820
Moderator Junaid Saleem
Chairs: Noor Mohammad, Bakht Biland, Kamran Hassan
1715-1725 Elimination of Viral Hepatitis - Progress in Azerbaijan Gulnara Aghayeva
1725-1740 Elimination of Viral Hepatitis - Progress in Bangladesh Salim Ur Rehman
1740-1750 Elimination of Viral Hepatitis - Progress in Iran Seyed Moayed Alavian
1750-1800 Elimination of Viral Hepatitis - Progress in Turkey Kadir / Necati
1800-1810 Elimination of Viral Hepatitis - Progress in China Zhongping Duan
1810-1830 Change Over

DAY 2: Friday 06 Dec 2019

Session-VI Free Papers
Time: 1830-2000
Chairs: Asim Anwar, Junaid Saleem, Zahid Azam, Nazish Butt
1830-2000 Free papers

2030 Dinner
DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019
Venue: Serena Islamabad
Session-I: HBV Symposium I
Time: 0900-0945 hrs.
Moderator Nadeem Zia
Chairs: Shoaib Shafi, H.M. Ashraf, Shuang Liu
Time Topic Speakers
0900-0915 HBV Viral Quasi-species and its Clinical Significance Li Chen
0915-0930 Effect of Hirudin on Farnessol X Receptor Pathway during Acute Intrahepatic Cholestasis Fan Yang
0930-0945 Nucleoside Analogues Combined with TCM Anti-Fibrosis Ameliorate Prognosis of Chronic Hepatitis B Yuemin Nan
0945-0950 Q&A

DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019

Session-II: HDV Symposium
Time: 0955-1115 hrs.
Moderator Zafar Ali Qureshi
Chairs: Muzaffar Latif Gill, Saeed Sadiq Hamid, Nasir Luck
Time Topic Speakers
State of the Art lecture:
0955-1020 Mario Rizetto
HDV Replication and Detection In Hepatocytes
0955-1010 Distribution of HDV Genotypes and its effects on disease course and response to treatment Gulnara Aghayeva
1010-1025 The Oncogenic role of HDV infection Zaigham Abbas
Epidemiology of HDV Infection in Middle East Countries and Iranian experience with therapy and control of
1025-1040 Seyed Moayed Alavian
HDV infection.
1040-1045 HDV Management in 2019 and beyond? Mario Rizetto
1045-1115 Q&A
1115-1130 Tea Break
DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019
Session-III: HBV Symposium II
Time: 1130-1250 hrs.
Moderator: Lubna Kamani
Chair: SM Munir, Altaf Baqir Naqvi, Sharbath Khan
1130-1145 Mother to child transmission, HBV Management in Pregnancy Altaf Alam
1145-1200 Management of HBV Cirrhotics with and without Co-infection Sadik Memon
1200-1215 Management of CHB in Patients with kidney disease Arif Mehmood Siddiqui
1215-1220 Q&A
State of the Art lecture:
1220-1255 Norah Terrault
HBV from Functional to Complete Cure, Do East & West Differ in their Approach?
1255-1400 Lunch & Prayer

DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019

Session-IV: HCV
Time: 1400-1600 hrs.
Moderator Faisal Wasim Ismail
Chairs: Altaf Alam, Farrukh Saeed, Shumail Zafar,
Time Topic Speaker
1400-1415 Point of Care Testing in HCV Saeed Sadiq Hamid
1415-1430 HCV Treatment Naïve in 2019 Ghias un Nabi Tayyab
1430-1445 Treatment Failure in Era of DAAs Zaigham Abbas
1445-1500 Detection of residual HCV-RNA in patients who have achieved SVR is associated with persistent histological Jinmin Zhao
abnormality
1500-1515 Management of HCV in Decompensated CLD Bilal Hameed
1515-1530 Post Liver Transplant HCV Treatment Norah Terrault
1530-1535 Q&A
1535-1600 State of the Art Lecture: Syed Mohammad Wasim Jafri
HCV Management Landscape in Asia - Clinical Reality
1600-1610 Break
DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019
Session-V: Care of Cirrhotics Clinical Hepatology
Time: 1610-1710 hrs.
Moderator Adil Naseer
Chairs: Arif Nadeem, Bakht Biland, Noor Muhammad
Time Topic Speaker
1610-1625 Diagnosis of Cirrhosis Staging and Clinical Significance Muzaffar Latif Gill
1625-1640 Management of Ascites in Cirrhotics Amjad Salamat
1640-1655 Role of Albumin in Cirrhotics Beyond Plasma Expansion Nadeem Tehami
1655-1710 Variceal Bleed, New Developments Building on Old Knowledge Necati Ormeci
1710-1730 Tea Break

DAY 3: Saturday 07 Dec 2019

Session-VI Cirrhosis - Potpouri
Time: 1730-1900
Moderator Mashood Ali
Chairs: Bashir Sheikh, Sadiq Achakzai, Mohammad Inayatullah
Time Topic Speaker
1730-1745 Diagnosis and Management of NAFLD Jiangao Fan
1745-1800 Hepatic Encephalopathy – A Practical Approach Israr Toor
1800-1815 Optimal and Effective use of Medications in Cirrhotics Bilal Hameed
1800-1830 Multi detector CT for Hepatic Fibrosis, parameters and accuracy Aman Nawaz Khan Ustrana
1830-1845 Pain Management in Cirrhotics Saleem ur Rehman
1845-1900 Algorithms in Care of Cirrhosis vs Traditional Approach or Combination - Pros and Cons Fasiha Kanwal
1900-1910 Q&A

2000-2045 Dinner
2100 Cultural Evening
DAY 4: Sunday 08 Dec 2019
Venue: Serena Islamabad
Session-I Free papers
Time: 0800-0915
Chairs: Asim Anwar, Junaid Saleem, Zahid Azam, Nazish Butt
0800-0915 Free Paper Session

DAY 4: Sunday 08 Dec 2019

Session-II: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Time: 0930-1115 hrs.
Moderator: Asif Farooq
Chairs: Shahid Rasool, Ehsan Kiyani, Shahzad Riaz
Time Topic Speaker
0930-0945 What should Pakistan do to have an Effective Surveillance for HCC Zahid Azam
0945-1000 HCC treatment BCLS or modified model Najam Ul Hassan Shah
1000-1015 Loco regional Curative and Non-Curative Therapies for HCC Kadir Dockmeci
1015-1030 Out of criterion TACE for HCC Atif Rana
1030-1045 Out of Criterion LDLT for HCC Faisal Saud Dar
1045-1115 Tea break

DAY 4: Sunday 08 Dec 2019

Session-III: CLD and NASH
Time: 1130-1215
Moderator: Arshad Abbasi
Chairs: Tanveer Hussain, Ayesha Niazi, Adil Naseer Khan,
Time Topic Speaker
1115-1130
Imaging in Chronic Liver Disease Ehsan Kiyani
1130-1145 Noninvasive Serological Markers of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis Habib Jadoon
1145-1200 Pathophysiology of NASH Mohammad Salih
1200-1215 Future Therapies for NASH Bilal Hameed
DAY 4: Sunday 08 Dec 2019
Session-IV: Case Based Workshops
Venue: Board Rooms
Time: 1235-1405 hrs.
Time Topic Target audience Facilitators

1235-1405 Specific Liver Diseases of Pregnancy General Zaigham Abbas, Lubna Kamani, Amna Subhan Butt,
Saeed Sadiq Hamid, Bilal Hameed, Mohammad Naseer,
1235-1405 NASH General
Om Prakash
Syed Mohammad Wasim Jafri, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Naeem
1235-1405 HCV Diagnosis and Treatment GPs/PGs
Ullah
1235-1405 MDT for HCC PGs Najam ul Hassan Shah, Norah Terrault, Muhammad Salih

Closing Ceremony 1410-1430 hrs.

Prize & Certificate Distribution

Lunch 1430-1500 hrs.