In a collaborative multidisciplinary effort between Northwestern University and Rush University, The University of Chicago, and Loyola University, we are happy to announce that Chicago, Illinois was chosen for this edition of the ILCA School of Liver Cancer 2022.
The ILCA School is a unique learning platform for practitioners and investigators to receive education in an intense, interactive, and multidisciplinary format. Topics will include hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma.
Date: Thursday, May 26 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday, May 27 8:0 am to 11:45 am
Location: Hyatt Centric, 633 N St Clair St
Target audience: MD/DO, APP, RNs, trainees, students
Admission Cost: Free registration, limited to 90, first-come first-served, seating will respect social distancing policy
Programme
Day 1: Thursday May 26, 2022 | |
Chicago Time (GMT -5) | |
07:15 – 08:00 | Breakfast and Sign in |
08:00 – 08:15 | Welcome Address Riad Salem MD, MBA (Chief, Interventional Radiology) |
IMAGING AND MANAGEMENT OF HCC (Chair: Robert Lewandowski MD) |
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08:15 – 08:30 | Screening for HCC Amit Singal (Professor, Hepatology, Univ of Texas) |
08:30 – 08:45 | Imaging diagnosis of HCC and LI-RADS Amir Borhani (Professor, Radiology, Northwestern) |
08:45 – 09:00 | Staging of HCC: What’s the best system? Laura Kulik (Professor, Hepatology, Northwestern) |
THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF HCC | |
09:00- 09:30 | Ghassan-Abou Alfa, MD (Professor of Medical Oncology, Weill-Cornell University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York) |
09:30- 09:45 | Q&A |
09:45 – 10:00 | Coffee Break & Networking |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF HCC (Chair: Juan Caicedo MD) |
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10:00- 10:20 | Transplantation: State of the Art Karim Halazun, MD (Chief of Transplantation, NYU Langone, New York) |
10:20 – 10:40 | Surgical Resection: Novel approaches Juan Caicedo, MD (Professor of Transplant Surgery, Northwestern) |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HCC (Chair: Aparna Kalyan MD) |
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10:40 – 11:00 | NASH related HCC treatments- the known and unknowns Anjana Pillai, MD (Associate Professor, Hepatology, University of Chicago) |
11:00 – 11:20 | FIRST AND SECOND LINE THERAPIES FOR HCC: Here’s the rundown Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD (Professor of Medical Oncology, Weill-Cornell University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) |
11:20 – 11:40 | IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY IN HCC: What’s all the fuss about? Devalingam Mahalingam, MD PhD (Professor, Oncology, Northwestern) |
11:40- 12:00 | Q&A |
12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch Break |
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HCC (Chair: Amit Singal MD) |
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12:45 – 13:00 | ABLATION +/- Embolization: What’s the rationale? Chris Molvar, MD (Assistant Professor, Loyola University) |
13:00 – 13:15 | TRANSARTERIAL THERAPY: Is the evidence there? Riad Salem, MD, MBA (Professor, Radiology, Northwestern) |
POST-TREATMENT FOLLOW-UP IN HCC (Chair: Amir Borhani MD) |
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13:15 – 13:30 | POST-THERAPY HCC IMAGING FOLLOW-UP: Why is it so hard? Ahsun Riaz, MD (Associate Professor, Radiology, Northwestern) |
13:30 – 13:45 | IMPORTANCE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TUMOR BOARD in HCC: How does that work? Sheila Eswaran, MD – (Associate Professor, Hepatology Rush University) |
13:45- 14:00 | Q&A |
14:00 – 14:15 | Coffee Break and Networking |
PRECLINICAL RESEARCH IN HCC (Chair: Parissa Tabrizian MD) |
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14:15 – 14:30 | TRANSLATIONAL MODELS OF HCC: Do they really translate? Sam Mouli, MD (Assistant Professor, Northwestern) |
14:30 – 14:45 | HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS AND MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION: The Next Frontier Anjana Pillai MD, MD (Associate Professor, University of Chicago) |
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN HCC IN THE LAST DECADE | |
14:45 – 15:00 | Riad Salem, MD MBA (Professor, Radiology, Northwestern) |
15:00- 15:15 | Q&A |
*Hepatocellular Carcinoma TUMOR BOARD (Case Presenter: Riad Salem, MD MBA) |
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15:15 – 16:30 | Panel
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Day 2: Friday May 27, 2022 | |
07:15 – 08:00 | Breakfast |
HIHGLIGHTS FROM DAY 1 ILCA SCHOOL-take home points | |
08:00 – 08:15 | Riad Salem, MD MBA (Professor, Northwestern University) |
MANAGEMENT OF INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA (CHAIR: Laura Kulik, MD) |
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08:15 – 08:30 | DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF ICC: Are all CCs the same? Aparna Kalyan, MD (Associate Professor, Medical Oncology, Northwestern University) |
08:30 – 09:00 | SURGICAL RESECTION AND OLT for ICC: Do patients benefit? Parissa Tabrizian, MD (Assistant Professor, Transplant Surgery, Mount Sinai) |
09:00 – 09:20 | MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ICC: Have we made progress? Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD (Professor of Medical Oncology, Weill-Cornell University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) |
09:20 – 09:40 | INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ICC: Where’s the beef? Robert Lewandowski, MD (Professor, Northwestern University) |
09:40- 10:00 | Q&A |
10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee Break and Networking |
Cholangiocarcinoma TUMOR BOARD (Case Presenter: Ahsun Riaz, MD) |
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10:15 – 11:30 | Panel
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CLOSING COMMENTS ILCA School | |
11:30 – 11:40 | Riad Salem, MD, MBA (Professor, Radiology, Northwestern) |
“We were distinctly honoured to be granted the opportunity to run the ILCA School by the governing board. We had a world class faculty, presenting cutting edge topics with contemporary data, topped off with lively yet respectful debate. We all share a passion for helping patients with HCC and Cholangiocarcinoma, and the 1.5 day school embodied that spirit.” – Riad Salem MD MBA, Northwestern University