Latin American Meeting on Treatment of Viral Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection
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Date(s)
20 Mar 2015 - 21 Mar 2015
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
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Latin American Meeting on Treatment of Viral Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection 2015

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Program

Day 1 - Friday, 20 March 2015

Session 1: Current Challenges Treatment of HBV -
Opening lecture: State of the Art lecture
Maria Buti, MD, PhD
Hospital General Universitari Valle Hebron, Spain
Invited lecture: Update on CROI / APASL
Rafael Esteban, MD
Hospital Vall’ Hebron, Spain
Session 2: Clinical Management of HBV -
Invited lecture: What is happening in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, etc.)
David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, MD, PhD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Clinical, demographic and epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis B virus infected patients of a university public hospital of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro
Regional Hospital of Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Session 3: Future Treatment Options for HBV -
Invited lecture: HBV and immunosuppression
Maria Lucia Ferraz
Maria Lucia Ferraz, MD, PhD
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Satellite slot -- Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Day 2 - Saturday, 21 March 2015

Session 4: Current challenges in Treatment of HCV -
Invited lecture: Treatment challenges in Transplant patients
Gregory Everson, MD
University of Colorado, USA
Invited lecture: Current Treatment options co-infected patients
Jürgen Rockstroh, MD
University of Bonn, Germany
Invited lecture: What are the options in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, etc)
Carlos Eduardo Brandão, MD, PhD
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Session 5: Abstract driven presentations / Round table discussion -
Abstract driven presentations / Round table discussion / clinical cases
Session 6: The Future of Hepatitis Management -
Invited lecture: State of the art lecture on IFN- free treatment option
Christophe Hézode, MD, PhD
Gilead Sciences, France
Invited lecture: is PrEP for Hepatitis an option?
Jürgen Rockstroh, MD
University of Bonn, Germany
Session 7: Round Table Discussion: Access to Care -
Invited lecture: Pricing strategies
Fabio Mesquita
Fabio Mesquita, MD
Ministry of Health’s Department of STDs, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Invited lecture: Community Perspective
Carlos Varaldo
Carlos Varaldo, ME
Grupo Otimismo
Overview
Welcome

Dear Colleagues,

A very successful  4th Latin American Meeting on Treatment of Viral Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection was held in the Tivoli Mofarrej Hotel in São Paulo, Brazil on March 20-21, 2015.

We  would like to thank all invited speakers and participants for their contribution to this workshop and our sponsors Janssen, AbbVie, Gilead, MSD and Gilead Brazil for making this event possible.

Yours sincerely,
The Program Committee

Program Committee
Marcelo Silva
Marcelo Silva, MD
Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver, Austral University Hospital, Argentina
Committees
Organizing Committee

The members of the Organizing Committee (OC)  are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They come together on a frequent basis to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers and review all submitted abstracts.

Lucy Dagher
Lucy Dagher, MD
Metropolitana, Caracas; iver Clinic in the Teaching Hospital Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas
Maria Lucia Ferraz
Maria Lucia Ferraz, MD, PhD
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
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