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

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Invited lecture: Update on CROI / APASL

Rafael Esteban, MD

Hospital Vall’ Hebron, Spain

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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

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Clinical, demographic and epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis B virus infected patients of a university public hospital of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro

Regional Hospital of Presidente Prudente, Brazil

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Session 3: Future Treatment Options for HBV -

Invited lecture: HBV and immunosuppression

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

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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

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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

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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, MD

Ministry of Health’s Department of STDs, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis

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Invited lecture: Community Perspective

Carlos Varaldo, ME

Grupo Otimismo

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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

Mauro Schechter, MD, PhD

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo Silva, MD

Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver, Austral University Hospital, Argentina

David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, MD, PhD

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico

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.

Metropolitana, Caracas; iver Clinic in the Teaching Hospital Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas

Maria Lucia Ferraz, MD, PhD

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

Support

In collaboration with