Czech Society of Hepatology and the Foundation of the Czech Society of Hepatology,
18th-20th Sept 2008
Venue: Diplomat Hotel and Congress Centre,
Location: Prague, Czech Republic.
URL: http://www.congressprague.cz/en/kongresy/phm2008.html
A symposium on Hepatitis shall take place at the HPA Annual Scientific Conference at Warwick on Tuesday, 16th September 2008. The symposium, entitled "Beating hepatitis - the problems and the solutions" is organised around three presentation sessions focusing on:
- The role of the laboratory in public health with hepatitis as a case study.
- Inequalities in health - Examples from hepatitis, and targeted approaches to case finding and management.
- Commissioning services for hepatitis C treatment and prevention.
A poster session will be held after lunch and the day will end with questions to an expert panel around the support that the HPA can lend to providers and commissioners to deliver effective prevention and care for hepatitis C.
Further information and details on the sessions are available at:
www.healthprotectionconference.org.uk
59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
October 31 - November 4, 2008
San Francisco, CA Moscone West Convention Center
URL: https://www.aasld.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=08AM
EHPBA Meet the Experts Conference: Techniques and Technologies in HPB Surgery
November 20-22, 2008
This will be an exciting interactive meet the experts conference looking at all the new technologies and techniques in HPB Surgery. We
look forward to welcoming you to Leeds to meet with many of the world's leading HPB experts. This conference is suitable for established HPB
surgeons, physicians, radiologists and trainees. Places will be limited to 250 so book early to avoid disappointment.
Programme available for download
The web link for registration is as follows:
https://reg.istrations.com/delegate/events/LDSEHPBA08
Two and a half day symposiums run by senior staff of the UCL Institute of Hepatology and the Royal Free Hospital with speakers from USA, France, Germany and Belgium. Programme giving an overview for clinicians and medical scientists, concentrating on clinical realities and developments in patient management. Topics include viral hepatitis, transplantation, liver failure, liver and bile duct cancer, non-invasive blood tests, fibroscanning and insights in encephalopathy.
Programme available for download
Scientific Secretariat: Prof R Williams, Prof H Hodgson. Course Administrator, Lynn Knight, Royal Free & University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Centre for Hepatology, Upper 3 rd Floor, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK. Tel: 020 7433 2851
E-mail: l.knight@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
Website: www.hepatology.org.uk
Following on from last years successful 'Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas' meeting, this next conference in our state of the art GI series will address the major challenges and controversies in the management of cholangiocarcinoma. This conference is appropriate for hepatologists, endoscopists, surgeons, oncologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses and other clinicians with an interest in cholangiocarcinoma.
Programme available for download
For further details please call the conference team on 020 7808 2921 or email conferencecentre@rmh.nhs.uk
