Agenda

Session 1: Biology and Immunology of HCC

Moderator - Dr. Kevin Kim

9:00am - 9:10am

Welcome and Opening - University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mark Gladwin, MD

9:10am - 9:20am
Programs Introduction
Dr. Cullen and Dr. Maluf
University of Maryland Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) and
University of Maryland Transplant Center

9:20am - 9:35am

Liquid Biopsy for Liver Cancer
Zurabi Lominadze MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hepatology), UMSOM

9:35am - 9:50am

Stem Cell in Liver Cancer
Raphael PH Meier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplant), UMSOM

9:50am - 10:05am

Curing Cancer with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Petre Hausner MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

10:05am - 10:20am

Genomic Medicine – Application to HCC Pathogenesis and Management
Aiwu Ruth He, MD
Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Georgetown School of Medicine

10:20am - 10:35am

New Novel Agents for Liver Cancers
Aaron Ciner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

10:35am - 10:50am

Adoptive Cell Therapies for Liver Cancer
Djordje Atanackovic, MD
Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

10:50am - 11:05am

Oncolytic Viral Therapies, Intratumoral Treatments and Immune Modulation for Liver Cancer
Rahul Sheth, MD
Professor of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Introduction of the Key Note Speaker – Dr. Kirti Shetty
Professor of Medicine (Hepatology), UMSOM

Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Yixing Jiang
Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

11:05am - 11:35am

Future of Liver Cancer Therapies
Tim F. Greten MD
Senior Investigator & Head Gastrointestinal Malignancies Section, TGMB
Co-Director, NCI CCR Liver Cancer Program
CCR / National Cancer Institute

11:30am - 12:00pm

Q&A and Discussions
Moderators: Dr. Daniel Maluf, Dr. Petr Hausner and Dr. Kevin Kim
Professor of Surgery (Transplant), UMSOM
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM
Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch and Exhibitors

Session 2: Clinical Session

Moderator – Dr. Kirti Shetty

1:00pm - 1:15pm

The State-of-the Art Liver Cancer Imaging; Prognosticators/Predictors and Radiomics
Barton Lane, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMSOM

1:15pm - 1:30pm

Rick Stratification and Targeted Surveillance Strategies
Neehar Parikh MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hepatology), University of Michigan

1:30pm - 1:45pm

Immunotherapy for HCC Updates
Ghassan About-Alfa, MD
Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1:45pm - 2:00pm

Management of Recurrent HCC after Liver Transplantation
Paul Thuluvath, MD
Medical Director, The Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy Health, UMSOM

2:00pm - 2:15pm

HCC Clinical Management and Treatment Algorithm and HCC Clinical Trials
Kevin Kim, MD MHS
Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM

2:15pm - 2:45pm | Q&A and Discussions

Moderators: Dr. Chandra Bhatti, Dr. Yixing Jiang and Dr. Kirti Shetty
Professor of Surgery (Transplant), UMSOM
Professor of Medicine (Oncology), UMSOM
Professor of Medicine (Hepatology), UMSOM

Session 3: Local Therapies for HCC

Moderator – Dr. Chandra Bhatti

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Robotic Liver Resection
Richelle Toni-Gaye Williams MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Oncology), University of Maryland School of Medicine

3:00pm - 3:15pm

CRLM/NET/ICC and Liver Transplant
Trevor Reichman, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Liver Cancer
Elizabeth Ponfret, MD
Professor of Surgery (Transplant), University of Colorado School of Medicine

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Cholangiocarcinoma – Transplant vs Liver Resection
Chandra Bhatti, MD
Professor of Surgery (Transplant), University of Maryland School of Medicine

3:45pm - 4:00pm

Image-Guided Definitive, Bridging and Destination Therapies for Liver Cancer
Vahid Etezadi, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

4:00pm – 4:15pm

Proton Therapy for HCC
Dan Kunaprayoon, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

4:15pm - 4:45pm

Q&A and Discussions
Moderators: Dr. Nader Hanna, Dr. Kirti Shetty and Dr. Chandra Bhatti
Professor of Surgery (Oncology), UMSOM
Professor of Medicine (Hepatology), UMSOM
Professor of Surgery (Transplant), UMSOM

4:45pm

Closing Remark and Adjourn
Dr. Daniel Maluf and Dr. Kevin Kim