October 14, 2007
San Francisco, California

Course Directors:
William T. Merritt, MD, Michael A.E. Ramsay, MD

October 14 , 2007

Welcome & Introduction
William T. Merritt, MD

Low vs. Normal CVP - PRO/CON
Moderator: Becky Schroeder, MD

The (not so) Good Old Days
J. Antonio Aldrete, MD

TEE/CV Management During OLT
Andrew Burtenshaw, MD

"Dry" OLT Management
Luc Massicotte, MD

"Not So Dry" Management
Becky Schroeder, MD

CVP: Considerations for Renal Function; Liver Resection
Claus Niemann, MD

Hepatitis C

The Hepatitis C Patient
Norah A. Terrault, MD, MPH

Jehovah's Witness Management

Jehovah's Witness Management
Earl M. Strum, MD

Issues in Critical Care Medicine
Moderator: David Plevak, MD

MELD and its Perioperative Utility
Victor Xia, MD

Glucose Control in the Perioperative OLT Patient
Mark T. Keegan, MD

Primary Non-Function
Henry Randall, MD

"Robust yet Fragile"- Reflections on the Biologic and Technologic Networks of Liver Transplantation"
Marie Csete, MD, PhD

Prognostic Scoring System for ICU Post-OLT Length of Stay
Geraldine Diaz, MD

Lunch/Case Presentations
Moderator: William T. Merritt, MD

Case #1: Too Many Bubbles!
Yoogoo Kang, MD

Case #2: Paradoxical Air Emboli
Zaki-udin Hassan, MD

Case #3: Will Bleed or Not - That is the Question!
Ralph Fuchs, MD

Acute Liver Failure
Moderator: Randolph Steadman, MD

Issues in ICP Management
Alberto Ramos, MD

Acute Liver Failure - The Mayo Experience
James Findlay, MB, ChB, FRCA

Acute Liver Failure -- The UCSF Experience
Michael A. Gropper MD, PhD

Hyponatremia

Hyponatremia
David Wright, MD

Donation After Cardiac Death

Issues in DCD
Zoltan Hevesi, MD

UNOS

UNOS Credentials Report
Randolph Steadman, MD

Case Presentations
Moderator: Michael A.E. Ramsay, MD

Case #4: Cardiac surgery and OLT
Claus Niemann, MD

Case #5: You Need a Heart and a Liver
Geraldine Diaz, MD