Hepatitis B: Optimizing Diagnosis and Management to Achieve Elimination

Nov 11 2023
Room 304/306 - Hynes Convention Center
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Speakers

Jordan J. Feld

Toronto Centre for Liver Disease/Viral Hepatitis Care Network (VIRCAN), University Health Network

Harry L. A. Janssen

Erasmus Medical Center

Mindie H. Nguyen

Stanford University Medical Center

Edward J Gane

Auckland Clinical Studies Limited

Norah Terrault

University of Southern California

Description

To meet the WHO's goal of eliminating chronic hepatitis B by 2030, healthcare professionals, such as general practitioners and allied health professionals, must optimize the cascade of diagnosis and care. They play a key role in expanding treatment criteria, treating more patients, and simplifying treatment leading to HBV cure using new biomarkers. We will identify and explain the problems in HBV management from different healthcare

Objectives

  • Optimize HBV screening and simplify treatment
  • Optimize the cascade of care and be more successful in HBV treatment, using expanded treatment criteria and biomarkers