From Bench to Bedside: Viral Hepatitis, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course

• Increase knowledge about viral hepatitis
• Review the epidemiology, prevention and outcome of viral hepatitis
• Enhance attendees’ understanding of diagnosis of hepatitis
• Increase knowledge about the treatment of viral hepatitis and follow-up
• Demonstrate through case discussions all the steps to diagnose and treat chronic viral hepatitis

 Course Venue

The Green Park Hotel, Bostanci, Istanbul, Turkey
Hotel Website

 Contact Person

Prof Hakan Leblebicioglu
Department of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology
Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School
Samsun, Turkey
Phone +90 362 312 1919/2480
hakanomu@yahoo.com 

 Friday, 13 November 2009

Diagnosis of viral hepatitis
Chairs: Haluk Vahaboglu, Andy Hoepelman

• Genotyping of viral hepatitis: do we need it? Mithat Bozdayi
  Presentation
• HBV DNA quantification: How? When? Valeria Ghisetti
  Presentation
• Occult hepatitis B. Resat Ozaras
  Presentation
• Staging and grading of chronic viral hepatitis. Cenk Sokmensuer
  Presentation

Acute viral hepatitis: treatment and prevention
Chairs: Iftihar Koksal, Dominique Salmon

• Treatment of acute hepatitis C: to wait or not to wait. Will Irwing
  Presentation
• Fulminant viral hepatitis and transplantation. Yilmaz Cakaloglu
  Presentation
• Viral hepatitis in pregnancy. Hasan S.Z. Aksu
  Presentation
• Prevention of Hepatitis B, C, D. J.E. Arends
  Presentation

Workshops: Case studies (three groups in rotation)

• Group A: Discussion and interpretation of viral hepatitis serology. Hakan Leblebicioglu
  Presentation
• Group B: Autoimmune hepatitis and interpretation of liver related tests (e.g. ANA, ASMA etc.). Ramazan Idilman
  Presentation
• Group C: Liver cirrhosis. Necati Ormeci
  Presentation

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Chairs: Fehmi Tabak, Valeria Ghisetti

• HBV drug resistance and management. Hans L Zaaijer
  Presentation
• Management of chronic hepatitis B: making the right choice. J. E. Arends
  Presentation
• Treatment of non-responders. Bulent Degertekin
  Presentation

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C
Chairs: Gaye Usluer, Will Irwing

• HCV viral kinetics and predictors of response. Hakan Senturk
  Presentation
• Tailored therapy of chronic hepatitis C. Nurdan Tozun
  Presentation
• Treatment of non-responders. Philippe Sogni
  Presentation
• New hepatitis C antiviral drugs. Hakan Erdem
  Presentation

Workshop: Case studies (three groups in rotation)

• Group A: Co-infection, HIV-HBV, HBV-HCV, HIV-HBV-HCV. Dominique Salmon
  Presentation 1 
  Presentation 2
• Group B: Clinical management of immuncompromised patients with chronic hepatitis B. Ran Tur-Kaspa
  Presentation
• Group C: Side effect management of treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Can Polat Eyigun
  Presentation