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The First San Antonio Liver Cancer Symposium will be held virtually on October 1-2, 2021. This unique meeting will be a 2-day powerful “symposium” with focused stimulating talks and interactive panels, with the aim to foster and advance collaborations in the field of liver cancer. This conference will cover topics in epidemiology, pre-clinical, translational and clinical advances in liver cancer, including survivorship and pediatrics.



The conference link, log in and password will be emailed to each registered participant on September 30.



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SPEAKERS

Confirmed Speakers To Date

 Naim Alkhouri, MD
Arizona Liver Health, Phoenix, AZ


Sukeshi Patel Arora, MD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Boris Blechacz, MD
Columbia, SC


Raudel Bobadilla, MPH, CHW-I
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Sherri Cervantez, MD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



Francisco Cigarroa, MD
Transplant Center, San Antonio, TX


Katherine Crow, MS, PA-C
Texas Liver Tumor Center, San Antonio, TX


Tracy de Leon, MDS, RD, LD
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, San Antonio, TX



Lily Dong, PhD
University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


 Bertha Flores, APRN, WHNP-BC
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX  


Brian Fricke, MD
UT Health San Antonio- Mays Cancer Center, San Antonio, TX



 Danielle Fritze, MD
University of Texas Health at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Bin Gao, MD, PhD
NIAAA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD


Tim Greten, MD
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD



Ahmed Kaseb, MD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX


Tarunjeet Klair, MD
UT Health San Antonio/Transplant Center, San Antonio, TX


Eric Lawitz, MD
Texas Liver Institute, San Antonio, TX



Rita Lepe, MD
Texas Liver Institute, San Antonio, TX


Daneng Li, MD
City of Hope, Duarte, CA


Dorothy Long-Palma, MD, MPH
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



   Jorge Lopera, MD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Devalingam Mehalingam, MD, PhD
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL


Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP
Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, San Antonio, TX



Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Nicole Rich, MD, MS
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX


Lewis Roberts, MB, ChB, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN



Andrea Rochat, MFA
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Dimpy Shah, MD, PhD
University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Jay Shah, DO, MPH
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



Luzhe Sun, PhD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, FACR
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Courtney Thomas, DO
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



Manal M. Hassan, MD, MPH, PhD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX


Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Eugenia Tsai, MD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



Xin Wei Wang, PhD
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD


John A. Walker Jr., MD, PhD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


Christi Walter, PhD
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX





Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX


Gazi Zibari, MD, FACS
Johm C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center, Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA





REGISTRATION

Everyone must register to participate. There is no fee to register. 


The conference link, log in and password will be emailed to each registered participant on September 30.


Click Here to Register Online


Exhibits & Support

EXHIBITORS

  • Exelixis
  • Incyte
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Servier Pharmaceuticals

SPONSORS

  • Eisai Oncology
  • University Health Transplant Institute 

cONTINUING EDUCATION

The Joe R. & Lozano Long School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity has been approved for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 


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As an ACCME-accredited CME provider, the UT Health San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine must ensure that its CME activities are independent of the control of commercial interests. All speakers and planning committee members for UT Health San Antonio sponsored programs are expected to disclose (prior to the activity) all “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. (“Relevant” financial interest or other relationships can include such things as grant or research support, employees, consultants, major stockholders, members of speaker bureau, etc.) 


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