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The Liver Week 2025

  • INTRODUCTION
    • Welcome
    • Organization
    • Information
    • History
  • PROGRAM
    • Program at a Glance
    • Daily Program
    • Invited Faculty
    • Food & Beverage
    • Industry Symposia
  • ABSTRACT
    • Submission Guidelines
    • Presentation Guidelines
    • Award Program
  • REGISTRATION
    • Registration
    • 평점안내
  • VENUE
    • HICO
    • Accommodation
    • Transportation
    • Gyeongju
  • PARTNERSHIP
    • Partnership

PROGRAMThe Liver Week 2025A Big Welcome to the Liver Festival in Gyeongju, Korea!May 29-31, 2025IHICO, Gyeongju, Korea

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE DAILY PROGRAM INVITED FACULTY MEAL PLAN INDUSTRY SYMPOSIA
  • Thursday, May 29, 2025
  • Friday, May 30, 2025
  • Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • ROOM 1~5
  • ROOM 6~9/Exhibition Hall

* K: Session in Korean

Time ROOM 1
(3F)
ROOM 2
(3F)
ROOM 3
(2F)
ROOM 4
(2F)
ROOM 5
(2F)
Time
07:30-08:50 KASL SIG 1The KASL Steatotic Liver Disease Study Group

07:30-08:50

KLCA
Symposium 1
Epidemiology & Surveillance of HCC

07:30-08:50

KAHBPS
Symposium 1
Considerations in
Liver Surgery

07:30-08:50

KASL SIG 2The KASL Abdominal Ultrasound Study Group

07:30-08:50

Industry Forum 1Roche


07:20-08:30

07:30-08:50
08:50-09:10 Liver Biopsy
in HCC (*K)

08:50-09:10

Industry Forum 3Yuhan

08:30-09:10

08:50-09:10
09:10-10:30 KASL-AASLD
Joint Symposium 1
RCT in Hepatology

09:10-10:30

KLCA
Symposium 2
Biomarkers of Liver Cancer

09:10-10:30

KAHBPS
Symposium 2
Minimally Invasive Surgery

09:10-10:30

Hepatology
Associates 1 (*K)
Clinical Hepatology

09:10-10:30

09:10-10:30
10:30-10:50 Opening Ceremony

10:30-11:10

10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10 10:50-11:10
11:10-11:40 State-of-the-Art
Lecture

11:10-11:40

11:10-11:40
11:40-12:40 Plenary
Presentation 1


11:40-12:40

KLTS Coordinator
Session (*K)
Liver Transplantation
for ALD

11:20-12:40

11:40-12:40
12:40-13:30 Luncheon
Symposium 5
Roche

12:40-13:30

KLCA
General Meeting

12:40-13:30

Luncheon
Symposium 6
Gilead

12:40-13:30

Luncheon
Symposium 7
Daewoong

12:40-13:30

12:40-13:30
13:30-14:50 KASL
Symposium 2
Chronic Viral Hepatitis

13:30-14:50

KLCA-JLCA
Joint Symposium
Pre- & Post-LT Management for HCC

13:30-14:50

KAHBPS
Symposium 3
Updates on Cholangiocarcinoma

13:30-14:50

Data Science
Camp 1
Statistics in
Hepatology

13:30-14:50

13:30-14:50
14:50-15:10 Coffee Break

14:50-15:10

14:50-15:10
15:10-16:30 KASL-KAHBPS-KLCA-KLTS
Joint Symposium
Multidisciplinary Practice

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 1
Hepato-Biliary and Pancreas Surgery


15:10-16:30

Hepatology
Associates 2 (*K)
Elements for
Clinical Trials

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 2
Liver Cancer, Clinical 1


15:10-16:30

15:10-16:30
16:40-17:40 16:40-17:40
18:00- 18:00-

* K: Session in Korean

Time ROOM 6
(1F)
ROOM 6-1
(1F)
ROOM 7
(1F)
ROOM 8
(1F)
ROOM 9
(1F)
Exhibition
Hall (1F)
Time
07:30-08:50 Translational
Hepatology


07:30-08:50

KASL SIG 3The KASL Autoimmune and
Rare Liver Disease
Study Group

07:30-08:50

Industry
Forum 2

Astrazeneca

07:30-08:10

Booth & Poster
Exhibition

08:00-16:30

07:30-08:50
08:50-09:10 Industry
Forum 4
Daewoong

08:30-09:10

Industry
Forum 5
Gilead

08:30-09:10

08:50-09:10
09:10-10:30 KASL
Symposium 1
LC and Portal HTN

09:10-10:30

09:10-10:30
10:30-10:50 10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10 10:50-11:10
11:10-11:40 11:10-11:40
11:40-12:40 11:40-12:40
12:40-13:30 Luncheon
Symposium 8
Samil

12:40-13:30

Luncheon
Symposium 9
Eisai

12:40-13:30

12:40-13:30
13:30-14:50 Health Insurance and
Policy Forum (*K)


13:30-14:50

TLW SIGPrecision Oncology


13:30-14:50

13:30-14:50
14:50-15:10 Coffee Break

14:50-15:10

14:50-15:10
15:10-16:30 Free Paper 3
MASLD, Clinical

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 4
HBV Basic & ALD

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 5
Acute Liver Failure & DILI

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 6
HBV 1

15:10-16:30

Free Paper 7
Liver Cancer, Basic

15:10-16:30

15:10-16:30
16:40-17:40 Poster Oral
Presentation

16:40-17:40

16:40-17:40
18:00- Welcome
Reception

18:00-

18:00-

07:30-08:50

KASL Special Interest Group 1. The KASL Steatotic Liver Disease Study Group
Challenges to Overcome in the Era of MASLD

Chair: Byoung Kuk Jang (Keimyung Univ.), Su Jong Yu (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • Best Strategies to Assess Advanced Fibrosis in MASLD

    Mi Na Kim (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • Use of Anti-Diabetic Drugs in MASLD: Can We Kill Two Birds with One Stone?

    Joonyub Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 08:10-08:35
  • Relationship between MASLD and Chronic Hepatitis B: Friends or Foes

    Shang-Chin Huang (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

  • 08:35-08:50
  • Discussion

    Mi Na Kim (Yonsei Univ.), Joonyub Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea), Shang-Chin Huang (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

09:10-10:30

KASL-AASLD Joint Symposium 1
Randomized Controlled Trials in Hepatology

Chair: W. Ray Kim (Mayo Clinic, USA), Yoon Jun Kim (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Practical Tips for Designing and Conducting Successful RCT

    Sumeet Asrani (Baylor Univ., USA)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Biases, Challenges, and Innovations in RCT Statistics

    Inkyung Jung (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Successes and Failures in RCT: Insights from AASLD Experiences

    Kris V. Kowdley (Washington State Univ., USA)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Successes and Failures in RCT: Insights from KASL Experiences

    Young-Suk Lim (Univ. of Ulsan)

11:10-11:40

State-of-the-Art Lecture

Chair: Masao Omata (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

  • 11:10-11:40
  • HBV with Co-Existing Liver Diseases: The Interactions between Viral Hepatitis C, MAFLD, and HBV

    Chun-Jen Liu (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)

11:40-12:40

Plenary Presentation 1

Chair: Sung Su Yun (Yeungnam Univ.), Mi-Sook Kim (Korea Cancer Center Hospital), Yong-Han Paik (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

  • 11:40-11:55
  • CXCR4+ CD8+ T Cells in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Enhanced Cytotoxicity and Associations with Liver Function Markers

    Pil Soo Sung (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 11:55-12:10
  • Adjuvant Cytokine-Induced Killer Cell Immunotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 9-Year Extended Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial and Post-Treatment Immune Cell Profiling

    Hyunjae Shin (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 12:10-12:25
  • Surgical Quality Assessment with Artificial Intelligence-Based Video Analysis for Laparoscopic Donor Right Hemihepatectomy: Usefulness of Round Ligament Fixation in Hilar Structure Dissection

    Dai Hoon Han (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 12:25-12:40
  • Performance of Expanded Criteria for Liver Transplantation in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Network Meta-Analysis

    Yeongseok Hwang (Univ. of Ulsan)

13:30-14:50

KASL Symposium 2
The Immunological Horizon Towards Curing Viral Hepatitis and Beyond

Chair: Chun-Jen Liu (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan), Sang Hoon Ahn (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 13:30-13:50
  • Pipelines for Curing Hepatitis B Using Immunological Targets: Successes and Failures

    Won-Mook Choi (Univ. of Ulsan)

  • 13:50-14:10
  • Targeting Innate Immunity as a Promising Approaches for Curing Hepatitis B

    Loey Lung-Yi Mak (The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

  • 14:10-14:30
  • Targeting Adaptive Immunity as a Promising Approaches for Curing Hepatitis B

    Markus Cornberg (Hannover Medical School, Germany)

  • 14:30-14:50
  • Development of a Novel Immune Modulator SA-5 as a Therapeutic Option for Chronic Hepatitis B

    Tatsuya Kanto (Japan Institute for Health Security, Japan)

15:10-16:30

KASL-KAHBPS-KLCA-KLTS Joint Symposium
Multidisciplinary Practices to Prevent Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurrence and Recurrence

Chair: Tae Hun Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.), Dong-Hwan Jung (Univ. of Ulsan)

  • 15:10-15:30
  • Etiology-Based Primary Prevention Strategies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Jeong Han Kim (Konkuk Univ.)

  • 15:30-15:50
  • Post-Resection Monitoring and Predictors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence

    Min-Su Park (Kyung Hee Univ.)

  • 15:50-16:10
  • Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Management of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatectomy

    Hye Won Lee (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 16:10-16:30
  • Criteria and Workups for Liver Transplant Eligibility in Recipients Focus on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

    Seok-Hwan Kim (Chungnam National Univ.)

07:30-08:50

KLCA Symposium 1
Evolving Epidemiology and Advancing Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chair: Joong-Won Park (Myoungji Hospital, Hanyang Univ.), Jin Wook Chung (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • Trends from the Nationwide Cancer Registry

    Han Ah Lee (Chung-Ang Univ.)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • Future Trends in HCC Epidemiology in Korea

    Young Eun Chon (CHA Univ.)

  • 08:10-08:30
  • Imaging and Beyond: Expanding HCC Surveillance Modalities

    Hyuk Soo Eun (Chungnam National Univ.)

  • 08:30-08:50
  • The Future of Imaging-Based HCC Surveillance: Personalized Approaches and Artificial Intelligence

    Hyo Jung Park (Univ. of Ulsan)

08:50-09:10

Liver Biopsy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (*K)

Chair: Kyung Sik Kim (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 08:50-09:10
  • The Role of Liver Biopsy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Management: A KLCA Perspective

    Hae Lim Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

09:10-10:30

KLCA Symposium 2
Advancing Biomarker Discovery and Translational Insights in Liver Cancer

Chair: Seung Kew Yoon (The Catholic Univ. of Korea), Hee Chul Yu (Jeonbuk National Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Liquid vs. Tissue Biopsy to Support Treatment Decisions in HCC

    Soung Won Jeong (Soonchunhyang Univ.)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Artificial Intelligence-Based Pathology as a Biomarker of Sensitivity to Immunotherapy

    Sung Hak Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Strategies to Effectively Drive the Cancer-Immunity Cycle: Roles of Each Therapeutic Modality in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Hideki Iwamoto (Kurume Univ., Japan)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Mechanisms of Metastasis Revealed through Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptome Analysis in Patients with Liver Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    Jungmin Choi (Korea Univ.)

13:30-14:50

KLCA-JLCA Joint Symposium
Optimizing Bridging Gaps in Pre- and Post-Liver Transplantation Management for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chair: June Sung Lee (Inje Univ.), Etsuro Hatano (Kyoto Univ., Japan)

  • 13:30-13:50
  • Pre-Transplant HCC Control: Surgical Resection and Bridging Strategies

    Jongman Kim (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

  • 13:50-14:10
  • Innovative Bridging Therapies for HCC: From Transarterial Chemoembolization to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

    Tomoharu Yamada (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

  • 14:10-14:30
  • Post-Transplant HCC Recurrence: Predictors, Surveillance, and Novel Interventions

    Soon Sun Kim (Ajou Univ.)

  • 14:30-14:50
  • Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy in Post-Liver Transplant HCC: Striking the Right Balance

    Tomoharu Yoshizumi (Kyushu Univ., Japan)

07:30-08:50

KAHBPS Symposium 1
Assessment and Management of Uncommon Considerations in Liver Surgery

Chair: Chinburen Jigjidsuren (National Cancer Center, Mongolia), Young Chul Yoon (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • High-Grade Morbid Obesity

    Unenbat Gurbadam (National Cancer Center, Mongolia)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • Severe Cardiovascular Disease

    Haeil Jung (Soonchunhyang Univ.)

  • 08:10-08:30
  • Elderly Patients over 75 Years

    Etsuro Hatano (Kyoto Univ., Japan)

  • 08:30-08:50
  • End-Stage Renal Disease

    Chan Woo Cho (Yeungnam Univ.)

09:10-10:30

KAHBPS Symposium 2
Laparoscopic Liver Resection vs. Robotic Liver Resection

Chair: Poowanai Sarkhampee (Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, Thailand), Sang Jin Kim (Korea Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Technical Differences in Surgical Approaches

    Dai Hoon Han (Yonsei Univ.)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Challenges and Learning Curve for Beginners

    Su Young Hong (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Clinical Outcomes and Complications: Laparoscopic vs. Robotic Liver Resection

    Kwan Woo Kim (Dong-A Univ.)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Open Liver Resection as a Good Surgical Approach: Indications and Outcomes

    Kwangho Yang (Pusan National Univ.)

09:10-10:30

Hepatology Associates 1 (*K)
Updates in Clinical Hepatology

Chair: Jaeseok Hwang (Keimyung Univ.), Hee Bok Chae (Chungbuk National Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: When to Decide to Perform and How to Minimize Risk

    Hyeon Ji Jang (Univ. of Ulsan)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Management of Hospitalized Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

    Jae Hyun Yoon (Chonnam National Univ.)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Inpatient Care for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

    Heechul Nam (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Precipitating Factors and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy

    Jae Seung Lee (Yonsei Univ.)

11:20-12:40

KLTS Coordinator Session (*K)
Multidisciplinary Approach to Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

Chair: Seung Heui Hong (Samsung Medical Center), Hae Won Lee (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 11:20-11:40
  • Alcohol Dependence and Liver Transplantation: The Importance of Mental Health Care

    Kye-Seong Lee (Incheon Chamsarang Hospital)

  • 11:40-12:00
  • Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Surgical Perspective and Prognosis

    Hae Won Lee (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 12:00-12:20
  • Coordination of the Liver Transplant Process and Patient Management for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Evolving Roles of Transplant Coordinators in Korea

    Sunyoung Son (Gangnam Severance Hospital)

  • 12:20-12:40
  • Social Support and Rehabilitation for Liver Transplant Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

    Eunseon Suh (Hwaseong Community Addiction Management Center)

13:30-14:50

KAHBPS Symposium 3
Recent Updates in Cholangiocarcinoma

Chair: In Seok Choi (Konyang Univ.), Jin-Young Jang (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 13:30-13:50
  • Minimal Invasive Surgery for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

    Kyeong Deok Kim (Inha Univ.)

  • 13:50-14:10
  • Extent of Lymph Node Dissection in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

    Poowanai Sarkhampee (Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, Thailand)

  • 14:10-14:30
  • Surgical Approaches for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

    Sang Hwa Song (Chonnam National Univ.)

  • 14:30-14:50
  • Role of Liver Transplantation in the Treatment of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

    Amit Singal (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA)

07:30-08:50

KASL Special Interest Group 3. The KASL Autoimmune and Rare Liver Disease Study Group
Exploring Autoimmune and Rare Liver Diseases

Chair: Kyung-Ah Kim (Inje Univ.), Atsushi Tanaka (Teikyo Univ., Japan)

  • 07:30-07:55
  • Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis

    Soon Kyu Lee (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 07:55-08:25
  • Current Status and Research Trends of Autoimmune Liver Diseases in Japan

    Atsushi Tanaka (Teikyo Univ., Japan)

  • 08:25-08:50
  • Updates in Diagnosis and Management of Rare Vascular Liver Diseases

    Yu Rim Lee (Kyungpook National Univ.)

09:10-10:30

KASL Symposium 1
Innovative Strategies in Cirrhosis Care

Chair: Barjesh Chander Sharma (Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, India), Jae Young Jang (Soonchunhyang Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Primary Hemostasis in Cirrhosis: A Modern Perspective on Coagulopathy

    Manoj Kumar Sharma (Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Metabolomic Biomarkers for Risk Stratification and Prognosis Prediction in Cirrhotic Patients

    Eun Ju Cho (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Recompensation in Cirrhosis: Mechanisms, Predictors, and Therapeutic Strategies

    Byeong Geun Song (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Treatment of Portal Hypertension in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Era of Baveno VII

    Dominique Damais-Thabut (Sorbonne Univ., France)

13:30-14:50

TLW Special Interest Group
Integrating Multi-Omics for Precision Oncology

Chair: Chien-Hung Chen (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan), Jaeyoun Cheong (Ajou Univ.)

  • 13:30-13:50
  • Integration of Clinical, Computational, and Genomic Resources for Early HCC Detection

    Augusto Villanueva (NYU Langone, USA)

  • 13:50-14:10
  • Molecular Insights into HCC Recurrence from Minimal Residual Disease after Therapy

    Renumathy Dhanasekaran (Stanford Univ., USA)

  • 14:10-14:30
  • Immune Microenvironment and Therapeutic Discovery in HCC Using Single-Cell Omics Analysis

    Valerie Chew (Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore)

  • 14:30-14:50
  • Genomic Characteristics of RB1-Deficient HCC and Its Therapeutic Candidates

    Ju Hyun Shim (Univ. of Ulsan)

07:30-08:50

KASL Special Interest Group 2. The KASL Abdominal Ultrasound Study Group
Recent Progress in Clinical Application of Ultrasound

Chair: Soon Koo Baik (Yonsei Univ. Wonju), Sang Gyune Kim (Soonchunhyang Univ.)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • Comparison of Liver Fibrosis Assessment Using VCTE versus SWE

    Moon Hyung Lee (Kyung Hee Univ.)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Assessment of MASLD

    Heejoon Jang (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 08:10-08:30
  • Outcome Prediction Using Ultrasound in Chronic Liver Diseases

    Jun Sik Yoon (Inje Univ.)

  • 08:30-08:50
  • Discussion

07:20-08:30

Industry Forum 1 [Roche]

Moderator: Yi-Hsiang Huang (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan)

  • 07:20-07:30
  • Tune-In Session

  • 07:30-07:35
  • Opening Remark

  • 07:35-07:50
  • Case 1. Enhancing Survival with IO + Anti-VEGF
    The Role of Combination Therapy in Achieving an Earlier Impact on Patient Outcomes

    Hideki Iwamoto (Kurume Univ., Japan)

  • 07:50-08:00
  • Polling and Discussion

  • 08:00-08:15
  • Case 2. Preserving Liver Function with Early-Stage Treatment
    The Importance of Timely Intervention and MDT Collaboration, with Insights from TACE-R and TACE-U Cases

    Jacob George (The Univ. of Sydney, Australia)

  • 08:15-08:25
  • Polling and Discussion

  • 08:25-08:30
  • Closing Remark

08:30-09:10

Industry Forum 3 [Yuhan]

Moderator: Young-Sun Lee (Korea Univ.)

  • 08:30-09:10
  • Development Progress of Oral GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Obesity Treatment

    Se-Woong Oh (Yuhan Corp.)

07:30-08:10

Industry Forum 2 [AstraZeneca]

Chair: Yoon Jun Kim (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • IO-Based Combinations in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Real-World STRIDE Experience and Clinical Impact on Unmet Needs

    Amit Singal (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • Discussion

08:30-09:10

Industry Forum 4 [Daewoong]

Moderator: Seung Kak Shin (Gachon Univ.)

  • 08:30-09:10
  • Top-Line Results of Phase 4 Clinical Trial for Vemliver (Tenofovir Alafenamide Hemitartrate) Announced

    Yeowool Kang (Dong-A Univ.)

08:30-09:10

Industry Forum 5 [Gilead]

Moderator: Eun Sun Jang (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 08:30-09:10
  • Tenofovir: Early Treatment Marks the Beginning of a Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B

    Jeong Heo (Pusan National Univ.)

09:10-10:30

Hepatology Associates 1 (*K)
Updates in Clinical Hepatology

Chair: Jaeseok Hwang (Keimyung Univ.), Hee Bok Chae (Chungbuk National Univ.)

  • 09:10-09:30
  • Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: When to Decide to Perform and How to Minimize Risk

    Hyeon Ji Jang (Univ. of Ulsan)

  • 09:30-09:50
  • Management of Hospitalized Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

    Jae Hyun Yoon (Chonnam National Univ.)

  • 09:50-10:10
  • Inpatient Care for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

    Heechul Nam (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 10:10-10:30
  • Precipitating Factors and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy

    Jae Seung Lee (Yonsei Univ.)

13:30-14:50

Data Science Camp 1
Statistics in Hepatology

Chair: Jin-Wook Kim (Seoul National Univ.), Chang Wook Kim (The Catholic Univ. of Korea)

  • 13:30-14:10
  • Advanced Survival Analysis

    Woojoo Lee (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 14:10-14:50
  • Development and Evaluation of Clinical Prediction Models

    Sehee Kim (Univ. of Ulsan)

15:10-16:30

Hepatology Associates 2 (*K)
Essential Elements for a Successful Clinical Trial

Chair: Young Seok Kim (Soonchunhyang Univ.), Byung-Cheol Song (Jeju National Univ.)

  • 15:10-15:30
  • Differences between Sponsor-Initiated Trials and Investigator-Initiated Trials

    Minjong Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.)

  • 15:30-15:50
  • Human Subjects Protection and Data Review Board

    Seungwon Jeung (Korea Health Information Service)

  • 15:50-16:10
  • Collection and Management of Patient-Derived Samples in Clinical Trials

    Dae Won Jun (Hanyang Univ.)

  • 16:10-16:30
  • Keywords for Investigator-Initiated Trials (IIT): What Academia Needs to Know

    Elisabet Kim (Asan Medical Center)

07:30-08:50

Translational Hepatology
Promising Cutting-Edge Translational Liver Study

Chair: Youngmi Jung (Pusan National Univ.), Ja Hyun Koo (Seoul National Univ.)

  • 07:30-07:50
  • Tracing Cellular Dynamics during Intestinal Tumorigenesis and Metastasis

    Min Kyu Yum (KAIST)

  • 07:50-08:10
  • Histone Lactylation: A Novel Epigenetic Mark in Liver Fibrosis

    Hyunsoo Rho (Ewha Womans Univ.)

  • 08:10-08:30
  • Casp2: The New Hepatic Lipid Regulator

    Ju Youn Kim (Hanyang Univ.)

  • 08:30-08:50
  • Identification of Novel Targets for the Treatment of MASLD

    Keon Wook Kang (Seoul National Univ.)

13:30-14:50

Health Insurance and Policy Forum  (*K)

Chair: In Hee Kim (Jeonbuk National Univ.), Hyun Woong Lee (Yonsei Univ.)

Panelist: Yunsuk Kim (Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency)

  • 13:30-13:50
  • Current Status and Unmet Need of Reimbursement of Systemic Chemotherapy for HCC

    Eileen L. Yoon (Hanyang Univ.)

  • 13:50-14:10
  • Procedural Standards for Health Insurance Coverage and Criteria for Oncology Drug Reimbursement

    Mi Young Kang (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service)

  • 14:10-14:30
  • Introduction of National Hepatitis C Screening and Post-Screening Management Plan

    Young Joon Park (Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency)

  • 14:30-14:50
  • Disease Burden of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Management of High-Risk Groups in Korea

    Won-Ho Kim (Korea National Institute of Health)

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E-mail: theliverweek@hbni.co.kr

The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
Room A1210, 53 Mapo-daero (MapoTrapalace, Dowha-dong), Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea, 04185

TEL: +82-2-703-0051    I    Fax: +82-2-703-0071
E-mail: kasl@kams.or.kr