Date of Annual Meeting: March 11 - 15, 2009 , Miami
Annual Meeting Providers
Content and Speakers
SPECIAL DEBATE 1
Transplantation for Early Stage HCC Versus Other Therapeutic Approaches Debate: Transplantation is the gold standard vs.
Surgical resection and ablation should be the initial preferred approach Ronnie Poon vs Nancy Ascher
“Surgical Resection and Ablation Provides Satisfactory Long-Term Results for the Majority of Patients and Should be the Preferred Initial Approach” Poon
"Liver Transplantation is the Best Approach to Provoide the Optimal Long-Term Search" Ascher
Rebuttal/Discussion
The approach and management for hepatocellular carcinoma varies widely within the world and even within the United States. This debate will be centered around the following question: Should liver transplantation be the preferred treatment strategy for Child’s A cirrhotic patients with small HCC or should other therapeutic strategies including hepatic resection and ablative therapy be utilized with consideration of transplantation only on a highly selective basis?
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AHPBA 2009 DVD 10
Format: live documentary, color
Language: English
Number of discs: 1
Region: PC worldwide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: 0:41:08
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AHPBA 2009 DVD 1 - 28 collection View Content List
Language: English
Number of discs: 28
Region: PC worldwide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: aprox. 32 hours+
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Nancy Ascher, M.D., Ph.D.
Organ transplant surgeon and chair of Surgery
Dr. Nancy Ascher, chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, has devoted her career to organ transplants and transplant research. She has served on the Presidential Task Force on Organ Transplantation, the Surgeon General's Task Force on Increasing Donor Organs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has membership in numerous other medical societies including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons in which she served as past president.
Ascher is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she earned a medical degree. She completed a general surgery residency and clinical transplant fellowship at the University of Minnesota, where she later joined the faculty and became clinical director of the Liver Transplant Program. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
