Scientific Program (13th Sep 2023)

Time Topic Chairs/Speakers
09:30 – 9:45 Registration and coffee
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome and introductions Dr Girish Gupte (Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Birmingham)
Chair: Khalid Sharif (Consultant Paediatric Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon)
10:00 – 10:50 Neonatal cholestasis – case-based discussion Dr Jane Hartley(Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Birmingham)
10:50 – 11:40 Approach to a child with abdominal pain – is it the pancreas, liver or the bowel Miss E Ong Consultant Paediatric Hepatobiliary surgeon
11:40 – 11:50 Break
11:50 -12:30 Practical tips on investigating and management of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Dr Lauren Johansen (Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist)
Dr Jake Mann (Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Hepatology)
12:30– 13:10 Lunch
Chair: Lindsay Hogg (Specialist Nurse Team Leader, Birmingham
13:10 – 14:00 Assessment for liver transplantation: a multi-disciplinary team approach Lindsay Hogg (case to be presented)​
Lisa Morris (Specialist Nurse, Birmingham)

Velma Wright (Family Support Worker, Birmingham)

Jemma Mear (Principal Physiotherapist, Birmingham)
14:00 – 14: 50 Chronic liver disease – case-based discussion Dr Chayarani Kelgeri (Consultant Paediatric Heptatologist, Birmingham)
Dr Joseph
Valamparampil (Locum Consultant Paediatric Heptatologist, Birmingham)
14:50 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15: 40 Case based approach to Acute liver failure – do’s and don’t Girish Gupte (Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Birmingham)
15:40 – 16:10 Liver transplantation – surgical perspective Khalid Sharif (Consultant Paediatric Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon)
16:10 – 16:15 Conclusion and Close Girish Gupte (Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Birmingham)