Other Conferences for PSC Researchers, Patients, and Caregivers

Symposium: PSC Treatment and Search for a Cure

September, 2009
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

Physicians from Mount Sinai presented medical aspects of PSC, and board members from PSC Partners Seeking a Cure introduced their programs. Click here for newsletter articles summarizing the event and here for sides from Dr. Odin’s presentation and click here for Dr. Miloh’s presentation

The event was co-sponsored by Mount Sinai School of Medicine Division of Liver Diseases, and PSC Partners Seeking a Cure.

Agenda:

• Welcome: Douglas Dieterich, MD, Director of Continuing Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Director of Outpatient Hepatology, Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
• Dr. Joseph Odin, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, “Latest PSC Research”
• Dr. Nancy Bach, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Dr. Franklin Klion, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, panel discussion on “Lifestyle and Nutrition with PSC”
• Ricky Safer-President of PSC Partners Seeking a Cure, and Don Safer, “How this National Foundation can help PSC Patients and Caregivers”
• Dr. Miloh Tamir, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, “PSC in Children and Adolescents”

The Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-Inflammatory Bowel Disease Link

October, 2009
Anschutz Medical Campus-Aurora, Colorado

The interactive forum was presented by the medical and research community of the University of Colorado Denver and The Children’s Hospital of Denver in conjunction with PSC Partners Seeking a Cure. It was designed for a mixed audience: physicians, researchers, PSC patients, and caregivers.

• Dr. Sean Colgan, University of Colorado, Denver, “Opening Remarks”
• Morning Keynote Speaker: Dr. Keith D. Lindor of the Mayo Clinic/ Rochester, speaking on “Current and Future Treatments for PSC”
  • Dr. Lisa Forman, University of Colorado, Denver, “Adult PSC at the University of Colorado”
  • Dr. Jeffrey Campsen, University of Colorado, Denver, “Clinically Recurrent PSC following Liver Transplant: A Time Course”
  • Dr. Raj Shah, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, "Endoscopic Technologies in PSC”
  • Dr. Shikha Sundaram, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, “ Pediatric PSC at The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver”
• Moderators for Afternoon Sessions: Dr. Sean Colgan, Dr. Alan Baird, both of University of Colorado, Denver, And Dr. Cara Mack, The Children’s Hospital
• Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tom H. Karlsen of the Norwegian PSC Center, “Differences and Similarities Between PSC-IBD and UC-Lessons Learned from Genome-Wide Association Studies”
  • Dr. Brian Doctor, University of Colorado, Denver, “Biliary Physiology in PSC”
  • Dr. Steve Helmke, University of Colorado, Denver, “Biomarkers of PSC”
  • Dr. Jesus Rivera-Nieves, University of Colorado, Denver, “Shared Determinants Between IBD and PSC”
  • Don and Ricky Safer, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure, “Foundation Programs and Activities”

Summaries of the medical presentations and PowerPoint slide presentations at this conference are available below:

• The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Final Agenda 
• The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Conference Summary, by Rachel G. 
  
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Lindor 
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Forman 
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Sundaram 
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Karlsen 
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Helmke 
  • The PSC-IBD Link (University of Colorado, Denver, Oct. 2009); Dr. Rivera-Nieves