CAHN is collaborating with the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) to hold CAHNference 2022 adjacent to INHSU’s Intervention Implementation Symposia.
Friday, Nov 18, 13:30-18:00INHSU’s HCV Intervention Implementation SymposiaIn-person The program for this half day interactive training will focus on practical implementation of evidence-based interventions such as point-of-care testing, dried blood spot testing, peer support, patient navigation and case finding.
Friday, Nov 18, 18:00-21:00INHSU & CAHN Networking and Dinner Presentation In-person Hepatology: Looking back and Reaching Forward - Dr. Edward Tam, MD, FRCPC, Pacific Gastroenterology Associates, Vancouver BC
Saturday, Nov 19, 08:30-16:30CAHNference 2022 ProgramHybrid 08:30-08:35 Welcome - Lindsay Myles, NP, HepCure, Liver Care Canada, Barrie, ON
08:40-09:20 Addictions, How Do We Build Capacity In This Population - Monty Ghosh, MD, University of Alberta Hospital, AB
09:25-09:55 Global Meeting Update (EASL/INHSU/AASLD) - Colina Yim, NP, Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network, Toronto, ON - Kellie Guarasci, RN, Cool Aid Community Health Centre, Victoria, BC
10:00-10:10 There's an App for that?!? - Megan Tomlinson, RN, Vancouver Island Health in the Positive Wellness North Island Liver Services Program, Courtenay, BC
10:10-10:30 Morning Break
10:35-11:05 AbbVie Sponsor Presentation - Are we on track? An update on the elimination of Hepatitis C - Dr, Anthony Martinez, MD, AAHIVS, FFASLD, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
11:10-12:00 Nurse Case Studies Hepatitis C Virus - Julie German, NP, Specialty Rx and Omega Specialty Nurses, London, ON
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Lisa Douglas, NP, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
Primary Biliary Cholangitis - Sarah DeCoutere, NP, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS
14:00-14:30 Gilead Sponsor Presentation - Case-based management of a complex HCV patient: clinical and practical considerations - Lesley Gallagher, RN, GI Research Institute & Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC - Dr. Edward Tam, MD, FRCPC, Pacific Gastroenterology Associates, Vancouver BC
14:35-15:00 Afternoon Break
15:05-15:40 Multidisciplinary model on decompensated liver disease - Rozalyn Milne, RN, Vancouver Island Health Liver Care Clinic at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC
15:45-16:25 Optimizing for Liver Transplant: How to Prepare your Patient for the Transplant You Hope They Never Need - Susan Allen, NP, MScN, Liver Transplant Program Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax. NS
16:30 Wrap up - Sarah DeCoutere, NP, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax. NS