Alcoholic Liver Disease SIG: Alcoholic Hepatitis: New Therapeutic Strategies Beyond Prednisolone
Recorded On: 10/20/2017
Alcoholic Hepatitis is the most severe form of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD). Currently the most effective form of treatment is Prednisolone, to which many patients do not respond. In the last years, there has been great interest in the development of new targeted therapies for alcoholic hepatitis. In the U.S., there are 4 NIAAA-funded consortia to develop such therapies. In this symposium, we seek to address this issue through the review of current pharmacological therapies, ongoing NIAAA-funded studies, and evaluation of the management of alcohol use disorders in advanced ALD patients.
Gene Y. Im
Vijay Shah
Shiv K. Sarin
Shiv K. Sarin, MD, FAASLD is the senior professor of hepatology and director of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi. He was instrumental in setting up the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, under the auspices of the Govt of Delhi. He is also the director, WHO Collaborative Centre on Chronic Liver diseases and Viral Hepatitis at ILBS. He serves as adjunct faculty, Molecular Medicine at JNU due to his deep interest and contributions to translational science. He was credited with several new treatment protocols for liver diseases, specifically variceal bleeding, liver regeneration, hepatitis B and acute-on-chronic liver failure. He has more than 620 publications to his credit, edited 13 books on liver diseases and contributed 87 chapters in various medical textbooks. He has helped develop 19 major guidelines: including six major Asian Pacific Treatment Guidelines in Liver diseases.
Sarin’s leadership roles include serving as president of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Indian Association for the Study of the Liver, Asian Pacific Association of Liver (APASL) and chairman steering committee of the APASL. He was awarded the prestigious 2017 Henry L. Bockus Medal by World Gastroenterology Organization. He was bestowed with Padma Bhushan by the government of India. He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, The World Academy of Medical Sciences (TWAS) International Prize, EASL International Recognition Award, Om Prakash Bhasin Award, Dhanvantri Medical Award, Ranbaxy Medical Sciences Award and the ‘Best Teacher’ Award. He, along with other Board of Governors, developed the ‘Vision 2015’ document for Medical Education in India during his tenure as chairman of Medical Council of India.
Craig J. McClain
