5th Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease Symposium
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5th Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease Symposium and Family Day

Center for Autoimmune Liver Disease (CALD)
Autoimmune Liver disease Network for Kids (A-LiNK)

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Saturday, September 11, 2021

Virtual Link: TBD
9:00 – 9:30 am Shuttle transport to the meeting location
9:00 am Conference Check-in
9:30 – 10:00 am Breakfast
10:00 – 10:10 am Welcome: 
- Alexander G. Miethke, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
10:10 – 10:50 am Mr. John Browner will introduce the Keynote speaker, Stephen Harris
- Stephen Harris, British Rock Bassist, and Guitarist
10:50 – 11:00 am Q&A

Session 1: Primer on Autoimmune Liver Disease in (post)-Covid era

Moderator: William Balistreri, MD + Jane Weyer
11:00 – 11:10 am What’s new in AIH/PSC?
- Leina Alrabadi, MD (Stanford Children’s Health)
11:10 – 11:20 am AILD, IBD, and the liver-gut axis
- Saeed Mohammad, MD (Children’s Hospital of Chicago)
11:20 – 11:30 am Medical care for AILD and chronic liver disease in the age of COVID
- Emily Perito, MD (University of California San Francisco)
11:30 – 11:45 am Panel:  Q&A
11:45 – 11:50 am Break

Session 2: Stratification and prediction of disease severity

Moderator: Leina Alrabadi, MD + Stanford parent
11:50 – 12:00 pm Utilizing prediction scores in PSC
- Sakil S. Kulkarni, MD (Washington University School of Medicine)
12:00 – 12:10 pm Predicting Remission in AIH: A multi-center perspective
- Alexander Weymann, MD (Nationwide Children’s Hospital)
12:10 – 12:20 pm Patient-reported outcomes and health-related quality of life
- Heli Bhatt, MBBS, MPH (University of Minnesota)
12:20 – 12:35 pm Panel:  Q&A
12:35 – 1:20 pm Break + Lunch

Session 3: Improvement in quality of care for AILD

Moderator: James Squires, MD + Parent
1:20 – 1:30 pm Delivering consistent, reliable care in AIH/PSC
- Evelyn K. Hsu, MD (Seattle Children’s Hospital)
1:30 – 1:40 pm Navigating transition of care and self-management support
- Nitika Gupta, MD (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University)
1:40 – 1:50 pm Expanding access for patients and families
- Gillian O. Noel, MD (Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center)
1:50 – 2:05 pm Panel: Q&A
2:05 – 2:10 pm Break

Session 4: Learning Networks

Moderator: Alexander Weymann, MD + Nationwide Parent
2:10 – 2:20 pm Trailblazing in ICN: A-LiNK as a model for learning network development and expansion
- Shehzad A. Saeed, MD (Dayton Children’s)
2:20 – 2:30 pm Evidence-based guidelines in practice
- Jim Squires, MD (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh)
2:30 – 2:40 pm Update on A-LiNK study
- Amy Taylor, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
2:40 – 2:55 pm Panel: Q&A
2:55 – 3:05 pm Break + Set Up
3:05 – 3:50 pm Breakout Session A: Parent & Patient Leaders A-LiNK
- Moderators: Jane Weyer & Christine Browner
3:05 – 3:50 pm Breakout Session B: Medical Providers A-LiNK
- Moderator: Amy Taylor, MD & James Squires, MD
3:50 – 4:00 pm Break + Set Up

Session 5: Research opportunities in A-LinK- Part I

Moderators: Jorge Bezerra, MD & Cindy Cassell, PhD
4:00 – 4:15 pm Sarcopenia and malnutrition in AILD
- Marialena Mouzaki, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
4:15 – 4.25 pm Q & A
4:25 – 4:40 pm Monogenetic causes for AILD
- Alexander G. Miethke, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
4:40 – 4:50 pm Q & A
4:50 – 4:55 pm Break

Session 6: Research opportunities in A-LinK- Part II

Moderators: Alexander Miethke, MD & Mr. Robert Anning
4:55 – 5:10 pm Role of MRI in stratifying and managing AILD
- Amy Taylor, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
5:10 – 5:20 pm Q&A
5:20 – 5:35 pm Fn14 modulates Th17.1 polarization in children with PSC-IBD
- Simon Lam, MD (Alberta Children’s Hospital)
5:35 – 5:45 pm Q&A
5:45 – 6:00 pm Concluding remarks
- Alexander G. Miethke, MD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
6:00 – 6:30 pm Travel to reception*
6:30 – 9:30 pm Dinner reception
9:30 pm Shuttle back to the hotel
*Reception requires a fee