2024 UC Davis Molecular Liver Imaging Symposium
 March 11, 2024, 11 a.m - 3 p.m.
March 11, 2024, 11 a.m - 3 p.m.
UC Davis Medical Center
Center for Health and Technology,
Room 1341
4610 X St., Sacramento, CA 95817
Sponsor: Department of Radiology, UC Davis
Symposium Chair: Guobao Wang, Professor of Radiology
2024 Molecular Liver Imaging Symposium
Collaboration in Systemic Diseases
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| 10:30 - 11 a.m. | Registration (with light refreshments) | 
| 11 a.m. | Introduction by Symposium Chair Guobao Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology | 
| 11:08 a.m. | Opening Remarks Elizabeth A. Morris, M.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Radiology | 
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Session 1:  Liver Insights: Pathology to Neurology – 12 minutes each, 3 minutes QA Moderator – Chris Bowlus, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine | 
| Clinical Advances in Liver Imaging: Application, Integration and Outcomes Albert Do, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine | |
| The Pathologic Approach to Assessment of Liver Fibrosis | |
| Potential Relationships of the Liver and Dementia Brittany Dugger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine | |
| Amyloid PET Imaging of Brain-Liver Axis in Alzheimer’s Disease | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 p.m. | Break (lunch provided) | 
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Session 2:  Imaging Frontiers: From Metabolic Syndromes to Surgical Interventions – 12 minutes each, 3 minutes QA Moderator – Victoria Lyo, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery | 
| Systemic Perspectives of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Souvik Sarkar, M.D., Ph.D. | |
| Imaging Fatty Liver Disease Response to Bariatric Surgery Victoria Lyo, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery | |
| Total-Body Parametric PET of Inflammation in the Liver and Brain in MASLD Guobao Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiology | |
| Total-Body PET of Fibroblast Protein Inhibitor (FAPi) in MASLD Ramsey D. Badawi, Ph.D., Vice Chair for Research and Professor, Department of Radiology; Professor, Division of Biomedical Engineering | |
| 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Break | 
| 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Session 3:  Imaging Innovations in Liver Oncology and Therapy – 12 minutes each, 3 minutes QA Moderator – Fatma Sen, M.D., Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology | 
| Total-Body PET Imaging of T Cells: Our Current Experience and Potential Applications in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Liver Diseases Negar Omidvari, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Biomedical Engineering | |
| Multimodal Imaging of Liver Cancer Radioembolization Emilie Roncali, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology | |
| Radiotherapy and Cancer Immunotherapy of Liver Tumors: Potential of Imaging Arta Monjazeb, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology | |
| 2:30 - 3 p.m. | Questions and Closing Remarks | 
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| Anuj Bhaskarakurup | Stephanie Higgs | Vanessa Wiseman | Lily Yen |