Cancer Patients with Liver Disease (Not HCC)

8:05 - 8:35 am

Mayur Brahmania MD FRCP(C) MPH 

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Multiorgan Transplant
Western University
London Health Sciences Centre: University Hospital 

Dr. Mayur Brahmania is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University practicing in Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology. After completion of a clinical and research fellowship at the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease he undertook additional training at the Harvard School of Public Health and also holds advanced certification from the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Dr. Brahmania is the current chair of the Gastroenterology Quality Improvement and Innovation committee at Western University and currently focuses his research interests around quality improvement initiatives to advance and standardize quality of care in patients living with liver disease.

Presentation Overview:

The current topic will review the latest literature on when to transplant patients with a prior treated malignancy as previous knowledge did not take into account new practices in staging, disease biology, or in cancer treatments. At the end of the session, participants will know how to evaluate a patient with a history of previous malignancy for transplant candidacy.