Liver Transplantation : Challenging Controversies and Topics

Liver Transplantation: Challenging Controversies and Topics grew out of a need I perceived within the fields of transplant hepatology and liver transplantation. To meet the transplant community’s need for emerging information about liver transplantation, Dr. Larry Chan, Dr. Igal Kam, and I initiated the Controversies in Transplantation Conference.

Chapter 1. Tolerance in Liver Transplantation: Just a Promise or Revolving Reality David B. Bruno, MD and Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD Chapter 2. Novel Approaches to Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation Christian Toso, Andrew L. Mason, and Norman M. Kneteman Chapter 3. Pre and Post Transplant Management of Hepatitis C Norah A. Terrault, MD, MPH and Mario G. Pessoa Chapter 4. The Dilemma of Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation John F. Renz, MD, PhD and Robert S. Brown Jr., MD, MPH Chapter 5. The Share 15 Rule Richard B. Freeman, MD Chapter 6. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Michael A. Zimmerman, MD, Andrew M. Cameron, MD, and R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD Chapter 7. Liver Transplantation and the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome David T. Palma, MD and Michael B. Fallon, MD Chapter 8. Long-term Metabolic Complications Post-transplantation: Controversies in Management Lisa M. Forman, MD Chapter 9. Hepatitis B and Liver Transplantation: Current Trends Geoffrey McCaughan, MBBS, MD, FRACP, PhD, Jade D. Jamias, MD, FPCP, DPSG, DPSDE, Qingchun Fu, MD, Nicholas Shackel, MBBS MD FRACP PhD, Simone Strasser, MBBS MD, FRACP Chapter 10. Liver Transplantation for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Michael Charlton, MD