19 - What Is New on Viral Hepatitis From A to E?

Monday, October 20, 2025

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Location: B211-B212

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Harrys Torres, MD

Professor
Infectious Diseases/ Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, United States

Slides
Chia-Yu Chiu, MD (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado, CO, United States

Faculty(s)

EC

Emily Cartwright, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor
Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta VA health care system
Decatur, GA, United States
KS

Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Physician in Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Harrys A. Torres, MD: National Cancer Institute, and Gilead Sciences,: Grant/Research Support

Chia-Yu Chiu, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Emily J. Cartwright, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD: CinRx: Advisor/Consultant; Horizon-AMGEN: DSMB Member; Pliant: DSMB Member; The GSK group of companies: DELPHI Consensus Group

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain the various diagnostic strategies for viral hepatitis;
examine the application of point-of-care testing in the diagnosis of hepatitis B and C;
describe the role of multiplex assays and other platforms in enhancing the diagnosis of viral hepatitis;
describe the diagnosis and management of hepatitis E virus infection in immunocompetent and special patient populations.

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM US ET

Viral Hepatitis Diagnostic Landscape: Implementing What We Have, Identifying What We Need
Speaker: Emily J. Cartwright, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta VA health care system
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Hepatitis E: Hard to Diagnose, Hard to Treat
Speaker: Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School