WGO
Dr. Mario Reis Alvares-da-Silva
The Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center was inaugurated in Porto Alegre, Brazil on November 30, 2012, becoming the first Training Center devoted solely to Hepatology.
Under the leadership of Dr. Mario Reis Alvares-da-Silva, the Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center will offer several educational courses including but not limited to: Hepatology Inpatient Training, Viral Hepatitis, Protease Inhibitors, Co-infection, Non-viral Hepatitis, Care of End-Stage Liver Disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Liver Transplant, Critical and Emergency Care in Hepatology, Metabolic Liver Disease, Tissue Elastography, Liver Pathology, and Hepatology for Non-medical Professionals. The Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center has partnered with the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), a public hospital academically affiliated with the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and the Brazilian Ministry of Education University Hospitals.
The Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center mission is based on the Instituto Avon PPP model.
The Gastroenterology Division at HCPA
The Gastroenterology (GI) Division, which consists of six professors from the UFRGS Internal Medicine Department and six gastroenterologists from the HCPA staff, is dedicated to the quality care of adult patients. HCPA offers government-board recognized fellowship programs in Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy and Hepatology. The Endoscopy Unit, Digestive Motility Laboratory and Adult Liver Transplant Program (since 1996) are part of the Division (see below Figure 1). HCPA’s Pediatric Gastroenterology Division, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program, Radiology Division and Pathology Division specialized teams often work together with the GI Division team.
The Outpatient Clinic is divided into five specialized ambulatories: Hepatitis (GHE), Chronic Hepatitis (GHC), HIV/Hepatitis Co-infection (GHI), Liver Transplant (GTH), and Liver Transplant Recipients (GPT). Currently, In-patient Liver Clinic is responsible for more than half of the whole number of admittances in the GI Division.
The Hepatology Outpatient Clinic is responsible for over 6,000 consultations a year, specifically with patients diagnosed with viral hepatitis (co-infected and with HIV) and liver transplant candidates or recipients. HCPA Hepatology Inpatient Clinic is devoted to decompensate cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. It was responsible for more than 800 admissions in 2011. Moreover, since 1995 the HCPA Liver Unit is dedicated to adult and pediatric Liver Transplantation. Many papers that have been published nationally and internationally in important international peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet have derived from the HCPA Liver Unit.
Figure 1. Organization of the Gastroenterology Division at HCPA
Figure 2. Liver Clinic at HCPA
Dr. Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva at email marioreis@live.com
or
Mr. Fernando Soares (Secretariat) at email: fsoares@hcpa.edu.br
Departamento de Medicina Interna (Gastro-Hepatologia)
Faculdade de Medicina
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, Sala 2033
Porto Alegre, RS
Brasil
Further Information
If you are interested in attending courses or would like information regarding specific course offerings or electives, please contact the Training Center Secretary for this Center at the email address listed above. To view further information about the Training Center, click on the Information Package below.
> Porto Alegre Training Center Information Packet (
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The below course, Liver Practice for Hepatologists – Brazil/Portugal Colaborative Clinical and Pathological Course, is now available for Portuguese spoken countries. This course is part of the Official Scientific Agenda of the WGO Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center, and is sponsored by the WGO.
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The WGO wishes to acknowledge the following for their support and sponsorship of the WGO Porto Alegre Hepatology Training Center: Federacão Brasiliera de Gastroenterologia (FBG), Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
