Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 9:35 am - 9:55 am

Portal Hypertension

Learning objectives: 

• To understand the pathophysiology of portal hypertension
• To discuss the rationale for treating clinically significant portal hypertension in cirrhosis
• To discuss the rationale for using TIPS to manage complications of portal hypertension
• To review the patient selection criteria for TIPS insertion in cirrhosis

Dr. Florence Wong, MD, FRACP, FRCPC

Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Toronto 
Toronto General Hospital 

Florence Wong, MD is a Full Professor at the University of Toronto and staff Hepatologist at the Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada. She received her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and completed her postgraduate training in Australia and in Toronto, Canada. Her research interests are in the pathogenesis of portal hypertension, ascites formation, liver-kidney interactions, including the development of hepatorenal syndrome, and renal failure in cirrhosis. She cares for a large population of patients with decompensated cirrhosis who have complications from portal hypertension.

She has published widely on the topics related to ascites, and renal dysfunction in cirrhosis. She is the recipient of the Gold Medal from the Canadian Liver Foundation and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver for her contribution to academia in Hepatology. She is also the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association for the Study of the Liver.