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| 1. Radiology | TIPSS: THE HOPE, THE HYPE AND THE HARD TRUTH Shahrina, Murbita, Saravanan VENUE: GRAND CAYMANS LEVEL 10 |
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| 3. Endoscopy | Live Endoscopy workshop, Selayang Hospital, Live transmission to Sunway Resort Ryan, Sharmila, Krishnan VENUE: LAGOON 1, LEVEL 15 |
DAY 2 – 14th July 2011 (Thursday) - VENUE: LAGOON 2, LEVEL 15
| Time | Sessions, Topics and Speakers | Chairperson / Chairpersons |
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| 0800 - 0900 hrs | Registration |
| 0900 - 1015 hrs | Opening Ceremony & Launch of EUS DVD |
| 1015 - 1130 hrs | Coffee & Visit to Exhibition Booths, Press Conference |
| 1130 - 1230 hrs | MLF Lecture – Hepatic cirrhosis - a haemodynamic disease Aiden McCormick Citation - Jason Chin |
Jason Chin |
| 1230 - 1450 hrs | Lunch Symposium I - Updates in the management of Chronic Hepatitis B |
Shashi Menon (HKL) |
| 1450 - 1440 hrs | Plenary I - Obesity & the Liver Robert Ross |
Nancy Leung |
| 1440 - 1610 hrs | Symposium I – “Portal Hypertension” 1. Management of Variceal bleeding – Shiv Sarin 2. The role of HVPG measurement – Aiden McCormick 3. Surgery in PHT – Adarsh Chaudhary |
KL Goh Manisekar Subramaniam |
| 1610 - 1630 hrs | Tea Break |
| 1630 – 1730 hrs | Case Capsules - A Multi Disciplinary Approach to Neuroendocrine Tumours Looi Lai Meng, Fuad, Zanariah, Shahrina, Sharmila, Adarsh Chaudhary, Krishnan |
Sharmila Sachithanandan Krishnan Raman |
| 1730 hrs | Tea Symposium - Launch of Guidelines for NETS (Novartis) | Ismail Merican |
DAY 3 – 15th July 2011 (Friday) - VENUE: LAGOON 2, LEVEL 15
| 0830 - 910 hrs | Prevention of Liver Cancer – Myth or Reality Richard Guan |
Ismail Merican |
| 0910 - 1030 hrs | Symposium II - “Managing HCC – are we making progress?” 1. Imaging for HCC – the latest updates – Samad Sakijan 2. Systemic Therapy Updates – Do Young Kim 3. Transplant for HCC- to what extent? - John Fung |
Lim Kim Fong Rosmawati Mohamed |
| 1030 - 1100 hrs | Coffee |
| 1100 - 1145 hrs | Plenary II - Live Donor Liver Transplants A Glimpse into the Past – Stephen Lynch What the Future Holds - John Fung |
Harjit Singh |
| 1145 - 1210 hrs | Plenary III - Approach to liver regeneration during liver failure – Shiv Sarin | Robert Ding |
| 1210 - 1240 hrs | Free Papers | Richard Guan John Fung Mahendra Raj |
| 1240 - 1450 hrs | Lunch Symposium II – (Interscience & Abbott Laboratories) Lecture entitled “Improved Diagnostic Tools for Better Management of Hepatitis C” Tom Berkovits |
Shahidah Khairullah |
| 1450 - 1500 hrs | Debate - “Hilar strictures – the surgeon has NO role!” - for - - against - Adarsh Chaudhary |
Russell Strong Ryan Ponnudurai |
| 1500 - 1630 hrs | HPB Case Studies - “Expert Panel Put to the Test” Shiv Sarin, Randhir Sud, Stephen Lynch, Adarsh Chaudhary |
Haniza Omar Krishnan Raman |
| 1630 - 1700 hrs | TEA |
| 1700 - 1800 hrs | Tea Symposium - Optimizing Treatment Strategies in Chronic Hepatitis C Teerha Piratvisuth |
Tan Soek Siam |
DAY 4 - 16th July 2011 (Saturday) - VENUE: LAGOON 2, LEVEL 15
| 0830 - 0910 hrs | Plenary IV - “Management of Hep C – A Cocktail of Antivirals ?” Edward Gane |
SS Tan |
| 0910 – 1030 hrs | Symposium III - “Therapeutic Challenges in Hepatitis” 1. HBV Reactivation- who needs prophylaxis – Nancy Leung 2. Autoimmune Hepatitis in children – Christopher Boey 3. Alcoholic Hepatitis – Aiden McCormick |
Mazlam Zawawi Ganesalingam Kanagasabai |
| 1030 – 1100 hrs | Coffee |
| 1100 – 1230 hrs | Special Symposium - “Training in HPB Medicine- Issues of Concern” 1. Gastro & Hepato – To merge or Not to Merge – that is the question - Jayaram Menon 2. The Private Practitioner's role – T P Yin 3. An Ethical Perspective – Harjit S 4. Views of A Pioneer from Down Under- Russell Strong 5. Concluding remarks – Ismail Merican |
Ismail Merican |
| 1900 hrs | Charity Night - “MALAM SATU HATI” VENUE: LAGOON 1 & 2, LEVEL 15 |
DAY 5 - 17th July 2011 (Sunday) - VENUE: LAGOON 2, LEVEL 15
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