5th International Hepatology Conference
The 5th International Hepatology Conference was held on 29 November, 2018 at Panpacific Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka. The daylong conference included scientific sessions enriched with lectures on various aspects of clinically relevant hepatobiliary diseases. The guest speakers were eminent figures in hepatology from all over the world. About one thousand specialist doctors from all over the country participated.
The theme of the conference was ‘Current Trends in the Management of Liver Disorders’.
Prof Mobin Khan, President of the Society presided over the programme. National Professor Brig Gen (retd) MA Malik, founder and president of National Heart Foundation, attended the function as the chief guest and Prof Nazrul Islam, eminent virologist and former Vice-chancellor of BSMMU, was present in the event as the special guest.
Among others, Prof Abu Sayeed, Dr Shahinul Alam, Dr Md Golam Mustafa, Dr Md Golam Azam and Dr M Motahar Hossain also spoke in the opening ceremony.
Renowned foreign hepatologists, including Prof Kumar Visvanathan from Australia, Prof Raluca Pais from France, Prof Mohamed Abdel Wahab from Egypt, Prof Seng Gee Lim from Singapore, Prof Hironao Okubo from Japan, Prof D Nageshwar Reddy from India, Prof Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Prof Anil Dhawan, Prof Anita Banerjee and Prof Anita Verma from UK delivered their lectures under scientific sessions. They discussed the eradication process of hepatitis B virus, curative treatment of hepatitis C virus, prevention of fatty liver and management of liver disease of mothers and newborns.
Prof Abdul Wahab, a noted liver transplant surgeon of Egypt, shared is experience of establishing a transplant centre in Egypt. He also made his technical suggestions regarding launching a transplant centre in Dhaka. World famous therapeutic endoscopist and ERCP expert Prof Nageshwar Reddy from India and imaging (MRI) expert Prof Hironao Okubo from Japan spoke on ‘The Role of Imaging in Diagnosing Liver Disease’.
The theme of the conference was ‘Current Trends in the Management of Liver Disorders’.
Prof Mobin Khan, President of the Society presided over the programme. National Professor Brig Gen (retd) MA Malik, founder and president of National Heart Foundation, attended the function as the chief guest and Prof Nazrul Islam, eminent virologist and former Vice-chancellor of BSMMU, was present in the event as the special guest.
Among others, Prof Abu Sayeed, Dr Shahinul Alam, Dr Md Golam Mustafa, Dr Md Golam Azam and Dr M Motahar Hossain also spoke in the opening ceremony.
Renowned foreign hepatologists, including Prof Kumar Visvanathan from Australia, Prof Raluca Pais from France, Prof Mohamed Abdel Wahab from Egypt, Prof Seng Gee Lim from Singapore, Prof Hironao Okubo from Japan, Prof D Nageshwar Reddy from India, Prof Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Prof Anil Dhawan, Prof Anita Banerjee and Prof Anita Verma from UK delivered their lectures under scientific sessions. They discussed the eradication process of hepatitis B virus, curative treatment of hepatitis C virus, prevention of fatty liver and management of liver disease of mothers and newborns.
Prof Abdul Wahab, a noted liver transplant surgeon of Egypt, shared is experience of establishing a transplant centre in Egypt. He also made his technical suggestions regarding launching a transplant centre in Dhaka. World famous therapeutic endoscopist and ERCP expert Prof Nageshwar Reddy from India and imaging (MRI) expert Prof Hironao Okubo from Japan spoke on ‘The Role of Imaging in Diagnosing Liver Disease’.