Scientific Programme of the 4th International Hepatology Conference 2016
Session I : 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Chairpersons : Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Rabiul Hossain and Prof. Md. Anisur Rahman. Rapporteur : Dr. Rubayat Sheikh Giasuddin
Topic : Management of chronic hepatitis C in the new era of direct-acting antivirals Speaker: Dr. Seto Wai Kay Walter (Currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, also a Consultant of Medicine and Codirector of the Endoscopy Suite in the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.) |
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Topic : Cornerstones of Hepatitis B : Past, present and future Speaker: Prof. M F Yuen (Chair Professor and Endowed Professor in Medicine of the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the Deputy Head of University Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong) |
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Session II : 11:35 AM – 12:50 PM
Chairpersons : Prof. Md. Fazlul Haque and Prof. Md. Habibur Rahman. Rapporteur : Dr. Jamal Uddin Ahmed
Topic : Kidney diseases in cirrhosis of liver- An Update Speaker: Prof. Marek Romuald Hartleb (currently the Professor, Head of Chair, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Medical University of Silesia (Katowice, Poland) and Chair of Scientific Commitee, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Poland) |
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Topic : Debate : Drug-induced liver injury in the West – current status Speaker: Prof. Dominik Huster (Head, Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Deaconess Hospital Leipzig and Academic teaching hospital, University Leipzig, Germany) |
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Topic : Debate : Drug-induced liver injury in the East – current status Speaker: Dr. Deepak Narayan Amarapurkar (Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist at Bombay Hospital & Breach Candy Hospital, India) |
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Session-III 02:15 PM - 03: 05 PM
Chairpersons : Prof. Sayeba Akhter and Prof. Mohammed Hanif. Rapporteur : Dr. (Major) Shakila Khanum
Topic : What’s new in the paediatric liver disease in 2016 Speaker: Prof. Richard John Thompson (Professor of Molecular Hepatology, Liver Sciences Section, Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, King’s College London) 
Topic : A practical approach to the management of liver disease in pregnancy Speaker: Dr. Mahesh Choolani (Senior Consultant and Director of Research Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University Hospital, Singapore) |
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Session-IV 03:10 PM - 04: 25 PM
Chairpersons : Prof. Mohammad Ali and Prof. M. A. Majid. Rapporteur : Dr. Md. Nahiduzzamane Shazzad
Topic : Benign tumors of the liver: Diagnosis and Management Speaker: Prof. Laurence Chiche (Chief of the Deparment of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital, Bordeaux, France and Head of the Program of Liver Transplantation of Bordeaux, France) |
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Topic : What is the ideal therapy for HCC - Ablation Speaker: Prof. Lau Wan Yee Joseph (Choh-Ming Li Research Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Master of Lee Woo Sing College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Topic : What is the ideal therapy for HCC – Resection Speaker: Dr. Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Associate Professor Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo University Hospital, University of Tokyo) |
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