FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN HEPATOBILIARY–PANCREATIC SURGERY

FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN HEPATOBILIARY–PANCREATIC SURGERY
24^th – 27^th November 2008
Accredited 20 CME Hours Saudi Commission or Health Specialties

Chairman of the Scientific Committee

Dr. Abdul-Wahed Meshikhes

Chairman, Department of Surgery

King Fahad Specialist Hospital , Dammam , Saudi Arabia

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SR 150 for nurses, trainees, and paramedics

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Scientific Program

Symposium Sessions:

Sessions	Topics
1st Day: a.m. & p.m. Sessions 25 November 2008	Pancreas
2nd Day: a.m. & p.m. sessions 26 November 2008	Liver & Biliary tracts
3rd Day a.m. sessions only 27 November 2008	Transplantation: liver

Evening Events:

Day	Evening Event
Monday 24th November 2008; 8.30 p.m.	- Opening Ceremony. - Venue: KFSH-D, Main Auditorium
Tuesday 25th November 2008; 8.30 p.m.	- Professor Hosein Shokouh-Amiri' s Lecture: "What Is New In Pancreatic Transplant" Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Al-Sagheir, Dammam , Saudi Arabia - Venue: Le Gulf Meridien Hotel, Al-Khobar
Wednesday 26 November 2008; 8.00 p.m.	- Gala Dinner, Sunset Beach

END OF SYMPOSIUM

Invited Speakers:

National Speakers:

- Professor Mohammed Subayel:

Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary- Pancreatic Surgery (MBC-72), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O.BOX 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.

- Dr. Mohammed Al Saghier:

Director, Organ Transplant Program, Consultant, Hepatobiliary & Multi-Organ Transplant Surgeon, Multiorgan Transplant Program, King Fahed Specialist Hospital , Damamm , Saudi Arabia.

- Dr. Osama Al-Saif:

Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital , Dammam , Saudi Arabia .

International Speakers:

- Professor إke Andrén-Sandberg

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden

- Dr. Simon Olliff:

Radiology Consultant, Clinical Radiology Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

- Mr. Darius Mirza:

Consultant Hepato-Biliary & Liver Transplant Surgeon, The Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham , U.K.

- Mr. Mohammad Abu Hilal:

Consultant Hepatobiliary- pancreatic and Laparoscopic Surgeon & Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Southampton University, University Surgical Unit, F Level, Southampton General Hospital,Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.

- Professor Emmanuel E. Zervos:

Professor and Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USA.

- Professor Larry C. Carey

Deputy Chief of Staff and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.

- Professor Hosein Shokouh-Amiri:

Professor of Surgery, C0-Director of Willis Knighton/LSUHSC Regional Transplant Program, Director of Living Related Liver Transplant Program, LSUHSC-Shreveport , LA 71130, USA .

- Professor Ronnie Poon:

Professor of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, China.

- Professor Joseph Lau:

Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Honorary Consultant in Hepato-pancreato- biliary Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, and North District Hospital, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, the United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

- Professor Amr Helmy:

Professor, the National Liver Institute, Al Menoufiya, Cairo University , Egypt.

- Professor Husein Okasha:

Professor of Internal Medicine, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Qasr Al Eni, Cairo University , Egypt .